eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Longhorn Server Beta 2

eWEEK Labs used Server Manager to install new features, such as Windows load balancing and failover capabilities, and to load up the Desktop Experience to Vista-cize Longhorn Server.

We used Server Manager to install server roles on our Longhorn test box.

Now thats eye candy–Longhorn Server and Vista each offer a broadened view of whats happening on your machines, including some more info on what all those svchost processes are up to.

We wanted to know where to turn to enable ClearType on our new Longhorn Server box; Windows new integrated search helped us figure out where the option had been moved.

During installation, Longhorn Server asks only for a partition on which to install and (of course) for a license key. The servers new configuration screen led us through the final configuration steps.

Windows Longhorn Server organizes its services into roles, and we could–unlike in Windows Server 2003–install multiple roles at once.

Longhorn Servers Server Manager does a great job gathering together all the operations and information that relate to particular roles.

We tweaked Longhorn Servers update and phone-home-feedback options from this dialog off the Initial Configuration Tasks screen.