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Businesses Risk All with Windows Server 2003
On July 14, 2015, Microsoft ended all support for Windows Server 2003. This wasn’t unexpected. Microsoft had signaled it back in July, 2010 when it ceased offering mainstream support and had issued regular warnings leading up to the July 14 deadline.
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RIP Windows Server 2003
Today is the day. As of July 14, 2015, Microsoft is ending its extended support for its very popular Windows Server 2003. That means that Microsoft will no longer issue security updates for any version of this platform.
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What We Learned at Microsoft's Ignite
Most of the world’s business applications depend upon a certain server whose manufacturer can no longer afford to produce it indefinitely and whose users just don’t find exciting any more.
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Windows Server is Going Nano: Is Windows 10 Next?
We no longer live in an era where the ubiquity of an operating system can lend popularity to applications. As evidence, just look at Windows Phone.
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If Desktops Go Away, Will Admins Follow? #MSIgnite
On the final day of Microsoft’s first Ignite conference in Chicago, a standing-room-only crowd made up entirely of admins listened to independent consultant, author and lecturer Mark Minasi as he led them on a discussion of the forthcoming benefits and near-term headaches (at least hopefully near-term) of administrating users of
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Windows Server Whittled Down to Next to Nothing
Every vendor conference or developer conference has its heroes and rock stars.
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Nadella Claims 'Breakthrough' in Database Tech #MSIgnite
The storage tier for the next edition of Microsoft SQL Server will pool together on-premise database storage and Azure public storage. The upshot: the ability to stretch the storage location for individual tables to a bypass pool in Azure, while the database manager maintains the underlying index.
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Is Microsoft Still Relevant?
If Microsoft has the tenacity to hold the technology press in suspense for more than a week, with back-to-back conferences (Build this week in San Francisco, Ignite next week in Chicago) — and overflow sessions extending well into Sunday — then you’d think the company should have something very
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Like Windows? Docker Does, Too
Server-based applications built for Linux and packaged in Docker containers will be able to run on a Windows platform. This a result of Docker Inc.’s release today of its Docker 1.6 package, which features a Windows-based Docker client console contributed to the project by Microsoft itself.
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Windows Server Changes: What You Need to Know
The operating system upon which a majority of the world’s business applications are managed is transitioning from a monolithic host of massive programs into a minimalistic provider for microservices. This is from the person responsible for executing this transition for Microsoft: its general manager for Windows Server, Mike Neil.
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Hello Nano: Your Guide to Microsoft's New Server
To quite possibly no one’s surprise Wednesday, Microsoft made it official that its “dramatically refactored” Windows Server operating system will be entitled Nano Server. It further acknowledged a preview edition would be made available to testers within a few weeks.
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Microsoft Confirms 'Dramatic Refactoring' of Windows Server
During a Twitter-hosted tweet jam today, Microsoft’s lead architect for Windows Server, Jeffrey Snover, acknowledged what he called “crazy innovation” happening with his key product. In response to a question from CMSWire, Snover told the crowd that his team was “working on a dramatic refactoring of the server.
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Hey SharePoint Users, You Can Now Get Busy on Google's Cloud
What will it take for Google to win business from companies that have gone all-in on Microsoft? A better Gmail/Inbox (reviews on the latter will be coming soon) or Google Docs experience doesn’t seem to be the answer.
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Microsoft May Be Developing Government Cloud OS
There is further evidence this morning that cloud computing is getting specialized with reports that Microsoft may be in the process of developing one or more versions of its cloud operating system customized for government users.
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