I recently completed a book on Windows Server 2008 where I highlight at the end of each chapter the features coming in Release 2. I was especially curious about four Active Directory features, so ...

Microsoft Thursday said the next upgrade of its Windows Server operating system will scale up to 256 logical processors. Microsoft defines a logical processor as the number of physical processors ...

Get ready. With both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in RTM, we’re only weeks away of knowing if Vista is really behind us. Microsoft’s going to put the full court press on getting as much ...

PowerShell now comes with an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) module that introduces over 75 Active Directory cmdlets. From a script or the new Graphical PowerShell user interface, you can ...

Late to the virtualization game, Microsoft has been running several lengths behind the competition in this space for years. However, the new features and strong performance present in Windows Server ...

Microsoft released ServerCore with Windows Server 2008 as a GUI-less version of the Windows Server operating system, and while many of us fiddled with ServerCore, it really didn’t take off for ...

Microsoft has released details of the upcoming second release of its Windows Server 2008 operating system at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week. The updated OS includes a ...

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's (ATP) endpoint detection and response capability is now at "general availability" commercial-release status for users of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service ...

It's not 2008 anymore. Joey details the ins and outs of upgrading these aging Microsoft servers, including licensing changes, support options and potential pitfalls. It was a simpler time. A decade ...

Microsoft says it no longer offers drivers for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 systems through Windows Update starting today. An unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The secret to the continuing availability of security patches ...