Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer officially launched the company’s long-awaited and thrice-delayed Windows Server 2003 operating system today, claiming it’s the right product for businesses that want ...

The books on Windows Server 2003 are starting to hit the shelves and in general are well-written, informative and useful tomes. Authors were helped by the relatively long development cycle which meant ...

Microsoft Corp. Wednesday did some housekeeping by releasing two planned software updates, including a second release of the Windows Server 2003 OS. The company made Windows Server 2003 R2 available ...

In a previous column, I discussed upgrading from Windows NT 4.0. Like an older car, it gets from point to point. But features such as air bags and traction control can’t simply be bolted on.

As Microsoft’s 64-bit OS and database rise high above the 32-bit platform, pieces are still falling into place It’s simple, really: Bigger is better. Compared to a 32-bit system, a 64-bit system ...

Discussion Windows Server 2003 has gone from being a minor polishing of Windows 2000 Server to becoming a major event for Microsoft, impacting virtually all of its enterprise efforts. Along with ...

Microsoft has gone to great lengths to integrate key back-office applications into SBS 2003, without overly complicating the product, reducing initial setup to less than 15 minutes when purchased with ...

However, there is so much new and different in WS03 that VARs have a steep learning curve ahead of them. Savvy VARs know this creates lots of opportunities for those willing to venture up what ...

Long story, but I've been tasked with finding a backup solution for a couple of old physical Windows Server 2003 boxes. The idea is to have backups that I can then convert to virtual in a DR event.

If we’re all very lucky, this may be the last time I’ll talk about Windows NT and upgrade paths. Really. Microsoft has almost given up hope that it will ever get all customers of NT servers to migrate ...

I have a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise OEM license on a DELL 2850 server, and I need to install ESXi (4.1 is the latest version supported). My goal is to be able to use the 4 permitted installations ...