Microsoft has released a new updated version (build 340178) of the AdminPak for Windows Server 2003 SP2.
The Administration Tools Pack allows administrators to install the Windows Server 2003 SP2 management tools onto a computer running Windows XP Professional or a Windows Server 2003 family operating system to perform remote server management functions.
You can download the updated x86 version here and the x64 version here.
You can read about the known issues here. Still no official support for Vista yet.
Microsoft has officially launched Windows Home Server today. Windows Home Server is a new solution from Microsoft, to help families easily protect, connect and share their digital media and documents.
OEM hardware vendors is releasing Home Servers based on Windows Home Server OS, to name a few vendors; HP, Medion, Fujitsu Siemens, Iomega.
A lot of third-party software developers have already created more than 35 innovative add-in programs to run on the Windows Home Server platform. These solutions provide personal blogging and media sharing, home security, home automation, protection against viruses and malware, and more.
Read the full press release from Microsoft.
Other sites about Windows Home Server (WHS):
Today Microsoft released the RC0 (Release Candidate) of Windows Server 2008. It’s been available for the TAP program for a while. If you want to try it out yourself, it’s available for public download.
Download it here.
These two posters, originally published in the July 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, provide a strong visual tool to aide in the understanding of various features and components of Windows Server 2008. One poster focuses exclusively on powerful new Active Directory technologies, while the other provides a technical look at a variety of new features available in Windows Server 2008 (such as Server Core, Network Access Protection, and ofcourse the IIS 7.0 component.
Download the Posters here.
Windows Home Server has now been released to manufactoring.
Woo-hoo! We did it. Today we are announcing that Windows Home Server has been released to manufacturing (RTM). We have finalized the software and now handing it off to our OEM partners. The evaluation version (with 120 day evaluation period) and the system builder version are also heading into the distribution channels and will be available in the next couple of months. French, German and Spanish versions will be finalized shortly, and OEM products will hit retail shelves this fall.
Read more at source.
Announced at the Microsoft World Partner Conference, the launch date for Windows Server 2008 is set for February 27th 2008.
Microsoft said it will launch the product, which it has said will be finalized before the end of the year, at an event in Los Angeles on February 27. The company will also launch Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 at the same event. The new operating system, formerly code-named Longhorn Server, includes the PowerShell scripting language, role-based deployment options as well as network access protection features. The code for Windows Server 2008 is still set to be finished by the end of the year.
Microsoft has now annonced the official name for Longhorn Server – it will be Windows Server 2008 and you can download Windows Server 2008 beta 3 and see the newly lanuched Windows Server 2008 site at Microsoft.com.
See the Windows Server 2008 site here.
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003 has finally been released. Read more about this SP on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 page. Here’s a complete list of updates in SP2.
Direct download links:
Windows Server 2003 SP2 for x86
Windows Server 2003 SP2 for x64
Windows Server 2003 SP2 for Itanium
