All posts tagged 2008 R2

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Beta 2

by admin on April 7, 2010 in Uncategorised with Comments Off on Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Beta 2

Today Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Beta 2 is available for download. I’d like to highlight a few new features and some recent developments:

· Scalability and performance. We’ve continued to improve scalability, regularly testing on the 1,000 node cluster in Microsoft Research—we plan to pursue Top500 runs that prove much greater scalability. We also know customers want to make use of spare processing cycles as part of their overall HPC infrastructures. Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Beta 2 now integrates with workstations running Windows 7, enabling organizations to use them as cluster compute nodes.

Link – http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2010/04/07/the-next-milestone-in-high-performance-computing-at-microsoft.aspx

Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 R2

by admin on April 6, 2010 in Uncategorised with Comments Off on Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 R2

This software is an optional supplement to the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. In Windows Server 2008 R2, the Streaming Media Services role (which includes the latest version of Windows Media Services) is not included in Server Manager. To obtain Windows Media Services for Windows Server 2008 R2, you must run the Streaming Media Services role installer file on the platform.

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b2cdb043-d611-41c9-91b7-cddf6e5fdf6b

R2’s Nifty New DHCP MAC Address Filtering Tool

by admin on November 15, 2009 in Uncategorised with Comments Off on R2’s Nifty New DHCP MAC Address Filtering Tool

When I first saw that Windows NT Server 3.5 included something called a "DHCP server" that freed me from having to hand-configure static IP addresses on every one of my IP-connected computers, I was delighted, and I’ve used Microsoft’s DHCP in my networks ever since.  Now, between NT 3.5 and now, DHCP hasn’t really changed all that much…. unless you’re talking about the DHCP server service shipped with Windows Server 2008 R2.

The new stuff in R2 isn’t earth-shattering, but it is convenient, and provides a sort of "poor man’s quarantine" by letting you control which machines your DHCP server should give IP addresses to, and lets you do it in a fairly convenient way.  In this article, I’ll introduce you to R2’s DHCP MAC address filtering feature and how to make the most of it.

Link – http://www.minasi.com/newsletters/nws0911.htm

Windows Server 2008 R2 Available on August 14

by admin on August 8, 2009 in Uncategorised with 1 Comment

For those who are waiting for Windows Server 2008 R2 to be released. It will be available from  TechNet + MSDN starting on the 14th of August.

For those without a TechNet account there will be a 180 day trial available from the 20th of August.

For more information visit the Microsoft site – http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/default.aspx