Tech Ed 2007 - Orlando - notes from the field

re: Tech Ed 2007 - Orlando - notes from the field

clustering — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:41:08 GMT

Most 2003 clusters are 32 bit, I would hope all 2008 clusters will be 64 bit. I don't see the lack of an upgrade as a big deal.

I love Partagas Cuban (Serie D & P) cigars. My favorite non-Cuban is the Partagas 160. I smoke one right after my session at Tech Ed. CAO makes wonderful cigars, they are second place. Third is a toss up between Padron, H. Upmann (Cuban and Dominican), Torano Virtuso and Rockey Patel Vintage.

re: Tech Ed 2007 - Orlando - notes from the field

WayCool — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:01:12 GMT

Rodney,

Are you serious.. no in place upgrade from 2003 to 2008 ? OUCH ! That will leave a mark ! (double hardware to migrate !)

Bad enough Exchange 2007 is 64bit only... :(

Hey whats your favorite cigar anyway ? I'm a big fan of Torano ! Though its almost worth traveling to the carribean to smoke a few Cuban Romeo's !!! FANTASTICO !

good blog btw !

re: Tech Ed 2007 - Orlando - notes from the field

clustering — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:03:39 GMT

I did not mention if you need a service pack(nor what version 1, 2, 3) to run Exchange Server 2007 on the RTM version of Windows Server 2008 because I simply don't know.

What I do know is this, Exchange Server 2007 will run on Windows Server 2008 RTM. What will you have to do to get it up and running? No clue, but it will be a supported configuration.

re: Tech Ed 2007 - Orlando - notes from the field

clustering — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:01:25 GMT

I can't begin to guess Microsoft's support stance for Windows Server 2008 and Vmware ESX, since 2008 will have a very rich Virtual environment builtin.

re: Tech Ed 2007 - Orlando - notes from the field

deepdawg — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:02:28 GMT

Why do I hear different things about Exch2007 from different folks? I've read numerous times that Exch2007 will only be supported on Server2008 when SP1 comes out. Did you just forget to mention that? or are you saying that it will be supported even w/o SP1?

re: Tech Ed 2007 - Orlando - notes from the field

Patrick — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:49:49 GMT

Will I be able to Cluster Servers on Windows 2008 using VMware, were the VM is not hosted on the ESX server. I know you can do it, but will it be supported By Microsoft?

re: Tech Ed 2007 - Orlando - notes from the field

Glenn Berry — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:45:43 GMT

This is great news. I am really looking forward to these improvements compared to how MSCS works in Server 2003.