Microsoft released an update for TLS 1.2 support on Windows Server 2008 SP2 (4019276) late last year. However, I note that for R2, we needed to install a patch for it to be supported over RDP.

Mary Jo Foley writes that here are a number of new technologies in the latest service pack for Windows HPC Server, but there’s one key promised component that’s not: Dryad, an ongoing research project ...

Microsoft plans to switch users of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 to a monthly rollup patch model, starting in September, according to an announcement this week. The arrival of a monthly rollup ...

The service Pack (SP) 2 for Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, its high-performance computing product is available for download, as of June 28. There are a number of new technologies in the latest SP, but ...

On Wednesday Microsoft released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to its equipment manufacturing partners. SP1 has essentially hit the "RTM" milestone, in Microsoft's ...

Mary Jo Foley writes that Microsoft has made available to testers a beta build of the second service pack (SP2) for its coming Windows Server High Performance Computing (HPC) 2008 R2 platform. What ...

Microsoft told us to clear our pipes for a hefty download on the 22nd of February, and sure enough, the software giant is delivering. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is now ...

R2 introduced new functionality to Server2003. Think of Windows NT Server with the option pack integrated. <BR><BR>The service pack goes on top of either the stock 2003 or the R2 release. Installing ...

When it comes to adopting new operating systems and applications, common practice among system administrators is to delay adoption until the release of the first service pack. Admins found plenty of ...