Windows Server 2008 RC0

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 RC0. See below download locations.

Windows Web Server 2008 RC0 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d977fde8-d3fb-4e6c-8a8a-352cf83111cc&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Standard Edition - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d694d4cc-0681-41b5-b02e-012be18f8b71&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 RC0 for Itanium-based Systems - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=07ec6bea-b14e-4f73-98c6-eb7a92e76b05&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Enterprise - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0818d425-cd47-4279-be8d-24aba14530a3&displaylang=en&tm

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Datacenter - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95cc89a8-0076-4571-b379-4aa4f526b893&displaylang=en&tm

Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate: System Requirements and Installation Documentation - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1087a498-40ad-46ba-9ada-f32a58a94a85&displaylang=en&tm

Windows Server 2008 Media Services
Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 RC0

 

Windows Server 2008 Learning Portal

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/windowsserver2008/default.mspx

 

Windows Server 2008 Technical Overviews

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=46dc26d6-af47-43f0-b3de-521831fe09d6&DisplayLang=en

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/2008/default.aspx

 

Windows Server 2008 Technical Library

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/bab0f1a1-54aa-4cef-9164-139e8bcc44751033.mspx?mfr=true

 

Windows Server 2008 Step-By-Steps

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce&DisplayLang=en

 

Windows Server 2008 Security Guild

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=FB8B981F-227C-4AF6-A44B-B115696A80AC&displaylang=en

 

Windows Server 2008 Component Posters

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C2B9E44E-0BBD-47CB-BC09-B3D48BE7F867&displaylang=en

 

Windows Server 2008 Virtualization

Release Notes: http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/8/e48d5cff-53d2-4eed-85bf-4af50e25b78c/relnotes.htm

Product Overview: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0fe4e411-8c88-48c2-8903-3fd9cbb10d05&DisplayLang=en

Installing (BLOG): http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/09/24/windows-server-virtualization-community-technology-preview-now-available.aspx

 

FTP7

Microsoft released the newest version of our FTP server for Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0)!

Listed below are the links for the download pages for each of the individual installation packages:

FTP 7 (x86) Installation Package
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87847

FTP 7 (x64) Installation Package
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89114

 

Operations Manager SP1 Update

Source: Anders Bengtsson

"The Operations Manager team is making good progress on readying the first Service Pack for the OpsMgr 2007 product. Note that final (RTM) release of the Service Pack 1 release is targeted for mid-February 2008.

The high level themes of this service pack are:

• Address critical customer initiated issues including roll-up of all hotfixes
  
• Make the product easier to support
  
• Make the product easier to use
  
• Make the product easier to deploy "
  

 More detail at the source.