Let’s say you’re the sort of IT person whose days, evenings, and weekends are consumed by running around from point to point, trying to keep your company’s or clients’ computers running. Chances are ...

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Here's how to connect users to remote virtual machines with Hyper-V and Remote Desktop Services. Improvements to Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release 2 include not only better performance ...

I had the opportunity to work with Windows Server 2008 R2 for over 2 years before its release at the end of 2009 implementing the product in a couple dozen very large early adopter enterprises, and ...

Whether you call it Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 7, there's no doubt that this is a major Server product release for Microsoft. I'm not sure why Microsoft decided to deviate from the ...

In just over a year, Microsoft went from having basically no real enterprise-class server virtualization technology to one that is at par and has VMware scared and running. Back in the middle of 2008, ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 has had a development path parallel to that of Windows 7. So much so, that Server 2008 R2 is often dubbed, "Windows 7 Server." Both operating systems share the distinction of ...

Have a look at this image. It's Windows 7, right? Well, no. It's actually Windows Server 2008 R2, the server edition based on Windows 7 with additional features to support hundreds of client machines.

Windows Server 2008 was released this past February, over a year after the public release of Windows Vista. Windows Server 7 is "scheduled for release during 2010," according to the Windows Server ...

The beta of Windows Server 2008 R2 is currently available for download by TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers, as well as by technology enthusiasts. The public beta was ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Jonathan Hassell is a technical writer and consultant based in Charlotte, NC. With over 25 years in information technology, he is an award-winning author of multiple technical books including "RADIUS, ...