Prepare for the future: Windows 2008 and 64bit

SharePoint Daily for January 6, 2009

SharePoint Daily — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:31:46 GMT

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re: Prepare for the future: Windows 2008 and 64bit

Tom Winter — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:05:52 GMT

Thanks for the post. I put in a proposal for a bunch of 64bit/Windows Server 2008 machines for a SharePoint install. We'll see if I get them!

re: Prepare for the future: Windows 2008 and 64bit

Dan Lewis — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:19:36 GMT

Very good advice Shane. It's something that I typically do, embrace the newer technology as soon as possible so that you can learn it 'before' it's required to know it.

And Windows 2008 is very different indeed - I did an implementation a couple of months ago, and remember hitting a few snags with SQL running on the server because I was using a least priveleged approach for my moss install, and the resolution to my problem was a tiny blurb on TechNet in italics as a footnote to another article. All of the information isn't out there yet so the quicker to play, the quicker to learn!

re: Prepare for the future: Windows 2008 and 64bit

John — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:47:10 GMT

Don't forget the memory either! x64 can use it.