Microsoft is performed with Windows Server 2008 and released it to production, as of February four. Ditto with Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced the RTM (release to production) milestones for each Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 during his annual Strategic Update for Wall Street on February 4 shortly thereafter.These days at 5 a.m. PST about the company;s Redmond campus, Microsoft;s Windows Server 2008 held its sign-off celebration. (No phrase on what the Vista individuals did to celebrate. Guess that;s a non-disclosure-agreement-protected secret, like everything is today around the client facet of the Microsoft home.)I;ve asked Microsoft when the ultimate bits is going to be readily available to clients for download. No phrase back again however. It appears like late February/early March. Right here;s the official Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 availability statement:“Windows Vista Services Pack 1 (SP1) was released to manufacturing currently and will start being on the market to customers in March, starting with Microsoft Volume Licensing customers. Windows Server 2008 was also released to production currently and will be out there for purchase to new consumers on March one. Microsoft Volume Licensing clients with active Microsoft Software Assurance coverage or an Enterprise Agreement might be able to download the server software toward the end of February as part of the joint Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 ‘Heroes Happen Right here; launch event.”Technically, Windows Server 2008 has been “done” since Microsoft delivered Release Candidate (RC) 1, said Program Manager Alex Hinrichs,
Office 2010 Home And Student Key, the guy who oversees the Windows Server ship room. (I had a chance to chat with Hinrichs on Friday last week, when I was visiting Microsoft in Redmond.)Microsoft released a public test build of Windows Server 2008 RC1 in early December 2007. Since that time, the Server team has been running suites of stress and reliability tests around the product,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus, and waiting for reports from inside or outside the firm of any major bugs that could stop the show.The past month;s been pretty darn quiet, Hinrichs said. Server is passing all its tests with flying colors, including the all-important “gut” test.“This is the most tested version of Server we;ve ever performed. Everyone around the team is feeling great about it,
Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2010,” Hinrichs said.Microsoft;s marketing people have been touting a long list of features in Microsoft;s latest server release. I asked Hinrichs what he considers to get the product;s three major selling points. On his short list:* Windows Server Core: Because it will have the minimum number of bits,
Windows 7 Home Basic, the Core version of Windows Server will require fewer patches. This is the guts of the product for individuals who don;t need pretty interfaces and all the bells an whistles.* Network Access Protection (NAP): NAP is the capability to quarantine, via preset “network health” settings, machines before allowing them to join a network. NAP won;t be rolled back to older versions of Windows Server, so if you want it, you;ll need to move to the latest server release.* Read-only domain controller functionality: Hinrichs said RODC will probably be a killer feature for users with branch-office configurations who want to lock down remote systems from a security standpoint. RODC also will help improve remote log-on times, Microsoft has said.Windows Server 2008, simply because it;s a server product,
Office Pro Plus 2010 Key, will have longer sales cycle than Windows consumer releases. There already are doubters on the market predicting Windows Server 2008 will “flop” like Vista did. What do you think? Will Windows Server 2008 be a must-have upgrade? Why or why not?