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Phil Pennington @ MSFT
Extend Your Existing Windows Service with the New Windows Web Services API
The WS-* web services industry standard protocols are widely accompanied by managed-code end-point...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/17/2009
Server Core is Now for .NET Applications Too
Server Core is a minimal installation option for Windows Server and is available with the following...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/17/2009
PowerShell V2 means Powerful Automation
Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell designed for ease-of-use not only by system...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/14/2009
Availability Dates : Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM
The Windows Server Division weblog indicates that RTM is now available via MSDN and TechNet...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/14/2009
New and Extensible File Classification Infrastructure
Managing storage is no longer simply about volume and availability; organizations need to manage...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/13/2009
Managed Service Accounts, Background Services, and Instrumentation
The modern challenges of implementing efficient Windows Services or background processes include...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/12/2009
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SDK Available
The RTM release of the Windows SDK supporting Windows 7 is available on the Microsoft download...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/11/2009
The Uber-Extensible Web Platform
The Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Server (Internet Information Services, IIS, version 7.x) is built...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/10/2009
Windows 7 RTM is Now Available for MSDN Subscribers
As of the date of this post, Windows 7 (but not Windows Server 2008 R2) is available for MSDN...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/07/2009
VHD and Hyper-V APIs Enable Creative New Solutions
Although VHD files are closely associated with virtualization products like Hyper-V, the VHD file...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 08/06/2009
New Solution Accelerators for your IT-Pro Buddies
We have recently released four Windows Server Solution Accelerators, which are available now on...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/29/2009
When to Expect R2 Availability
Please see the following blog for the details…...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/29/2009
Channel9 – New File Classification Infrastructure Episodes
The File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) is a new Windows Server technology included within the...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/23/2009
Channel9 - New C++ Concurrency Runtime Episodes
The C++ Concurrency Runtime is new with Visual Studio 2010 (in Beta release as of June, 2009). ...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/23/2009
New Windows Server Developer Training Kit
Download the new Windows Server 2008 R2 Developer Training Kit. The kit includes a collection of...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/22/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 – Release to Manufacturing (RTM)
Windows® Server® 2008 R2 is the latest release of the Windows operating system for Server workloads....
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/22/2009
Native Web Services with WWSAPI
Explore the new Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI) and how to use it to expose C/C++ libraries or...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/22/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 and IIS 7.5 Channel9 Episodes
New MSDN Channel9 episodes illustrate FastCGI, PHP, and WebDAV IIS 7.5 extension capabilities....
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/21/2009
Trigger-Started Services
Trigger-Started Services are new with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Before,...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/21/2009
Deploying IIS 7.5 + FASTCGI + PHP on Server Core
FastCGI is a language-independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance....
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/19/2009
Trigger-Start Services with Windows Server 2008 R2
As the name implies it, Trigger-Start Services are not constantly running on the system but rather...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 07/19/2009
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 NUMA and UMS APIs
You may have missed the recent MSDN Webcast on the new Non-Uniform Memory Access and User-Mode...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/29/2009
My R2 Cheat-Sheet
A short-list of online resources…
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/22/2009
R2 Power Management Features
A new posting on MSDN Channel9 with an accompanied resource list on MSDN Code Gallery.
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/22/2009
Updated Server Core "Step-by-Step" Guide
The excellent Server Core "Step-by-Step" Guide has been updated with Windows Server 2008 R2 "how-to"...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/20/2009
How to Get Started Leveraging Windows Server 2008 R2 Features
A new blog posting explains when applications should take advantage of Server Core, parallel...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/08/2009
New Hyper-V Resources
See the new Hyper-V Server Role page as well as the Technical Resources page.
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/07/2009
New Windows 7 SDK Available
The Windows SDK release supporting Windows 7 RC is now available on the Microsoft Download Center:...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/07/2009
New Windows "Events" MSDN Forum
Yesterday the new “Windows Events” MSDN forum went live:...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/06/2009
New and Recent “5-Minute Concept” Series Videos For R2
Please note the following new “how-to” demos for Windows Server 2008 R2. Parallel Programming with...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/05/2009
Release Candidate 1 Available for MSDN and TechNET Subscribers!
MSDN and TechNET subscribers may now download an ISO image of Windows Server 2008 R2 RC1. Watch for...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 05/01/2009
R2 MSDN Webcasts
I'll be delivering two MSDN webcasts soon... please join me by registering via the following links....
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 04/23/2009
PowerShell V2 "5 Minute Concepts"
See new PowerShell V2 feature demonstrates at MSDN Channel9. And sample scripts at MSDN Code...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 04/09/2009
W2K8 R2 Server is 64-bit Only...
FYI, all editions of the next release of Windows Server are x64/ia64 processor architecture only;...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 03/11/2009
R2 Server Core How-To Series
Here are aggregate links to the recent Channel9 and Code Gallery "5 Minute Concept" series focused...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 03/10/2009
Take 5 Minutes to Learn About .NET/C++ Apps on Server Core
We've recently begun a demo series entitled "5 Minute Concepts" published to Channel9 along with a...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 03/03/2009
New Native-Code Web Services Demo
The Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI) is a new "minimalist" web services endpoint library available...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 03/03/2009
Running 32-bit Applications on Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Core
Even though Windows Server 2008 R2 is exclusively a 64-bit operating system, 32-bit applications are...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 03/02/2009
Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI) Now Available on R2, Windows 7, and Down-Level Platforms
WWSAPI is a native-code implementation of SOAP Web Services for both Windows client and server...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 02/25/2009
Windows Management Infrastructure and BITS Compact Server
Much of the online information (blogs, script archives, etc.) related to Windows Management fails to...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 01/28/2009
PowerShell V2 is for Solution Automation
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 includes PowerShell version 2 natively. PowerShell V2 is alos...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 01/21/2009
New NUMA Support with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
I just posted the following screen-casts on this topic at MSDN Channel9. Please see the following...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 01/14/2009
Windows 7 SDK (also use this for Windows Server 2008 R2)
Windows 7 SDK is currently in Beta in connection with the recent Beta release of Windows 7. The SDK...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 01/13/2009
Improvements to Server Core
SteveB has announced availability of the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 beta program this...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 01/07/2009
Fewer Hardware Locks and Greater Parallelism
Windows Server 2008 R2 (aka Windows 7) has been optimized to run more efficiently on modern CPU...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 01/02/2009
New NUMA Support with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
The 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 support more than 64 Logical Processors...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 12/24/2008
SP2 Customer Preview Program for Vista & Server 2008
Please note the availability of a customer preview program for Service Pack 2… now in...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 12/05/2008
Windows Server 2008 R2 on MSDN Code Gallery
As many of you are already aware, Application Developers attending the Professional Developers...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 10/31/2008
Windows HPC Server 2008 Resource Kit Now Available
HPC Server 2008 released in September, 2008. The new edition of Windows Server is...
Author: Phil-Pennington Date: 10/28/2008