If you have previously installed a pre-release version of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 on your machine, you must uninstall that version before installing SP1. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is available for installation in the same languages made available at original launch of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. May 25, 2009 Service Pack 2, the latest service pack for both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, supports new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards, includes all of the updates that have been delivered since SP1, and simplifies deployment, for consumers, developers, and IT professionals.
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In this article we will untangle the confusing nomenclature behind Microsoft’s R2 product releases.
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The question arises: What does the ‘R2’ mean in Microsoft products such as Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2? While we are on the subject, what are the chief differentiators between a hotfix and a service pack?
Download pinball arcade. In my opinion, Microsoft has historically been a wee bit less than clear on these points. To that end, I hereby make it my mission in this blog post to untangle the thorns and get us all to the same plane of understanding.
Hotfix vs. Service Pack ^
A hotfix (also called a patch) is a code module that is developed to address a single flaw in a software product. It bears mentioning that, in general, all Windows systems administrators are not asked to apply a Microsoft hotfix. Rather, hotfixes are generally intended for systems in which a particular problem rears its ugly head.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp2 Release Date 2017
That said, Microsoft does release hotfixes every month (the second Tuesday to be more specific; this is affectionately referred to as “Patch Tuesday”) that apply to all operational Windows systems in the wild.
Whereas Microsoft creates hotfixes immediately to address 0-day exploits and releases them monthly during their normal patch cycle, service packs represent more significant updates to a Microsoft product.
Specifically, a service pack consists of the following three properties:
- Security fixes
- Bug fixes
- Performance enhancements
- (sometimes) new features
Because service packs encompass a much larger scale than a hotfix or hotfix rollup package, the application of service packs tends to require much careful Q/A testing by systems administrators before they are installed on production systems.
We can informally define a service pack as a rollup of all previous hotfixes since the previous service pack, along with some extra code to buff up performance and perhaps add some new features.
The Service Release ^
We might create a preliminary definition of the service release as a rollup of all previous service pack code, along with, again, performance boosters, bug fixes, and new features/add-ons. https://boxesclever651.weebly.com/software-companies-in-usa.html.
Some administrators believe that a change to the operating system kernel code denotes the service release distinction. This isn’t true in any consistent manner, at least as far as Microsoft is concerned.
Take, for example, Windows Server 2003. The R2 update here made no kernel-level changes to the OS, but instead focused on code fixes and new utilities.
By contrast, Windows Server 2008 R2 most certainly contains kernel-level changes, the most significant of which deals with the operating system’s 64-bit-only nature.
Yet other administrators speculate that Microsoft calls service releases R2 as a psychological factor for systems admins. In other words, the party line is “I’m afraid to apply a service pack because I’m concerned the code will break my systems. However, a service release is somehow different and more stable than a service pack.”
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Ah…okay. As John Lennon said, “Whatever gets you through the night, it’s all right.” ?
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To get to the kernel (pun intended) of the issue, R2 in Windows Server 2008 means “Release 2,” and the primary reason why Microsoft uses the R2 nomenclature as opposed to revising the major product version is as follows:
R2 releases do not require administrators to purchase upgrade client access licenses (CALs).
There you have it—in a nutshell. As you know, Microsoft product licensing can get expensive very quickly. We have to pay for the server license, and we have to pay for CALs to legally provide our users access to the server.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Service Pack Release Date
Question: Does an upgrade from Windows Server 2008 Release to Manufacturing (RTM) to Windows Server 2008 R2 require a new license and activation key?
Windows Server 2012 R2 Service Pack 2 Release Date
Answer: Yes, it does.
Conclusion
Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1
I hope now that you feel much for comfortable with the release nomenclature that Microsoft adopts for some of its enterprise products. Please feel free to leave your questions and opinions in the comments portion of this post. Thanks for reading and take care.
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