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Keith Combs writes: The Windows Server 2008 Server Manager is a portal of sorts to the installation, configuration, management and monitoring of the roles and features. Your initial view of those roles and features will be rather empty because of course, you need to install the ones that are germane to your particular server.This screencast starts to get into the meat of WS 2008. In Beta 3, there are seventeen roles that are available in the GUI version of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. The Core implementation of Enterprise has a different set of roles so we'll defer that discussion to some of the Core step-by-step screencasts I recorded.
None of the 17 roles are installed by default. None of the 35 features are installed either. That is by design. The firewall is running and blocking traffic on initial setup of WS 2008 but very little else (from an attack surface perspective) is enabled initially in the server. Role or feature installation is a wizard driven piece of cake. You can also install roles via the command line if needed. (more)
Blogcast: Windows Server 2008 Server Manager
Keith Combs writes: Setting up Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 is pretty easy but there are a couple of initial configuration tasks that you should pay attention to. Fortunately, like most of the recent product developments, we give you a nice checklist on what to do in a step-by-step manner.After you get through the install and setup of WS 2008, you'll notice that the administrative account is automatically logged into and you are presented with a screen with those steps. What do you think the first step is? You guessed it! Create a complex password for the admin account. There are a number of simple steps in the first two sections of the task list. Most of the real work takes place in section three with the WS 2008 Server Manager which we'll defer to another screencast I'll post shortly.
This screencast will take five minutes to view and is very straightforward. Short is good. In fact, all of the screencasts I'm doing are intentionally being kept as short as possible. You'll see some subsequent demos take longer, but that's the nature of the beast as we go deeper and deeper into the topics. (more)
Blogcast: Windows Server 2008 Initial Configuration Tasks
Keith Combs writes: Setup for Windows Server 2008 (WS 2008) could not be easier. You won't find a ton of information on setup just yet but it's coming. Setup isn't nearly as sexy as the services and features in the product. If you spent some time learning the deployment tools with Windows Vista, that knowledge will come in handy.Windows Server 2008 installation is based on some of the same toolset and imaging technologies used by Windows Vista. When you boot from the WS 2008 DVD, Windows PE executes and loads the installation Windows Imaging (WIM) file. Within the WIM, you'll find multiple images that are available for customization and unattended installation. The product key you enter tells Setup which image to load and install. In the case of Windows Server 2008, you still need to give setup some help because there are two images for each key. One for the GUI version of the product and another for the Core version. We'll get to the differences in other screencasts down the road.
For today's demo, we are going to go through the GUI based install of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Beta 3. In another demonstration, we'll go though the process of installing Enterprise Core. (more)
Blogcast: Windows Server 2008 Setup