The Windows 8 Consumer Preview–the desktop version of Windows 8–has been getting all of the attention lately, but another new kid is in town as well: Windows Server 8. Packing in tons of new features ...

Since last Thursday, I was ordered under strict nondisclosure to keep my mouth shut. And that was really hard for me to do because I could barely contain my enthusiasm for what is probably the most ...

Before I get started with my first look at Windows Server 8, I want to say a couple of things up front. First, the software is a Developer Preview release. This means Windows Server 8 isn't even ...

Microsoft on Tuesday offered a sneak peek of "Windows Server 8," the code name for the company's next-generation server that's still under wraps. The server sighting happened on Day 2 of the 2011 ...

It's the week for Microsoft to make official the names of the products that have born the codename "Windows 8." On April 16, Microsoft officials unsurprisingly revealed that the final name of Windows ...

Where Windows 8 is an operating system built for the tablet, Windows Server 8 is an operating system built for the cloud. Not the Windows Azure public cloud; rather, it’s built for “private clouds”: ...

The consumer preview of Windows 8 wasn't the only operating system code Microsoft dropped today. The company also released the Windows Server "8" beta, a work-in-progress version of the next ...

Windows Server 8 is categorically different than its predecessor versions. There’s an argument to say that it’s not actually Windows. It’s pre-beta, and it’s an enormous statement covering many ...

I know it is not as glamorous or flashy as Windows 8 with its Metro UI, and touchscreen magic, but Microsoft has some other tricks up its sleeve for this BUILD conference. The day 2 keynote focused on ...

This morning at its BUILD event, Microsoft took the wraps off of its plans for Windows Server 8. The announcements came just one day after the company began to explain, and distribute, Windows 8.

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As expected, Microsoft has made it known that Windows Server 8 will be called ‘Windows Server 2012.’ The software will be released later this year. Microsoft calls it a ‘cloud-optimized OS.’ The beta ...