Windows Server 2008 R2: Not your father’s R2 upgrade
If you’ve been around the IT block for more than a few years, then you probably remember Microsoft’s last R2 upgrade. Windows Server 2003 R2 started out with a lot of promise but ended up adding relatively little in the way of compelling new features to the standard Windows Server 2003 platform. Long-desired updates, like Project Bear Paw for Terminal Services, didn’t make the final cut into Windows Server 2003 R2, and a lot of the "new features" were of little interest to most IT shops. As a result, many organizations ultimately passed on the last R2 upgrade, choosing to wait for Microsoft’s next whole-number release.
Windows Server 2008 R2: Not your father’s R2 upgrade
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