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 ...

The R2 update for Windows Server 2003 was mostly about bug-fixes plus the odd feature tweak, but that's not the case with Windows Server 2008 R2. Expected around October, WS 2008 R2 is a far more ...

I walk you through the process it took to get both Windows 7 and Windows Server virtualized on my laptop. Without a doubt, my absolute favorite thing about being a freelance technology writer is that ...

It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. The LinuxICs for Hyper-V, which are in Release Candidate status and are ...

Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, as well as SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, are due to move out of extended support over the next few years—SQL Server in July 2019 and Windows Server in January 2020. For ...

Back in the day, Microsoft's free backup tool was the now venerable NTBackup. However, that utility has gone to the great recycle bin in the sky. Windows Server 2008 offers a new set of backup tools, ...