Microsoft puts its server software to the test
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft has signed up a key beta tester for the next generation of its server operating system: itself. In recent weeks, the company has switched 79 of 80 servers that power Microsoft.com over to Windows Server 2008, a new version of its server operating system still in testing. The company is intentionally leaving one box to run the existing server OS, Windows Server 2003, so it can compare versions.
"To deploy a new operating system and new Web server into an environment like this without compromising performance or reliability is quite a feat," Microsoft Technical Product Manager Eric Woersching said on his blog.