2600 web servers running Windows Server 2008

China IT Lab July 10th news: Perhaps because of trust in its own operating system, perhaps the promotion of the most new products, Microsoft has found an important beta tester for its next-generation server operating system, that is it Yourself. Soft recently officially upgraded its official website, www.microsoft.com, to Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft-IIS/7.0.

In the last few weeks, Microsoft has switched from 79 of its 80 servers running Microsoft.com to Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 is still in beta. Microsoft intends to have a server running Windows Server 2003 to compare the two versions of the operating system.

Microsoft Technology Product Manager Eric writes in his blog that deploying a new operating system and a new Web server in such an environment without compromising performance and stability is a feat.

In April, Microsoft released the third beta version of Windows Server 2008. In June, Microsoft released an updated beta version to beta testers in the high-tech world. Microsoft has said it plans to complete the official version of Windows Server 2008 code this year, but the product release may need to wait until next year.

Although Windows Server 2008 has not yet been officially released, there are as many as 2,600 websites around the world using this operating system, some of which are Microsoft's own servers, and some of which are developers and participate in Microsoft testing. Partner company.

Looking back at history, the upgrade process from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003 has not been completed for several years. Currently, there are 5 million websites running on Windows 2000. It is conceivable that the promotion process of Windows Server 2008 will be More difficult.