Download Windows Server 2008 R2 RC Today!

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Yup, it is out.. so what is the big deal?

Well, rumor is 2008RC2 is basically Windows Server 7, but since it only has minor changes, they dont want to release it under a new name, much like Windows Server 2003 RC2.

Going to be downloading this soon and putting it on a test rig to see how it does!

There has been a lot of talk around Windows 7 and it only got louder with the recent release candidate. Not to be forgotten is the simultaneous release of the Windows Server 2008 R2 RC. There are great changes coming to the R2 version of Windows Server 2008. Our team was on tour over a month ago with EnergizeIT highlighting them with some of you in the various communities across Canada: Branch Cache, DirectAccess, Hyper-V 2.0, and more. I put together resources in this edition on these changes to share with you.

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LINK:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/evalcenter/dd459137.aspx



Windows Server 2008 R2 has reached it's RC (Release Candidate) milestone and those of you on MSDN and TechNet Plus can download today. I sat down with Ward Ralston in what was supposed to be a 5 minute chat about R2 and ended up around 20 minutes. This guy loves what he does and it shows. Ward brings us up to speed on what is new in Windows Server 2008 R2 for us IT Pro guys and shares how his experience as an IT Pro impacts how he views the new features.
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LINK:http://edge.technet.com/Media/Windows-Server-2008-R2-RC-Interview/
 
What was the version of Server 2008 R2 that was available to the public months ago? Based off the Win7 Beta? I had that running on a test machine. Couldn't notice the difference between it and the Vista based Server 08.
 
Not sure, this was the first i had heard about Rc2 myself, as i needed to buy some server 2008 for a some new systems and wanted to know if a new version was coming soon.
 
It's coming out soon...

Some of the proposed features are pretty cool

It has the windows 7 interface, not the vista style

It is 64bit only.
 
ya really, sure is nice they got 32 and 64 together and crap, but lets just get with the time.

64bit only could cut out alot of old crap not needed, save ALOT of headaches of people using the 32bit of the latest OS on their 10 year old computer then complaining it sucks and is slow.
 
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