Looking for ADSIEdit on a Windows Server 2008 ?
In previous versions of Windows, you installed ADSIedit and the other Windows Support Tools from the server installation media.
The Windows Support Tools are now included in the RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) and can be installed as features in Windows Server 2008.
ADSIedit is part of the Active Directory Domain Controller Tools feature, and can be added by following these steps:
- In Server Manager, click on Features, then Add Features in the right pane
- Expand Remote Server Administration Tools –> Role Administration Tools –> Active Directory Domain Services Tools
- Put a check next to Active Directory Domain Controller Tools
- Click Next, then Install
A new blog has gone live, the new blog “Engineering Windows 7” is hosted by Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky. Jon and Steven, along with members of the Windows 7 engineering team will post, comment, and participate in this new blog about the upcoming Windows 7.
Read the new blog here.
Microsoft has released a web server edition of Windows Server 2008, called Windows Web Server 2008. This is a great product and the new version has fewer limitations than on Windows 2003. The memory limit has been increased (now 32GB on x64) and it’s now possible to install some applications on it, needed for web hosting, such as Windows SharePoint Services, Windows Media Services and SQL Server. SQL Server 2005 needs a hotfix to been installed on Windows 2008, read more about this in Bill Staples blog post below.
Windows Web Server 2008 is about half the price of the Windows Server 2008 Standard edition, so it’s great for hosting environments.
Bill Staples has blogged about it, read his post here.
Microsoft has released Remote Server Administration Tool (RSAT), it’s now available for download.
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer running Windows Vista SP1. It includes support for remote management of computers running either a Server Core or full installation option of Windows Server 2008.
Download:
A great milestone has been reached -Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing (RTM), which means the product (Windows Server 2008) and IIS 7.0 is final.
Until the general availability, it’s available for trial download at the HEROES happen {here} website.
Read more on the Windows Server Blog.
Microsoft has released a new updated version (build 340178) of the AdminPak for Windows Server 2003 SP2.
The Administration Tools Pack allows administrators to install the Windows Server 2003 SP2 management tools onto a computer running Windows XP Professional or a Windows Server 2003 family operating system to perform remote server management functions.
You can download the updated x86 version here and the x64 version here.
You can read about the known issues here. Still no official support for Vista yet.
Microsoft has officially launched Windows Home Server today. Windows Home Server isa new solution from Microsoft, to help families easily protect, connect and share their digital media and documents.
OEM hardware vendors is releasing Home Servers based on Windows Home Server OS, to name a few vendors; HP, Medion, Fujitsu Siemens, Iomega.
A lot of third-party software developers have alreadycreated more than 35 innovative add-in programs to run on the Windows Home Server platform. These solutions provide personal blogging and media sharing, home security, home automation, protection against viruses and malware, and more.
Read the full press release from Microsoft.
Other sites about Windows Home Server (WHS):
Today Microsoft released the RC0 (Release Candidate) of Windows Server 2008. It’s been available for the TAP program for a while. If you want totry it out yourself, it’s available for public download.
Download it here.
