Trial and beta software is a great way for you to look at a product. The trials are normally fully functional and let you get a real feel for how the products perform. Just don’t install trial version software as a production server, that is never a good idea.
The problem with trial software is its [...]

This week has seen the release of two new Microsoft products to beta. The first is Windows 7. This has been in restricted beta for a little while. Developers who went to the Professional Developer Conference (PDC) received an early release of the software.
Microsoft announced last week that Windows 7 would go into public [...]

Windows 2008 is very similar to previous Microsoft operating systems. The install process is more streamlined. Windows 2008, like Windows Vista requires activation before you can unlock the full functionality.
Normally during the installation process you are prompted for a License Key. Then after the installation is complete you will be prompted until you activate the [...]

Recently Microsoft has started talking about Microsoft Windows 2008 R2. Specifically its use in combination with Windows 7. My first take on this was Its just another rebranding exercise with a couple of small feature enhancements. However, this is not the case.
Windows 2008 R2 aims to do a number of things. It will deliver:

improved Virtualization [...]