I don’t know how many times I’ve attempted to activate Windows Server 2008 and have it fail on me. After banging my head against the wall I remember to check the time settings. If your time is way off, especially in KMS scenarios, activation will fail. So for future troubleshooting, make sure the OS time is set correctly prior to attempting activation.

Microsoft has released two knowledgebase articles around using OCS in a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain and/or installed on Windows Server 2008 R2. The two knowledgebase articles with information on using OCS 2007 R2 with Windows Server 2008 R2 are listed below: Microsoft KB 982020 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982020/ Microsoft KB 982021 –...

Microsoft has released two knowledgebase articles around using OCS in a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain and/or installed on Windows Server 2008 R2. The two knowledgebase articles with information on using OCS 2007 R2 with Windows Server 2008 R2 are listed below: Microsoft KB 982020 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982020/ Microsoft KB 982021 –...

Microsoft has a nice KB article posted describing how to re-arm activation for Windows Server 2008. You can re-arm Windows Server 2008 to provide up to 240 days of usage without being required to activate the server. One example of when you may need to do this is when you have lab/dev servers that you don’t want to waste a MAK activation key. This feature also allows you to extend Eval copies of Windows Server 2008 beyond the initial...

Service Pack 2 for WSUS has been released. This SP adds several new features including a nice compliance report. SP2 also supports Branch Cache in Windows Server 2008 R2. This feature will allow a server in remote locations to cache the updates locally in that office. Check out the full blog post at the source link below for more details and download link. Source Link: TechNet Flash...