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Windows Azure SDK not supported on Windows 7
Want to install the Windows Azure SDK on your just received Windows 7 build? Too bad, because it doesn’t work.<br>
Gus Perez mentions that after installing the Windows Azure SDK and you try to run your Azure service locally it will fail.<br>
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First Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 beta build sent out
Emil Protalinski: It may have arrived a bit sooner than originally expected, but I doubt anyone is complaining. Service Pack 2 build v6002-16497 (compiled October 17) for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has been posted for testers on Microsoft Connect. The five languages currently supported are English, German, French, Spanish, and Japanese, in [...]
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Preview
Paul Thurrott: At the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 on Monday, October 27, 2008, Microsoft will introduce to the world the next version of Windows Server, called Windows Server 2008 R2. As its name suggests, Windows Server 2008 R2 is the "release two" version of its predecessor and is thus a minor release in the [...]
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Announcing Windows Server 2008 R2
Oliver Rist: Windows Server 2008 R2 showed its pretty face at the Professional Developers Conference today, here in Los Angeles. Hi there, my name’s Oliver Rist and I’m a new technical product manager on the Windows Server team. I’m down here in La-La Land heaving great sighs of satisfaction as we unveil the first sneak [...]
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File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) 1.1 Released
Microsoft is glad to announce the release of Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.1. With this version you will be able to migrate and consolidate shared folders from servers running Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 family of servers, Windows 2003 family of servers, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Storage Server 2008 to a [...]
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Overview Feature Overview
Steven Bink: This week at PDC 2008 in LA and next week at WinHEC 2008 Microsoft will announce details about the next release of Windows codename Windows Seven. In this article I will inform you about what is coming to Windows Seven Server, which will be released as Windows Server 2008 R2, this is the [...]
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Microsoft readies pre-beta release of ‘Windows 7 Server’
Microsoft is readying a beta of Windows Server 2008 R2, a k a “Windows 7 Server,” and will share some more details about the features and rollout plans for that product during the company’s Professional Developers Conference kick-off keynote on October 27.
Microsoft officials are expected to show off M3 (Milestone 3) pre-beta build of Windows [...] -
Visit Windows Update – Critical
It is very rare that MS releases an update "out of cycle" so this is a very critical update that everyone needs to apply ASAP.
(MS08-067) Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644)
A remote-code exploit that could spread rapidly like the 2003 MSBlaster worm is putting all versions of Windows at risk.
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