Microsoft recently released the third Community Technology Preview for PowerShell 2.0. Sporting a vast number of improvements, PowerShell 2.0 is shaping up to be a robust, reliable choice for administrators with enterprise-grade features critical in many organizations. Scott Lowe walks you through some of the highlights.

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At the core, though, file serving–one of the original “killer-apps” that introduced networking to many an organization–still reigns supreme on the needs list of organizations and the reason why most servers are deployed. This entry looks at some of the tools you’ll use to administer shares in Windows Server 2008.

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Windows Essentials Business Server 2008 is part if Microsoft’s new focus on the mid-market space. In this and in my next few postings, I’ll provide you with a look at this product, starting with an installation overview of each component. In this part, you’ll learn about the prerequisites portion of the installation.

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PowerShell is an incredibly powerful scripting tool being included in just about all of Microsoft’s new products. With PowerShell, administrators can write scripts that just about completely manage all aspects of the software. PowerGUI, a free tool, is a great enhancement to PowerShell as it provides many of the benefits of a true development environment for those that want to quickly develop PowerShell scripts.

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In this week’s IT Leadership blog, Scott Lowe talks about some of the reasons you might consider VDI. Here, he’ll go over some of the ways by which a VDI implementation takes form.

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Microsoft has released a standalone hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. Will you evaluate it for your organization? Scott Lowe explains the ins and outs of this new product.

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In November, Microsoft will release the newest version of Small Business Server alongside their new entry in the server race — Windows Essential Business Server. See how these two products compare and contrast.

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Windows Home Server is a great addition to many home networks. Scott Lowe gives you a peek at his home network–based on WHS–and how he uses it.

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With the scramble for the midmarket space growing all the time, Microsoft is developing the Essentials line of products. In November, Microsoft is expected to formally announce Windows Essential Business Server, a conglomeration of a number of Microsoft products.

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Microsoft is investing a lot in new data centers. According to a report on News.com, they’re buying upwards of 10,000 new servers every month. What does one do with that many boxes?

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