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**eUK-Ron** · #1 (**permalink**) 28-12-2007, 10:57

Now 61 more days to go for Complete Windows Server 2008.

Share your knowledge & questions of Windows Server 2008

**WelshTom** · #2 (**permalink**) 28-12-2007, 18:10

Rock · #3 (**permalink**) 28-12-2007, 23:14

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed to power the next-generation of networks, applications, and Web services. With Windows Server 2008 you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications, provide a secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency and value within your organization.
Windows Server 2008 builds on the success and strengths of its Windows Server predecessors while delivering valuable new functionality and powerful improvements to the base operating system. New Web tools, virtualization technologies, security enhancements, and management utilities help save time, reduce costs, and provide a solid foundation for your information technology (IT) infrastructure:

Built for the Web
Windows Server 2008 comes with Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7), a Web server and security-enhanced, easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably hosting Web applications and services. A major enhancement to the Windows Web platform, IIS Web Server7 includes a componentized architecture for greater flexibility and control. IIS Web Server7 also provides simplified management, powerful diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities that save time, and comprehensive extensibility.
Internet Information Server IIS Web Server7 together with the .NET Framework 3.0 provide a comprehensive platform for building applications that connect users and data, enabling them to visualize, share, and act on information. Additionally, IIS Web Server7 plays a central role in unifying Microsoft's Web platform technologies—ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation Web services, and Windows SharePoint Services.

Virtualization Built In
Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, the next-generation hypervisor-based server virtualization technology, allows you to make the best use of your server hardware investments by consolidating multiple server roles as separate virtual machines running on a single physical machine. You can also efficiently run multiple operating systems—Windows, Linux and others—in parallel on a single server. With virtualization built into the Windows Server 2008 operating system and simple licensing policies, it's now easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings of virtualization.
Applications can also be efficiently virtualized using Windows Server 2008 centralized application access technologies. Terminal Services Gateway and Terminal Services RemoteApp allow easy remote access to standard Windows-based programs from anywhere by running them on a terminal server instead of directly on a client computer—without the need for a complicated VPN.

Security
Windows Server 2008 is the most secure Windows Server yet. The operating system has been hardened to protect against failure and several new technologies help prevent unauthorized connections to your networks, servers, data, and user accounts. Network Access Protection (NAP) helps ensure that computers that try to connect to your network comply with your organization's security policy. Technology integration and several enhancements make Active Directory services a potent unified and integrated Identify and Access (IDA) solution. And Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) and BitLocker Drive Encryption allow you to more securely deploy your AD database at branch office locations.

A Solid Foundation for Your Business Workloads
Windows Server 2008 provides a solid foundation for all of your server workload and application requirements while being easy to deploy and manage. The all-new Server Manager provides a unified management console that simplifies and streamlines server setup, configuration, and ongoing management. Windows PowerShell, a new command-line shell, enables administrators to automate routine system administration tasks across multiple servers. Windows Deployment Services provides a simplified, secure means of rapidly deploying the operating system via network-based installations. And Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering wizards, and full IPv6 support plus consolidated management of Network Load Balancing, make high availability easy to implement even by IT generalists.
Finally, the new Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008 allows for installation of server roles with only the necessary components and subsystems without a graphical user interface. Fewer roles and features means minimizing disk and service footprints while reducing attack surfaces. It also enables your IT staff to specialize according to the server roles they need to support.

--Excerpt from the MS website hosting

**eUK-Ron** · #4 (**permalink**) 29-12-2007, 09:01

Complete Windows 2008 Server provides following features
• Network Load Balancing
• Microsoft Failover Cluster
• Windows Backup
• Removable Storage Management
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
• Telnet client
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Web Server (IIS)
• DNS Server
• File Services
• Print Server
• Active Directory Domain Services
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server
• Streaming Media Services
• Hyper-V (Virtualization)
• Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications
• Multipath I/O
• Windows Bitlocker Drive Encryption

**eUK-Martin** · #5 (**permalink**) 01-01-2008, 10:38

Windows 2008 is a Major update of Microsoft. I am really impressed with the speed that they have provided on a server. It will take only 15 mins to install a server and use it via RDP.

There are alot many things one will need some time to understand. Microsoft has tried to create a user friendly interface but its only a bit friendly when you start understanding it.

Also the active directory structure has been modified with the user permissions and alot of modifications with Exchange 2007 compatibility.

cPanel is going to make life very easy with it. One can have a clustered environment configured with AD and Exchange 2007 from the control panel itself. That is the reason cPanel will have license per user not per server.

**eUK-Ron** · #6 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 10:00

Some more for Windows Server 2008

Microsoft's focus lay on the server-related issues in implementing, improvement and so the management aspect took priority over design with Windows Server 2008.
The new server OS code named Longhorn, shares the same kernel with Windows Vista and integrates many additions compared to its forerunner.
Use of complete revamped server-management console, configuration and administration makes windows 2008 server become much simpler.
With virtualization technology included directly into the operating system, third-party tools or solutions (like Virtuozzo) are not needed for using virtual machines and the like.
Administrators of Windows 2008 Server are up-to-date as it includes all of the components line up for included in Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.

**eUK-Martin** · #7 (**permalink**) 09-01-2008, 10:12

Hello,

I am not sure if every one is aware that Windows 2008 Beta 3 has been realeased with 30 days trial license.

49 days left for the final realease.

**hugh** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-02-2008, 14:03

Is eUK looking at upgrading to '08 in the near future?

Hugh

**eUKhost.com** · #9 (**permalink**) 12-02-2008, 15:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugh

Is eUK looking at upgrading to '08 in the near future?

Hugh

Hello Hugh,

We wont consider Windows 2008 before 2009

**eUK-Martin** · #10 (**permalink**) 12-02-2008, 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugh

Is eUK looking at upgrading to '08 in the near future?

Hugh

Upgrading is going to be a nightmare as there are hell lot of differences between Win 2003 and Win 2008. We would look forward have new servers with Win 2008 but ofcourse not upgrade unless we are sure of every thing being in right place.

**paul** · #11 (**permalink**) 16-02-2008, 05:02

Countdown goes now 11 days more, hope the release date not go something like Vista.

**Site** · #12 (**permalink**) 16-02-2008, 08:43

Hi,
Looking at the cPanel site

Looks like:
cPanel Server Suite will be available for Windows Server 2008

http://www.cpanel.net/products/cpss/index.html

Currently in Beta though

**jc8654** · #13 (**permalink**) 19-02-2008, 20:50

It'll come out I guess once everyone has got used to 2008. There seems not a huge amount of point releasing it straight away when like eUKhost a lot of companies won't be upgrading instantly but will want to play around and make sure they get everything right!

**Site** · #14 (**permalink**) 19-02-2008, 20:58

Like anything new, it needs to be tested 1st

**jc8654** · #15 (**permalink**) 19-02-2008, 21:02

Well it'll be like Vista. The uptake wasn't great by consumers but companies who needed to get software out for it didn't really have the client base to fully test it on the final release of Vista until it was released. So things like Novell Client which lots of people needed for networks weren't ready when Vista came out because they hadn't been tested sufficiently. I'm guessing it'll be a similar story with cPanel because they want to get it spot on for their first time with Windows.