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SBS 2003 SP1 released!
SP1 for Small Business Server 2003 has just been released today: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/downloads/sp1/default.mspx or http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39425 This service pack is a lot more than just Windows Server 2003 SP1, it is a rollup of multiple service packs and updates for SBS 2003. Here is what you get: Windows Server 2003 SP1 Exchange 2003 SP1 SharePoint Services SP1 -
Distributed File System (DFS) in R2 – Demo
One of my favorite features of W2k was the distributed file system (DFS). WS03 offered a few improvements to DFS, but nothing compared to the changes in R2 to DFS. Visit the R2 Techcenter to review the technical overview of DFS Namespace and Replication. -
R2 Product Keys – Eval versions only!
Although it is documented in the release notes of the R2 Beta, we have had several comments that the product keys provided with the beta version of R2 do not work when installing on a non-eval version of Windows Server 2003. Why you ask?  The R2 setup re-keys the entire computer with the R2 Product -
Windows Server 2003 R2 Technical Resources
If you have downloaded the public beta of R2 and are looking for assistance or technical resources on the product, you may find the following helpful: Private R2 Newsgroups: (GREAT Resource)       – Server name: privatenews.microsoft.com       – Group: microsoft.private.win2k3server.r2       – Account Name: privatenews\r2user       – Password: CPP  Windows Server 2003 R2 TechCenter at Technet:       –  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/r2/default.mspx  -
Windows Server 2003 R2 Public Beta now Available!!
Come and get it!! http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/r2/default.mspx Cheers, Ward Ralston -
Running Linux in Virtual Server – why?
Joe Wilcox had an interesting post in his Microsoft Monitor blog on our R2 development and the recent release of the Virtual Server SP1 Beta. The virtual server post caught my eye as Joe could not think any realstic scenarios as to why anyone would want to run Linux in a Virtual Server environment. Since we