Author Mark Minasi dissects Windows 2008

Author Mark Minasi dissects Windows 2008

Author Mark Minasi dissects Windows 2008

Date: May 12, 2008
Whether you are looking for reasons to deploy Windows Server 2008 or waiting, best-selling Windows server author Mark Minasi offers his usual trenchant opinion in this exclusive interview with SearchWinIT.com News Director Margie Semilof. Minasi parses the best and worst of Microsoft's newest server operating system and explains why you will probably have to wait until R2 to manage administrative tools like PowerShell as an object in Group Policy. Other advice for IT managers includes where in your enterprise you should deploy 64-bit technology and how much RAM you will need to optimize 64-bit performance.

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