Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta now available

re: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta now available

Jan Halay — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:28:59 GMT

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1: How many CPUs/cores can by attached into the 1 Virtual Server (my hardware is 2x quad xeon)

Thanks.

re: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta now available

Nicolas — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:35:07 GMT

Can we also try this beta release on Hyper-V R2 server? I understand that Hyper-V R2 server is basicly a core Windows 2008 R2 server that only runs the Hyper-V role, but I'd rather be sure before I try this out on my Hyper-V R2 server at home and break something. I'm very interested in trying out the Dynamic Memory feature!

Cheers

Nicolas

re: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta now available

Kathy Davies [MSFT] — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:05:55 GMT

Also availabe today are instructions for enabling & trying out Dynamic Memory, in the Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Evaluation Guide -- technet.microsoft.com/.../ff817651(WS.10).aspx

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Links to that guide and other technical docs at the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 tech library page: technet.microsoft.com/.../ff817647(WS.10).aspx

re: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta now available

Janson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:42:16 GMT

Great news... had access to the bits for a while. Dynamic memory works well, and great to see from the Implementing and Configuring Dynamic Memory whitepaper that Standard editions of Windows Server will be supported at a later time, but not in Beta. I hit this particular issue, and was quite worried this might be a blocker, but good to see you have it in hand :o) (In place upgrade of Windows Server 2003 Standard to Enterprise is not that nice ;o) ) Matt McSpirit has a good blog linking to various bits here, including the aforementioned whitepaper: blogs.technet.com/.../sp1-beta-now-available-for-windows-7-amp-server-2008-r2.aspx

Great work on Dynamic memory, looks like being a really useful feature.

Would like to test RemoteFX but pretty high requirements for that at the mo. I hope that supported add-on Grahpics Cards, suitable for Servers is something that is in the pipe line for this feature.

Cheers

Janson