SBS 2003 R2 delay and what people are saying baout it - especially Vlad

re: SBS 2003 R2 delay and what people are saying baout it - especially Vlad

David Overton — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:23:34 GMT

Adam,

do you want to mail me with the info at doverton@microsoft.com and I will forward internally to get you an answer :-)

As soon as I get more info, I will pop it back onto the blog.

ttfn

David

re: SBS 2003 R2 delay and what people are saying baout it - especially Vlad

apedder — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:48:54 GMT

Is there any info available about what the bugs are?

We put out an R2 Standard server for a client a week and a half ago. It has a few minor problems, but it would be nice to know whether they are recall bugs, or just something we need to sort out.

Thanks,

Adam

re: SBS 2003 R2 delay and what people are saying baout it - especially Vlad

David Overton — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:09:18 GMT

Tim,

I can't answer that for sure right now, but we will make patches available (probably via Windows Updates) to ensure people's systems run fine. I am running R2 RTM and at the moment I am not seeing bad problems. Many internal people have asked the same question and we hope to get an answer very soon

ttfn

David

re: SBS 2003 R2 delay and what people are saying baout it - especially Vlad

Tim Long — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:40:38 GMT

Two things.

First, absolutely well done Microsoft. I don't think anyone can criticise MS for doing the right thing. Ive seen some software developers make a release, find bugs in it, fix the bugs then slipstream the fixes into the release media without even revving the version number. That's a nasty mess waiting to happen. Far better to come clean and do what Microsoft just did with SBS R2.

Second. I understand that the problem is that some of the files on the media were "old versions". I asume that means that we're probably no worse off than if we had installed SBS SP1 and that eventually the files would have been updated through WSUS? Related to that question, speaking as someone who already has SBS-R2 media that would have been affected by this, would installs already done from that media be stable? Is it just a case of waiting for WSUS updates or would a new/update install need to be done when the fixed media is released?

re: SBS 2003 R2 delay and what people are saying baout it - especially Vlad

iQubed — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:41:43 GMT

Thanks for that, I'll check out those resources.

I'm particularly interested in the new patch management that's integrated in using WSUS and the improved monitoring services. Sounds like it will make managing SBS easier and ultimately better serve customers.

Cheers,

Vijay

re: SBS 2003 R2 delay and what people are saying baout it - especially Vlad

David Overton — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:08:47 GMT

Vijay,

There is loads of SBS info at http://www.microsoft.com/sbs, but specifically there is upgrade info at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/upgrade/default.mspx

On the timescales, I would expect it to be "in the shops" by September - but don't hold me to that just yet.

On the is it worth waiting for new customers - if they buy SBS 2003 SP1 OEM edition then they can get R2 for free via the Tech Guarantee programme - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/r2/upgrade.mspx. As for the features, you need to decide if the features listed at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/features/default.mspx and top ten reasons at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/top.mspx are good enough.

ttfn

David

re: SBS 2003 R2 delay and what people are saying baout it - especially Vlad

iQubed — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:12:28 GMT

I've got a couple of questions:

Is it worth holding out for the general availability of SBS 2003 R2 for new projects? Is there an indication of timescales for the UK? (doesn't sound like this is too serious in the grand scheme of things)

What's the upgrade path to SBS 2003 R2 from SBS 2003 SP1? Are they any resources on this?

Cheers,

Vijay