As Microsoft moves toward shorter and shorter release cycles -- meaning a new version of Windows and other server products every 12 to 18 months, in all likelihood -- I'm wondering if their marketing ...

True to previously announced dates, the first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available via Windows Update. For Windows 7 users, the service pack offers little more than a ...

On Wednesday Microsoft released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to its equipment manufacturing partners. SP1 has essentially hit the "RTM" milestone, in Microsoft's ...

We knew good and well it was coming, and here it is. Microsoft has today introduced the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to the public, and for those ...

Microsoft's 'Blue' wave of tools and technologies is more than just a user interface refresh. It's the next step on Microsoft's journey to becoming a devices and services company, and the first of ...

In last week’s post, I outlined how the Windows Azure Pack can help developers write software once for both their Azure cloud platform and their in-house Windows Server 2012 servers. Since then, many ...

Microsoft has made service pack 1 (SP1) for both Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server R2 operating systems generally available from today. The 1.9GB service pack is a multi-language (36) download ...

Users of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1), which will reach its end-of-support phase in a mere three months, can now take advantage of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's (ATP) ...

Is there anyone here running 4.1 on 2008 R2 and just installed SP1 anyway? Were there any issues? Better yet, does anyone know if VMware has any plans to support 2008 R2 SP1 at all with vSphere Server ...

The first service pack for release 2 of the virtualisation-enabled Windows Server 2008 operating system will be available by the end of July, according to Microsoft. So what does it fix and why will ...

Microsoft today officially handed off the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to its OEM partners. On February 16, Windows 7 and Windows ...