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Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn

Windows Vista and Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" include updated support for ACPI Processor Power Management PPM features, including support for processor performance states and processor idle sleep states on multiprocessor systems. This paper provides details of the support in Windows Vista, describes how PPM works with Windows Vista power...

Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2007-04-22

Plug and Play Device Driver Deployment in Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn

This paper provides information about Plug and Play driver deployment scenarios for the Windows Vista and Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" operating systems. Original Equipment Manufacturers OEMs, corporate IT support staff, and driver developers can use the information in this paper to better understand driver deployment scenarios and debugging techniques...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, Device Driver, Driver Deployment Scenario, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software

White papers 2007-04-10

Longhorn Server and New Group Policy Settings

With the advent of Microsoft's "Longhorn" technologies comes a wealth of new and improved Group Policy settings. This paper takes an introductory look at the new categories as well as changes and additions to the existing policy categories.

Tags: Group Policy, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

White papers 2007-02-15

How Longhorn Server's Server Manager Will Change Server Management (Part 3)

This paper explains about the two other features included in the Troubleshooting section; the Service Control Manager and the Performance Diagnostics utility. Just beneath the Event Viewer container in the Server Manager's Troubleshooting section is the Services container. If a person clicks on the Services container, then the details pane...

Tags: Container, Server Management, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-28

Managing Group Policy ADMX Files in Longhorn Server

This paper explains how Microsoft has replaced the ADM file format with the ADMX file format in Longhorn Server and Windows Vista. Microsoft has stated from the very beginning that Windows Vista and Longhorn Server are going to be designed to be the most secure versions of Windows ever to...

Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2006-11-07

How Longhorn Server's Server Manager Will Change Server Management (Part 1)

This paper introduces the Server Manager and also discusses its capabilities and which Windows Server 2003 management interfaces it replaces. Although Longhorn Server is chocked full of new features, most of the features that existed in Windows Server 2003 still exist. What might be a bit disheartening to some administrators...

Tags: Server Management, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-02

How Longhorn Server's Server Manager Will Change Server Management (Part 2)

This paper focuses on troubleshooting by showing Server Manager's new Event Log interface. The paper shows the Event Viewer has been completely redesigned. Microsoft has completely rewritten the Event Viewer to make it easier to use and to make it possible to look at events across an entire system rather...

Tags: Server Management, Event, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-02

Offline File Caching in Longhorn Server

This paper takes a look at some of the ways that Longhorn Server facilitates offline file caching. Longhorn Server's file caching feature has been greatly improved over the previous version. In case a person is not familiar with offline file caching, the basic idea behind it is that when a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, File, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-10-26

An Overview of Longhorn Server's Terminal Service Gateway (Part 5)

The first thing that the user needs to do is to create one or more resource groups. The idea behind a resource group is that not all remote users will need access to all of the servers on the private network. A resource group is a collection of server names...

Tags: Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, Resource Group, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2006-09-27

Creating a Core Longhorn Server

There is a law of computing that states that the larger the footprint of code that's running on a server, the better the chance that the code will contain an exploitable security hole. In spite of this law, both operating systems and applications tend to become more bloated with every...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-09-19

An Overview of Longhorn Server's Terminal Service Gateway (Part 4)

The main purpose of the Terminal Services Gateway is to allow remote users to access the Terminal Services over the Internet. As such, the Terminal Services Gateway server must also act as an IIS server. In this paper, the author explains how to configure IIS and how to create a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft IIS Server, TechGenix, Terminal Services

White papers 2006-09-14

An Overview of Longhorn Server's Terminal Service Gateway (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this paper series, the author showed how to install the Terminal Service Gateway Service and all of the underlying dependencies. In this paper, he will continue the discussion by showing the reader how to confirm that the necessary services are installed correctly. The paper also shows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Server, Microsoft Longhorn, TechGenix, Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

White papers 2006-08-31

An Overview of Longhorn Server's Terminal Service Gateway (Part 3)

In Windows Longhorn Server, the process of requesting a certificate is not quite as easy as it was in Windows Server 2003. There are a lot of steps that a person has to go through to prepare the server for the request, in an effort to make sure that everything...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, TechGenix, Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-08-31

An Overview of Longhorn Server's Terminal Service Gateway (Part 1)

One aspect of networking that has always been a hot issue is making shared resources available to remote users. Those administrators who have deployed traditional Windows Server networks have long been able to accommodate remote users via either dial up or VPN connections. One of Microsoft's goals in Windows Longhorn...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, Terminal Server, TechGenix, Terminal Services, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2006-08-31

Longhorn Server will be named Windows Server 2008 at WinHEC this week

Microsoft plans to brand Longhorn Server with the official name Windows Server 2008 at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC in Los Angeles this week, according to reports from ZDNets Mary Jo Foley and News.coms Ina Fried. All reports and rumors seem to indicate that Microsoft is still planning to...

Tags: WinHEC, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server, Windows Longhorn Server, Windows, Microsoft, Longhorn Server

Blog posts 2007-05-14

(A first look: Microsoft Longhorn Server Beta 3)

Is it just me, or were those captions really stupid?I felt like I was reading something a twelve-year-old wrote, or at least someone who hadn't configured many servers. The author also aparently is not aware of how many users run Windows Server 2003 on their workstations. I believe...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Servers, UNIX, Final Name, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., jusovsky@..., Microsoft Windows, GUI, Image 14, Microsoft Windows Server, server, Microsoft Longhorn

Discussion threads 2007-05-08

A first look: Microsoft Longhorn Server Beta 3

In late April 2007, Microsoft released the Beta 3 version of Microsoft Server, code named Longhorn. The evaluation copy is our best indication yet of what features will be included in the next official release of Microsoft Server. In this first look gallery, we show you the basic installation and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Beta 3, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, server

Image galleries 2007-05-01

Windows Longhorn Server -- Time to start paying attention

Its been hard to get excited about Windows Longhorn Server because the release of the product has seemed so far away for so long and I never had the sense that it was anywhere close to being feature-complete. To be honest, I still have not found any new features to...

Tags: Windows Server, Windows Longhorn Server, Servers, Server, Microsoft, Longhorn Server

Blog posts 2007-04-26

Beta Blowout: A Three-Headed Beta Release Lights the Fuse on Office, Windows and Longhorn Server

Microsoft is gearing up for an action-packed season of product launches. Betas of Office 2007, Windows Vista and Longhorn Server give IT professionals a chance to assess the progress of these key products - and plan for what looks to be a very busy future. So what can one learns...

Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites

White papers 2006-07-01

Kernel Enhancements for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn

Microsoft has made many enhancements to the kernel of the Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" operating systems. This paper provides an overview and references to other sources of information for some of the new features and changes in the kernel for these versions of Windows.

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software

White papers 2005-09-14