Despite growing competition from Linux, Microsoft continues to dominate the market for server operating systems software, according to research from IDC. And the software potentate looks secure to ...

Future Windows updates will disable NTLM authentication, bolstering security and protecting users against legacy protocol ...

Microsoft is readying a new low-cost version of Windows Server to give customers a server OS similar to client OSes that run on low-cost PCs. Microsoft plans to release “something akin to” a netbook ...

If you're using slower drives I would probably go RAID1 (OS) + RAID10 (DB) in your situation - but you would also want a hot spare (at least a cold spare) so you're talking 7 drives there. If you are ...

It's surprisingly usable at home ...

As expected, Microsoft Wednesday introduced a version of its Windows Server OS for small businesses with 15 users or less, filling in what the company sees as a gap in its server offerings. Windows ...

Securing Windows Server operating system requires a proactive and comprehensive approach. Let us start with a simple, yet vital requirement: Patch, patch, and then patch again. One of the most ...

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 ...

Microsoft has warmed up to Qualcomm to make a Windows 10 PC based on its ARM chip, and now the companies are bringing Windows Server OS to ARM. For the first time ever, Microsoft is expected to show ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. will start selling its lineup of 64-bit PC servers preinstalled with the Windows Server operating system from Microsoft Corp. within 90 days, the two companies said today. The ...

The move is a marked change for Microsoft, which for years has built Windows Server to run on chips designed around technology from its once-steady partner Intel. Microsoft said in a blog post that it ...