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Adding to Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, two additional products that support virtualization will launch September 8: System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 and Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid). The announcement was made at Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2008.

Developers and ISVs are interested in these products from two points of view. First, it's important that their products run under Application Virtualization and Hyper-V so customers can...

IT pros will come back from the holiday weekend to face a possible four patches in Microsoft's July patch rollout, according an advance announcement issued by the company. The patches, arriving Tuesday, won't contain "critical" or "moderate" items, but all four will be deemed "important."

Microsoft will address a mix of exploit risks with the July patch, including two elevation-of-privilege vulnerabilities, one spoofing security risk and one remote code...

This update also fixes the other issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

• You cannot use VMRC to connect to Virtual Server through a proxy server - The Virtual Machine Remote Control (VMRC) client does not support connection to Virtual Server through a proxy server. To connect to Virtual Server, you must be running the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server firewall client on the local computer, or you must have a direct

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With the launch of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on February 2008, I want to show you a feature I am fond of in this new operating system. With Windows Server 2008, you have the option of performing a Windows Server Core installation, which provides you with the minimum set of tools to run Windows.You are provided with a kernel and a command line to manage the server. It is slim and bare bones and allows you to configure Windows concisely. This type of installation is perfect for a datacenter....

The Windows Firewall was first introduced with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and was later added to Windows Server 2003 as part of Service Pack 1 (SP1). The Windows Firewall was a big improvement over its predecessor, which had no built-in, host-based firewall at all. This initial release was very basic and included only the most fundamental functionality. With the advent of Vista and Windows Server 2008, the Windows Firewall has been given a substantial makeover and is now known as Windows Firewall...