Microsoft to offer Windows Home Server perks
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The company plans to release Power Pack 1, a collection of fixes, enhancements, and features to its software for servers in the home.
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Microsoft Corp. introduced two new  online services to its Windows Live line-up on Tuesday and said  it plans to release more Web offerings this year to beef up its  Internet strategy.
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MICROSOFT Corp announced the broad availability of its Windows Storage Server 2003 (WSS2003) solution for South Asia markets, in conjunction with the TechEd 2004 developer conference here yesterday.
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US software maker Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting version 3.0.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft has clarified how licensing for its current version of Windows Server works when paired with virtualization software. However, customers may face a whole new set of licensing rules once the next version, Windows Server 2008, is released later this year. In a white paper called "Licensing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 to Run with Virtualization Technologies," Microsoft outlines clearly how to license the current version of Windows Server -- Windows Server 2003 R2 -- for specific third-party virtualization technology, including VMware ESX, VMware Vmotion and SWsoft Virtuozzo. It also explains licensing for Microsoft's own System Center Virtual Machine Manager. The document can be found on a Web page that also includes previously released virtualization calculators that help customers determine the cost of Windows Server licensing in various virtualization scenarios. Virtualization has complicated server OS pricing because it allows more than one instance of server software to run on a single server, while traditional OS pricing has been per server, assuming that only one version of an OS can run on one piece of hardware. Virtualization allows software to be emulated via a virtual machine, and so run without having to be physically installed. But even if Microsoft has done enough to clarify how its current version of Windows Server should be licensed for virtualization scenarios, customers could find themselves needing new guidelines once Windows Server 2008 is released, something Microsoft expects to do by the end of the year. Formerly code-named Longhorn, the next version of Windows Server will have virtualization technology built in, which could preclude the need for third-party virtualization software. "We believe most customers will choose to use Windows Server virtualization, which comes as a role within Windows Server 2008," said Microsoft spokesman Patrick O'Rourke. "But customers still have the option to use third-party server virtualization software on Windows Server 2008." Pricing for Windows Server 2008 has not yet been announced. According to the Microsoft white paper, current virtualization pricing for Windows Server 2003 R2 is as follows: Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (SE) allows a customer to run only one instance of the software in either a physical or virtual way on a server. Users need to assign an SE license for each running instance of Windows Server on a system. Customers have more flexibility with the enterprise and datacenter editions of Windows Server 2003, however. They can run one physical instance of Windows Server and up to four simultaneous virtual instances with one Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition license, and can run unlimited physical or virtual versions of the software when Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition is licensed for every physical processor in a server Windows Server 2008 is currently available in a beta 3 version.
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Microsoft Corp. and its hardware partners are trying to bridge the divide between home computers and TV sets this holiday season with the release of several "media extenders."
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Microsoft releases the next beta version of Windows Server 2008, which adds options for installing Microsoft's newest Web server.
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Blog: Microsoft announces public download of Windows Home Server Release Candidate
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Microsoft has made a number of changes to its Windows Live offerings, including pushing some services out of beta and adding new features to others.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. has started recruiting testers for the first beta of Windows Server 2003 R2, an update to Windows Server that the vendor plans to ship in October next year.
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Microsoft Corp. next month will release Virtual Server 2005, its first foray into server virtualization and a key element of the broad management platform the company is creating for Windows.
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Microsoft announced Monday that it has completed its Windows Home Server (WHS) software and released the code to its OEM partners, including HP and Gateway, just six months after unveiling the project.
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DECEMBER 06, 2004  - Microsoft Corp. will offer custom support options on a flat-fee basis to users of Windows NT 4.0 Server and Exchange Server 5.5 when the standard support phases for those products end.
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Microsoft has pushed out Release Candidate 1 of Windows Home Server to 100,000 testers, giving them a look at one of the last milestone releases before the software makes its official debut this fall.
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Microsoft is researching a fix for a bug in Windows Home Server that could corrupt some files saved with certain applications.
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Microsoft Corp.  introduced two  new online services to its Windows Live line-up on Tuesday and  said it plans to release more Web offerings this year to beef  up its Internet strategy.
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Microsoft technology specialists can get up to 35 percent off Windows-certified Opteron servers and workstations.