Windows 2008 & Hyper-V - the next generation of Operating System & Virtualization!!!!

Upgrading to Windows 2008 R2

2009-06-08T13:21:00.003+08:00

Upgrade our testlab machine from Windows 2008 64bit Ent SP2 to Windows 2008 R2 (RC).

What is running on top of it:
- IIS
- Hyper-V

How to upgrade? Just put in Windows 2008 R2 RC DVD, click for upgrade. It will show the programs/apps that is not compatible, you will need to uninstall some of the apps (that not supported) to ensure a smooth upgrade.

It will then prompt KB957256. As for today, not be able to find this KB article.

We ignore it (cause in a test lab - you might want to test and test and test in a live environment).

After the upgrade, the installation wizard will transfer your files, settings and programs to the R2 environment.

Within 2 hours, everything is up and running. It is the easiet upgade we ever had.

Good job MSFT.

Disable UAC using registry editor

2009-04-30T16:58:00.002+08:00

If you would like to turn on/off User Access Control feature in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, you can go to Control Panel > User Accounts. Beside going to control panel, you can also turn it off/on using registry editor, you can find the UAC key in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

EnableLUA (DWORD)= change the value to 1 (On) or 0 (Off)

By the way, try not to disable UAC feature, as this will reduce the security enhancement to protect your workstation and servers in the future

Complex password in Windows Server 2008

2009-03-17T18:36:00.002+08:00

Recently, there is a question about password complexity in Windows 2008 Domain.

Windows 2008 is disabled by default and domain is enabled by default.

Now, the complextiy means:

1) Passwords must contain characters from three of the following four categories:
a. English uppercase characters (A through Z).
b. English lowercase characters (a through z).
c. Base 10 digits (0 through 9).
d. Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %).

It is smart enough to get three out of four...it puzzled me for a while.

Getting error "The location for backup is a critical volume" when perform System State backup

2009-01-19T12:30:00.002+08:00

As everyone know NTBackup is already remove from Windows 2008 server, if you want to perform a system state backup on Windows 2008 server, you will need to issue a command:wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:Drive_Letter: and provided with backup feature installed on your Windows 2008 server.

If you would like to backup the system state on your local C: drive, you may receive the error "The location for backup is a critical volume" and the system will stop you from backing up your system state. If you have additional hard drive attached to your Windows 2008 server, you can always easily change the backup path to another drive, but how if you only got C: present in your Windows 2008 Server? This scenario mostly exist in virtualization environment, do we really need to attached another volume for the purpose of backup system state?

It is always recommended that store your backup at different locations and always keep the updated backup sets. But in this scenario, you can tweak your Windows 2008 server registry in order to allow system state backup on your system drive and the steps as below:

Open registry editor, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wbengine\SystemStateBackup\ (Note: If you cannot find the SystemStateBackup key, you may need to manually create it)
Inside the key, create a DWORD value name AllowSSBToAnyVolume and set the value to 1.
You can now backup system state in system drive.

Always, do not forget to backup your registry before you perform the above action, it may corrupt your system if you misused it. ;)

Windows 7 beta is available for download!

2009-01-10T00:51:00.005+08:00

Great news for all beta tester! Steve Ballmer now announce availability of Windows 7 beta for download at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx. You will need to provide your live ID to download this.

For the Technet Plus Subscriber, you can get it at below URL:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=36:350

Just go and grab it now!

Below is the URL for the announcement:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/jan09/01-07CES09PR.mspx

If you want to know more about Windows 7, please visit the URL below:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows7

Happy New Year 2009

2008-12-31T21:54:00.001+08:00

Dear Windows/Virtualization Fans,

Good day and thanks for the support in year 2008. Please continue to support us in year 2009.

Happy New Year 2009!!!

Poo, Paul and the rest of the team.

How to restore NTBackup (.bkf) file on Windows Server 2008

2008-12-13T09:15:00.004+08:00

Some of the IT pro may not aware that NTBackup is already remove from Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista. If you try to restore a previous NTBackup backup file (.bkf) on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, Windows Explorer will return you unknown file format and ask you to choose a program to open it. If you try to access Windows Server 2008 backup tool, you still unable to browse for the backup file and restore on other location.

Another question will come to your mind, if this is the case, IT pro will not be able to restore NTBackup file on Windows Server 2008, should I need to setup another Windows Server 2003 or below just only to restore NTBackup file in the future? The answer is No. You will still be able to restore it on Windows Server 2008 by using a tool called Windows NTBackup - Restore Utility. Once you install this tool on your Windows Server 2008 box, you will be able to restore a NTBackup file on Windows Server 2008. For those who are interested, please get the tool from below link:

Windows NTBackup - Restore Utility

Note: You will need to enable Removable Storage Management feature in order to run Windows NTBackup - Restore Utility

Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) for Windows 2008

2008-11-18T11:13:00.004+08:00

Nowadays, new laptop is always equip with Hyper-V enabled hardware, such as virtualization enabled processor, 64-bit system. Some of you may want to install Windows 2008 on top of your laptop to try out Hyper-V. During this testing period, you may consider to perform your daily task on your laptop such as accessing your webmail, browse Internet for information etc. But when you try to open IE and accessing a website, IE will always prompt you for security warning and you always need to manually add in the URL for the website you browse into a trusted zone.

Previously in Windows 2003, you may remove this IE Enhanced Security Configuration from Add/Remove program, but when you try to look into Windows 2008 Program and Features, it was missing from there... Can we still be able to disable this setting?

Yes, you still can. For Windows 2008, IE Enhanced Security Configuration setting is resided in Server Manager. After you launch server manager, at the right pane Server Summary page, under the Security Information panel, click on the Configure IE ESC link. After that, a windows will prompt out as below:

Just edit the necessary setting and click on OK. Restart your IE browser, you will find all the security warning is missing, if you go to Internet Options -> Security tab, you will be able to tweak the security level for Internet zone. Last but not lease, please remain the original IE security settings for your production server. This is always the best recommendation from Microsoft.

Different type of virtual network in Hyper-V

2008-11-05T00:00:00.007+08:00

Currently in Hyper-V Manager, you can create three different type of virtual network, which is External, Internal, and Private. A lot of people may wondering these virtual network behavior and what is the scenario to use them. Below is the brief explanation for each type of virtual network:

If assign External virtual network to virtual machine, the virtual machine is allow to communicate between:

Virtual machine to virtual machine (two way communication) on the same host
Virtual machine to parent partition (two way communication)
Virtual machine to other physical servers (two way communication)

If assign Internal virtual network to virtual machine, the virtual machine is allow to communicate between:

Virtual machine to virtual machine (two way communication) on the same host
Virtual machine to parent partition (two way communication)

If assign Private virtual network to virtual machine, the virtual machine is allow to communicate between:

Virtual machine to virtual machine (two way communication) on the same host

Hope the above information is able to clear your doubt on basic virtual network concept in Hyper-V.

Active Directory replication issue on Virtualization

2008-10-23T10:15:00.006+08:00

Recently we are testing Active Directory on VMware ESX server on top of Windows Server 2003 R2. After we successfully installed the Active Directory on ESX, we found all Active Directory virtual machines are unable to replicate with each other. We trying to force Active Directory replication but it still return errors to us.

After few hours of troubleshooting, we found that the host server system time did not set properly, and at the end cause time sychronization issue occur between all virtual machines. To encounter this problem, one of the easiest way is to set the correct timing for host server system time (such as correct Time Zone & current Date & Time).

Besides that, you can also double click on VMware Tool at the right bottom corner in Windows task bar on your virtual machine, at the VMware Tools properties, go to Options tab, and uncheck the option Time synchronization between the virtual machine and the ESX server.

Tweak your mouse sensitivity in Windows virtual machines

2008-09-30T08:51:00.004+08:00

I doubt a lot of virtualization fans is having this issue on most of the virtualization platform. This is not a major issue, but it is quite annoying and it will lower down your mouse pointer sensitivity. It is very hard for you to do testing or manage the Windows virtual machine if you cannot move your mouse pointer smoothly. Recently I just realized how to solve it from a friend of mine. Before this I would like to share this post with my friend, Wayne Lee King Lek. Thanks for him to share this knowledge with me.

Here is the step by step how to encounter the issue mentioned above:

At your Windows VM desktop, right click your mouse, and then go to Properties.
Browse to Settings tab, and then click on Advanced button at the right bottom.
Click on the Troubleshoot tab, adjust the Hardware acceleration to Full.

Thats all for this small trick. Hope this post will help you all. :)

Linux X-Windows cannot display properly on virtual machine

2008-09-15T17:40:00.000+08:00

When you try to install Suse Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Microsoft virtualization environment (Virtual PC 2007, Virtual Server 2005 R2, or Hyper-V), you might not be able to boot into run-level 5 or execute the X-Windows even you already appllied the virtual machine addition for linux on those system.

Here, we would like to share out some tips for you to encounter this issue:

Suse Linux

Start your Suse in run-level 3.
Type "sax2 -r" command when the system is startup.
After that a screen resolution test will launch, click "OK" to accept the new sax configuration.
Then, start your X-Windows system.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or Fedora Core)

During the operating system installation, select "Thousand of Colors" for your screen resolution instead of "Million of Colors".

Hope this post is helpful. :)

Virtualization support

2008-09-01T20:57:00.002+08:00

Recently, met up with few customer that interested with microsoft virtualization solution. However, they have different opinion and understanding. To share with you guys:

1) Yes, you will need Windows 2008 CAL to run Windows 2008 Hyper-V - however you need to understand this CAL is not just for Hyper-V - you can then run Windows 2008 other features, eg: Domain controller with RODC, serverCore +++

2) Lots of people did mention that Hyper-V do not support Windows 2000 as its virtual machine. It does, you will need SP4 and only support 1 proc. Check the guest operating system supports for Hyper-V:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954958/en-us

3) Other Microsoft product supported in other virtualization technology? Well, hopefully all in the near future. See what Microsoft would say: Its support policy.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897615/

Extend Windows 2008 Evaluation time frame

2008-07-13T15:37:00.002+08:00

Remember someone asked me about how to extend Windows 2008 evaluation. This is important as we do not want to reinstall all the hardworked configuration, especially we are doing some R&D or testing.

By default, Windows 2008 will allow you to evaluation for 60 days, and use the following command to evaluate up to 180 days! Thats cool - all the research for sure be able to finish within 180 days - unless you want to use it for production :).

To do it?

Click Start, run -> CMD.
Type slmgr.vbs -dli, and ENTER to check the current evaluation period.
Type slmgr.vbs –rearm to reset the evaluation period and then press ENTER.
Restart the computer.

Thats it. Want to know more? Microsoft release one KB article about it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948472

Install Hyper-V in Server Core

2008-07-05T14:32:00.002+08:00

Recently, one of the audience asking on - how to install Hyper-V in Server Core???

First of all, the pre-req is the same, you will need a 64 b it hardware.

After install server core (which assume, servername, IP is configured).

then, in command prompt,

Type “start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V” to enable Hyper-V role.

Restart when prompted.

Thats it. You can then manage from your Windows Vista or another Windows Server 2008.

Windows 2008 Hyper-V now RTM

2008-06-27T19:24:00.002+08:00

Guys, good news!!!

At last, Windows 2008 Hyper-V is now RTM, yes, today!

This is the complete Hyper-V RTM package for Windows Server 2008 x64. This package must be installed on the Hyper-V Parent Partition (Can be either full or core).

Note: Once you isntall, cannot be uninstalled.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F3AB3D4B-63C8-4424-A738-BADED34D24ED

Windows 2008 - Setup your first Domain Controller

2008-04-06T01:25:00.005+08:00

Same in Windows 2000 and 2003, Active Directory is also be able to setup in Windows Server 2008.

In Windows Server 2008, there are more features in AD, eg: RODC +++ which we will covers more in this blog.

In this session, we would like to share on setting up your first Active Directory for Windows Server 2008.

Before setting up AD, please ensure:

1) You already configured a static IP for your NIC
2) Given a meaningful name to the computer, knowing your domain name to assign
3) An available DNS server (Can be the same server as the AD)
4) ADDS role installed in that particular server to shorten the time for the installation.

Once those mentioned things done, what you need to do is just click Start-> Run -> DCPROMO

Attached the video for you guys to enjoy.

Setting up DC roles in Server Core

2008-04-05T13:54:00.003+08:00

One of the new features in Windows 2008 is Server Core - the "thin" layer of Windows operating system which bring benefits of:

1) Less resource hungry
2) More secure
3) Easier to manage (Patch management+++)

Yes, it is in a command shell, but still be able to do major and cools stuff, eg:

1) Domain Controller
2) DNS
3) Hyper-V
4) File Services
5) DHCP and more.

Its definately a great deals for branch office deployment.

However, after setting up Server Core, its only a command shell. How are we going to setup a DC?

In this post, we will like to share:

First of all, we will need to configure the IP Address and put in DNS configuration:

netsh int ip show config will show you the existing configuration.

To configure static IP address on an interface:
netsh int ip set address static

eg: netsh int ip set address "Local Area Connection" static 10.10.100.10 255.255.255.0 10.10.100.254 1

To configure DNS server: (let say pointing DNS to HQ DNS server)
set dnsserver "Local Area Connection" static 10.10.10.10 primary

After configure TCP/IP configuration, its the time to install AD.

Since this is Server Core, DCPROMO GUI will not prompt for you. You will need to prepare the answer file.

NOTE: Please ensure you make ness testing before the deployment. In this scenario, we are setting up additional DC (With same forest, domain with existing AD setup. This is a replica).

EG of the answer file

; dcpromo.exe /unattend:C:\AdditionalDC.txt
; You may need to fill in password fields prior to using the unattend file.
; If you leave the values for "Password"
; as "*", then you will be asked for credentials
[DCInstall]
ReplicaDomainDNSName=MyDomain.local
SiteName=Default-First-Site-Name
InstallDNS=No
ConfirmGc=Yes
CreateDNSDelegation=No
UserDomain=MyDomain.local
UserName=MyDomain\administrator
Password=*
DatabasePath="C:\Windows\NTDS"
LogPath="C:\Windows\NTDS"
SYSVOLPath="C:\Windows\SYSVOL"
SafeModeAdminPassword=MyP@ss123
; Run-time flags (optional)
; CriticalReplicationOnly=Yes
; RebootOnCompletion=Yes

Copy After the and before the . Save it into a file, eg: MyUnattend.txt in to the ServerCore C:\

Then you will need to run the following command to setup the additional DC replica in Server Core:

c:\dcpromo /unattend:MyUnattend.txt

You will then see the results. Happy DCing.

Windows 2008 launch in Malaysia

2008-04-05T13:29:00.004+08:00

Guys,

Something to share with you - 8th April will be the launch of Windows 2008 in Malaysia.

We will participate, together with Exchange Team in Malaysia. We will run few demos on Windows 2008 Hyper-V, Exchange 2007 on Win2K8 ++.

See you there. More info? Please visit http://www.heroes.com.my/

Attached the launch Video for your first view- Heros in Malaysia...

Disable Windows 2008 Server Core Firewall

2008-03-27T16:14:00.002+08:00

WOnder how to disable firewall in Windows 2008 server core? Sometimes, it might give you lots of minor problems.

In testlab, I will normally turn it off.

To turn it off:

netsh firewall set opmode disable

It is just a short command...

Windows 2008 Termimnal Services Web - RC0

2007-12-13T17:23:00.000+08:00

One of the hot topic about Windows 2008 is the terminal services Web.

Tested in the RDP, it rocks. However, one thing we found out for RC0, which is not in Beta bits: it will need Windows XP SP3 and above, Vista SP1 and above to run. Personal thinking, it is not good as lots and lots of machines out there not be able to use this cool feature.

Hope MSFT will allow RDP ver 6.1 for download, instead of WinXP SP3 and Vista SP1.

Want to know more?

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2007/10/17/client-requirements-for-ts-web-access-in-windows-server-2008-release-candidate-rc0.aspx

Windows 2008 Virtualization - in RC0

2007-11-25T20:52:00.000+08:00

Guys,

Long time have not update this blog. Recently, participating a Early Adoptor of Windows 2008, code name Longhorn. One of the customer is eager to look into Virtualization, cool!

However, something that we found that would like to share it our here. As for now, only Windows 2008 RC0 that support virtualization, not other versions.

You also would be good to know:

- Not all the hardware is supported by W2008 V. There are lists of the hardware manufacturer in Microsoft website, so, do check it out before rolling out.
- W2008 Ent 32/64 bit support V.
- Only support 8 logical processor
- Max 64GB Ram
- Do not support more than 1 virtual SCSI controller (Means do not support cluster within V)
- Windows6.0-KB939854-x64.msu and Windows6.0-KB939853-x64.msu must be install to allow V to be in Server Management
- You cant install AD in the host OS
- You cant run VPC, VS in the physical machine together with Hypervisor
- Hypervisor do not support dynamic disk...beware or you will need to reinstall your OS

Lastly, when we try this out, our machine has multiple IPs, which results we can't log in using VMC. You can only have one primary IP, everything will then work fine.

Lots of things huh? Hope this will change in the near future :)

Removing Domain Services in Windows 2008

2007-10-26T02:39:00.000+08:00

To remove Windows 2008 ADS, basically, the concept is still the same, ensure that this is not a certificate authority, GC. Perform a backupu before you are doing so. However, if you are running this on a lab and would like to wipe it off, just click Run, dcpromo. Its the same command in Windows 2003.

W2K8 will then check on if you have ADS installed.

Once detected, the ADDS installation Wizard will then start.

When you click next, and if this is the GC, it will then prompt for your attention.

If this is the last DC like mine, click on "Delete the domain because the Server...", Click Next.

On the AD Partition, review, click Next.

Select "Delete all application directory..." if you want to delete the application partition, click Next.

Key in the passowrd for the administrator when the machine boot up.

Review the summary, click Next. One thing good about Windows 2008,you will be able to export the steps configured to a file, which you can use in the future, with the same configuration setup.

After click Next, check on reboot if the instalaltion wizard is done or just leave it if you would like to restart manually.

Thats it.

Windows 2008 - the default installation

2007-07-25T20:37:00.000+08:00

Do you know that by default, when you install Windows Server 2008, the following is default?

The computer name is randomly assigned
The computer is joined to WORKGROUP by default
Windows Update is turned off by default
All network connections are set to obtain IP addressesautomatically by using DHCP
Windows Firewall is turned on by default.
File Server role is installed by default.
The Administrator account password is blank by default

So, do remember to alter any configuration to suite you.

Happy reading.

Active Directory Service Server Roles

2007-07-25T18:22:00.000+08:00

Guys, a share on Windows 2008 Active Directory - you can now break down to roles, just setup whatever you need for Directory Services. Below are the breakdown. We will share more, this is only intro :)

ADCS (Active Directory Certificate Services)
This server role enables creation and management of digitalcertificates for users, computers, and organizationsas part of a public key infrastructure.

ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services)
It's functionality has been carried forward into Windows Server 2008, along with an improved setup wizard. This also provide new management options for ADDS features such as read-only domain controllers (RODCs) - the hot topic in Windows 2008 AD.

ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services)
A feature that provides an identity access solution giving browser-based clients (inside or outside your network) single sign-on access to protected, Internet-facing applications.

ADLDS (Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services)
A LDAP directory service provide the functionality that was provided byActive Directory Application Mode (ADAM), and provides data storage and retrieval for directory enabled applications, without the dependencies thatare required for ADDS. It also do not store security principle, which store by ADDS.

ADRMS (Active Directory Rights Management Services)
Works with Rights Management Services applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use. Organization can define exactly how a recipientcan use the information, such as who can open, modify, print, forward, or take other actions with the information. It can be applied directly to information such as financial reports, customer data, and e-mail messages!

RODC (Read Only Domain Controller)
A new type of domain controller in the Windows Server 2008 operating system. With an RODC, organizations can easily deploya domain controller in locations where physical security cannot be guaranteed. This solved lots of issues where we consult/discuss with our customer, which do not have security in branches offices. An RODC hosts a read-only replica of the database in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) for a given domain. The RODC is also capable of running the Global Catalog Role! Cool huh? We will focus only to RODC in next few postings.

Happy Reading.

Virtualization in Windows 2008 - Part 1

2007-07-23T15:02:00.000+08:00

Lots of principle now pushing Virtualization. Now, we would like to share why we mention please be patient and wait for Windows 2008 virtualization.

First of all, do you know that Virtualization has been around in computing since '60s? if you are old enough like me, you will know mainframe and each of the users will have one virtual machine.

This Changed in '80s, thanks to Personal Computer. Same thing to server side, scaling out is the trend rather than scale up. mainframe will have only one machine, isnt it? thats why some of the time, most of our "old like me" customer will always ask "Why we need to buy so many boxes??, one is enough."

Scalling out become an issue for enterprise customer- so many servers to take care of, backup and restore is an issue, hiring right people to take care even worst.

The first thing most of the tech guys will look for Server Consolidation. Lets imagine, having a DHCP server, which only will be used every morning, when users boot up thier machine and afterthat, only utilise less than 10% of the resources. Some of you might say, can we put in File server, DNS, and even some AD!At the end, can we monitor, plan and knowing the server refresh cyle and bottleneck? Or what if you want to down the server for maintenance?

In next part, we will want to share the different between other party virtualization and the difference between Windows 2008 virtualization.

Happy reading.

Before you install/upgrade to Windows Server 2008

2007-07-23T13:25:00.000+08:00

After knowing the installation is so easy and simple; you will need to know what you need to know about before installing Windows Server 2008. Important.

Check for application compatibility. You can use the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit. To sign up for the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit beta program, see the Microsoft TechNet Web site about Windows Application Compatibility http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=29880

Backup, backup and backup. Before perform anything, remember to perform backup - ensure you will be able to rollback the previous state of your OS. Another way to back up configuration information is to create a backup set for Automated System Recovery.

Disconnect UPS devices. Best practices, disconnect the serial cable before running Setup. Setup automatically attempts to detect devices that are connected to serial ports, and UPS equipment can cause issues with the detection process.

Disable Antivirus software. Antivirus can interfere with installation. It will make installation much slower by scanning every file that is copied to your computer.

This is new - Windows Firewall is on by default. Server applications that must receive unsolicited inbound connections will fail until you create inbound firewall rules to allow them. Check with your application vendor to determine which ports and protocols are necessary for the application to run correctly. For more information about Windows Firewall see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=84639

Good luck on your upgrade/Installation. We shall share with you guys what you need to know, joining Windows 2008 DC into existing 2003 domain

Setting up Windows 2008

2007-07-23T13:07:00.001+08:00

Setting up Windows 2008 now become easier... As long as you setup Windows Vista before, you will not loose hands on it.

When you boot up using Windows 2008 CD (This is beta 3 CD)
You will be able to see the Welcome screen:

After choosing your Language and Keyboard, you can now start installation by clicking Install Now.

Ensure you have the license key with you, key-in and you will be able to continue the installation.

You will then need to accept the terms and condition.

This is not an upgrade, a new installation, choose "custom/Advanced"

Select the partition you would like to load Windows Server 2008.

You will then just need to wait for the Windows for installation. It can be quite long, depending on your hardware. Be patient.

After reboot for few times on detecting your hardware, it will then start for the first time.

You will then get the Windows Server 2008 installed!

Its easy and its on the run.

Designed and Certified for Windows Server

2007-07-23T12:17:00.000+08:00

Recently, there are few of the companies evaluating softwares/applications to increase HA and productivity, and for sure, how to lower down TCO.

Just a 2 cents advise on evaluating the hardware and software, working with Microsoft OS or Apps. Just mark this website down, add to favourite. You will need this one day.

http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/

Quoted from the website:

"The "Designed for Windows Server 2003" and "Certified for Windows Server 2003" logos help customers identify products that deliver a high-quality computing experience with the Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 operating system.

Hardware, software and device drivers can qualify for the logo by meeting the requirements published in the Windows Logo Program. Hardware vendors must test their own products using a downloadable test suite and submitting passing test results to the Winqual website. Software vendors must submit their products to an independent 3rd party testing authority to ensure they meet the testing requirements for the Windows Logo Program. "

Windows 2008 Logo

2007-07-21T01:00:00.000+08:00

Guys,

To share the nice logo of Windows Server 2008

Windows 2008 - System Requirements

2007-07-21T00:54:00.000+08:00

Windows 2008 release is around the corner. Lots of people is asking, do i need 64bit server to run? Windows 2008 support 32 and 64 bit. Recommendation? For performance, 64 bit.

To clear the air, lets discuss about system requirements:

RAM
Minimum: 512 MB (for both the Server Core installation and full installation options)
Recommended: 1 GB (full installation option)
Optimal: 2 GB or more (full installation option) or 1 GB (Server Core installation option)

Processor
Minimum: 1 GHz (full installation option)
Recommended: 2 GHz (full installation option)
Optimal: 3 GHz or more (full installation option)

Disk space
Minimum: 8 GB (for both the Server Core installation and full installation options)
Recommended: 40 GB (full installation option) or 8 GB (Server Core installation option)
Optimal: 80 GB (full installation option) or 40 GB or more (Server Core installation option)

Windows 2008 - Longhorn

2007-07-20T23:45:00.000+08:00

Longhorn, the next Windows Server after Windows Server 2003 has a new name! Its Windows Server 2008. In this blog, we would like to share our research and finding mostly on Windows Server 2008.