Hello everyone!

Early next week, prior to my departure to the other side of the world (laughs), I’m going to switch the server over to Windows Server 2003 R2 RTM.

MSBLOG is currently running on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 on top of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.

Q. Why make the change?
A. We all worked so hard to test Windows Server 2003 R2, so I thought the blog deserved to be running on it.

Q. What does this mean for the blog?
A. Nothing, except maybe 20-30 mins of downtime during the switch. I will have done all the pre-deployment testing required prior to beginning the physical switchover.

Q. Will the interface, logons, etc. be the same?
A. Yup. I’m migrating the entire blog and AppServ software over to R2. It will simply be running on a new machine.

Q. What happens to the old MSBLOG server?
A. It magically vanishes and frees up lots of RAM for me to test other things on.. It has always been a virtual machine anyway. This time it will be a physical server running Windows Server 2003 R2!