Hosting Webcast Series: Windows Server 2008 - Technical Features and Benefits  

A high level overview of Windows Server 2008, our next generation server operating system for the hosting industry.  With the fantastic new features such as dramatic improvements in Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, Powershell, Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Hyper-V(Windows Virtualization) and Terminal Services, Windows Server 2008 is not only the best server OS Microsoft has ever shipped it is Hosting Ready out of the box!

Speaker:  Chris Samsom, Sr. Technology Specialist, Communications Sector of North America

Chris has been working with Hosting Providers and hosted ISV’s delivering Software+Services (SaaS)-based solutions for 8 + years. His technology background is focused on Systems-based Microsoft products like Windows Server OS (2000, 2003, 2008) Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM 2005, OM 2007), Active Directory (AD), WSUS, Provisioning (MPS),  Exchange Server (2003, 2007), IIS 6 and 7 and overall the Microsoft Operations Framework  (MOF). In addition, he have been the managing from a technology background with the top 5 largest and most successful hosting providers in the US since joining Microsoft in 2001 and have assisted these hosting providers deliver value-added Windows-Based Hosted solutions to their customers.