Covering Windows Server 2008
and Windows Vista
I’d like to respond to Robert Singer’s letter
in the April issue regarding Windows IT
Pro’s coverage of Server 2008 and Vista.
I’ve been using Server 2008 for about nine
months and Vista for over a year. Only a
few Server 2008 books are available, so any
magazine content and online information
about the OS is quite salient and appreciated.
Yes, many of us are still running Windows
Server 2003, but countless Windows
2003 and Windows XP books are available.
To lead projects and help our customers to
the best of our abilities, we have to possess
the most up-to-date IT knowledge. Personally,
I look forward to additional articles
about Server 2008 and Vista. Keep up the
good work!
—Bill O’Sullivan
Final Hyper-V Specs
I found errors in Michael Otey’s article, “A
First Look at Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V”
(InstantDoc ID 97857, February 2008). First,
the maximum RAM for a virtual machine
(VM) under Hyper-V using Server 2008
x64 Enterprise and Server 2008 x64 Data
Center Edition is 64GB RAM, not 32GB. The
32GB limit is relevant only for Server 2008
x64 Standard Edition. Next, the maximum
number of CPUs for Server 2008 x64 Data
Center Edition is 64, not 32. You can review
the specs at www.microsoft.com/windows
server2008/en/us/compare-specs.aspx.
Finally, the official role name is Hyper-V, not
Windows Server Virtualization; only the CTP
version of the product used that name.
—Robert Larson
Robert is correct about the OS’s maximum supported memory and number of CPUs, as well as the official role name, Hyper-V. These specs changed from the beta version that I used to write the article.
—Michael Otey
Reader to Reader to Reader
Apostolos Fotakelis’ Reader to Reader tip,
“Use ADSI Edit to Associate File Extensions”
(March 2007, InstantDoc ID 97782),
was awesome. However, Step 6—which
discusses how to find the correct GPO in
the GPO GUID\User\Class Store\Packages
node—contains a mistake. Because we’re
talking about the Packages node, “GPO”
should read “program to be installed by the
GPO.” In other words, if the GPO deploys
more than one program, you have to
manually find the correct program (not
GPO) by double-clicking each program and
checking the displayName attribute’s value.
—Dimitrios Kalemis
Xbox 360 for IT?!
Tonight, I started paging through my latest
issue of Windows IT Pro, and eventually I
found myself at the fifth paragraph of Karen
Forster’s “The Next Wave of Microsoft Virtualization”
(April 2008, InstantDoc ID 98293).
Was I actually reading about administrators
using something called Microsoft Xbox
Server 2009 for IT purposes? Were there
really 27 versions planned? Insane! Then, I
looked at the bottom corner of the page for
the date and smiled when I saw “April 2008.”
You got me!
—Brad Veneracion
