Server 2008 Beta 3 Download

[plexer]

Has anyone successfully downloaded this?

I've been trying today and I just up with a file that is 1gb instead of the 2 and a bit it's supposed to be.

I can't see an md5 for the iso either so I can't check it.

Ben

[contink]

Not as yet but for something that size I'd be using a download manager if I were you.

[andy]

I have it downloaded and written to DVD here haven;t installed it yet, though I have installed VMWare ready for it. I left it downloading overnight - I risked it without a download manager.



Andy

[mrforgetful]

Is this any different to the Longhorn one they released a week or two before this?

[FN-GM]

server 2008 is ok, but to be honest at the moment i would stick with 2003

[mrforgetful]

Looks to me like it'll be a 'move to Server 2008 when you move to Vista'.

[plexer]

I ain't about to upgrade my production servers to a time limited release of server 2008 so don't worry about that FN.

Just wanted to install it on my vmware test rig.

Using wellget to d/l it now but as it says it can't determine the file length it doesn't support resuming.

Ben

[FN-GM]

na I don’t think I would, It wont be using vista for a long while anyway. But vista is fully compatible with server 2003 even group policies (but you have to manage them from a vista machine)

[strawberry]

na I don’t think I would, It wont be using vista for a long while anyway. But vista is fully compatible with server 2003 even group policies (but you have to manage them from a vista machine)

snot true, try installing a certificate from a 2003 machine to a vista laptop.( and then cry into your cornflakes when you have oddles of machines needing certificates ! )

[FN-GM]

I must say i havn't tried that i will kill the person who told me it was! From what i have used of it has been. But one problem i found is the profiles

[Norphy]

server 2008 is ok, but to be honest at the moment i would stick with 2003

Server 2008 has some very attractive features, notably amongst them a massively improved Terminal Services feature that features Citrix-like application publishing and TS gateways. I don't think we're planning to run our entire network on Server 2008 when it's released (that would be foolish in the extreme) but there are some positive features in there.

[Nij.UK]

has MS published a final release date for 2008?

I guess we should look at creating a project to look into 2008 soon

[plexer]

Dunno, after downloading 2gb+ worth of iso and trying to boot it in vmware I just realised I have in fact downloaded the 64bit iso and not the x86

Downloading the correct one now.

Ben