Tag: Windows Server 8 Beta


  • Microsoft announced the Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate yesterday.   You can download it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx I suppose that means it is now official, what was previously known as the Windows Server 8 Beta, will be called Windows Server 2012. Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information Security conferences and events with…

  • You may have seen the "Smoked by Windows Phone" ad campaign, where a Windows Phone does something faster than another phone.   Well how about "Smoked by Hyper-V Server" challenge?     As part of my initiative to "Do IT the Microsoft way", I set about switching over from VMware ESXi to Hyper-V.  After installing Hyper-V Server…

  • I finally had some time to install the Windows Server 8 Beta in my lab.  Since doing so, I've discovered there are 4 faces to Windows Server 8.   During install, you're presented with a choice between 2 of them, "Server Core" and "Server with GUI".  The other 2 currently require running a few commands to…