Clean up Winsxs on Windows 2. R2 after SP1 install. Last year I wrote a post where I explained what the Winsxs folder was and which were the possible solutions to contain its bad habit of eating free space on your hard drive. Some days ago I have discovered that, starting from Service Pack 1, Windows 2. R2 (.. This tool is DISM.

Cool news isn't it? Personally I am happy to know that someone at Microsoft has finally decided to make it possible to reclaim a few GBs on the system partition and to partially solve this major bug. The procedure is the following: Start and elevated command prompt (run 'CMD' as administrator) and .. Run the DISM command, which replaces the old VSP1. CLN and COMPCLN we used on previous Windows versions: DISM. Cleanup- Image /spsuperseded. Wait 1. 0 minutes before the task completes ( it ends with “Service Pack Cleanup operation completed.

The operation completed successfully”)Normally you should have been able to reduce the Winsxs folder size by 1 or maybe 2 GBs, sometimes more. Saved space may vary a lot. Just know that after using DISM you will not be able to uninstall the Service Pack 1 anymore.

Let's have a look at the used switches for DISM. The /online switch tells DISM to work on the running OS installation. The /spsupersededoption removes the backup files created during installation.

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Probably a stupid question. I have a dedicated server about 5000 miles from me. It runs Centos 7 with Cpanel/WHM and i have reboot capability (soft and hard).

Optionally you could use the /hidespoption which will remove SP1 (KB9. Installed Updates” section of Programs and Features, to ensure that users do not try to uninstall the Service Pack. I hope this helps. Please let me know how much disk space you were able to free up using the given command.

Windows Server 2. Licensing In Detail. New, Simpler, Better Value Licensing Announced For WS2. Some SBS Changes.

Note: I saw the announcement when it first came out and have been waiting & digesting. Please ask your reseller, distributor, or LAR your scenario specific questions; that’s why you pay them. In case you don’t know, I happen to work for a distributor of Microsoft licensing. My job is to work with our sales people, supporting Microsoft partners who resell product to end customers. My focus is on System Center (and that brings in Hyper- V) and Forefront, but anything that is anyway technical tends to find its way to my desk. And you know what? I’ve been amazed at the complexity that is involved.

Some questions are part licensing/legal and part technical. And these issues confuse the hell out of people. And trust me; I’ve let well known executives in Microsoft know what I thought of the complexity. The recent changes to System Center 2. To use a Henry Ford analogy, System Center SMLs come in 2 sizes and in black: SML Standard: 2 CPUs in the physical server, all of System Center, licensing 2 physical CPUs in the server + 2 VMs running Windows Server on the licensed host. SML Datacenter: 2 CPUs in the physical server, all of System Center, licensing 2 physical CPUs in the server + unlimited VMs running Windows Server on the licensed host.

There is nothing to restrict you from creating hundreds of VMs on Win. Serv Std. The VOSE rights restrict your rights to install Windows Server. Make sure you follow this post by reading my post on licensing for virtualisation of Windows Server 2.

Windows Server 2. R2 SKUs. Currently on the Windows Server front it’s more like 2. General Motors than early Ford. We have the following SKUs in Windows Server: Windows Server 2. R2 Datacenter. Windows Server 2. R2 Enterprise. Windows Server 2.

R2 Standard. Windows Web Server 2. R2. Windows HPC Server 2. R2 Suite. Windows Server 2. R2 HPS Edition. Microsoft HPC Pack 2.

R2 Enterprise. Windows Server 2. R2 for Itanium- Based Systems. Windows Small Business Server 2. Premium. Windows Small Business Server 2.

Standard. Windows Small Business Server 2. How To Install Wordpress Using Virtualmin Inc. Essentials. Windows Server 2.

R2 Foundation. Windows Storage Server 2. R2. Windows Home Server 2. Phew! No wonder people get confused. Windows Server 2. SKUs. This evening Microsoft released the details of Windows Server 2.

There is also a datasheet and a FAQ with more details. Here’s why: HPC will be a free download/add- on for Standard/Datacenter customers. Standard will have the same scalability and features as the Datacenter edition . What were the shelf prices before with 2. R2? The funny thing with Datacenter was that it was per processor, with a minimum of 2 processors . Licensing- wise, it allowed 4 VMs on the licensed host to run Windows for free.

You could double the licensing for the host to get 8 VMs for free . However, Enterprise was $2,3. Standard Edition had limited scalability and features, e. GB RAM even for Hyper- V. At $7. 26 you licensed a server, and it came with 1 free license for a VM on that host. Enter Windows Server 2. For Datacenter there is 1 change: You buy 1 copy of Datacenter and it includes 2 processors.

The whole minimum- of- 2- procs- per- host thing confused people. So Microsoft consolidated the 2 licenses into 1 and left the price at $4,8. We continue to have the unlimited virtualisation licensing.

That means if you buy 1 copy of Datacenter for a 2 CPU host (any virtualisation) and you get unlimited installations of Windows Server 2. VMs on that host . Standard is going from $7. CPUs in a server. For that, you’re getting: A huge leap in capabilities and scalability in the Standard edition. Rights to an additional copy of Windows for a second VM running on the physical box that is licensed using Windows Server 2.

Standard. The other change for Standard is that it will match the Datacenter model. The Standard license will cover you for 2 CPUs in a server. If you want 4 CPUs, then you need 2 copies of Standard. I do not envision that being a problem because I’ve never seen Standard installed on anything more than 2 CPUs. If you’re about to complain because you have a bunch of Standard edition physical servers, the price is going up, and you don’t need the additional features/scalability, then I will respond with: you’ve been throwing money away for years and your boss should be asking you some questions like “Why didn’t we virtualise those servers 3 years ago?”  If you virtualise those Standard Edition servers now then you can merge them into Datacenter per host licensing and save on electricity, support, and lots of other costs over your 3 year cycles.

Windows Server 2. Foundation is OEM only and therefore there is no Open NL pricing. Here is your replacement strategy: If you use to buy Enterprise for clustering, then use Standard instead. You just saved $1,4.

If you bought Enterprise to have virtualisation rights for 4 VMs on a host, then buy 2 Standards for that host ! R2 Enterprise cost $2,3. WS2. 01. 2 Standard costs $1,7. You just saved $5. Where Is Small Business Server (SBS)? The answer to that question was posted on the SBS blog. In contrast to Windows SBS Standard, Essentials offers lower up- front acquisition and deployment costs.

It allows you to take advantage of cloud- based messaging offerings while enjoying an integrated management experience by subscribing to Office 3. Exchange service. If you prefer a fully on- premises solution, you have the option of running Exchange Server on a second server (either as a physical or virtual machine) alongside Essentials with the same integrated management experience. Windows Server 2. Essentials can also be used as a platform to run line- of- business applications and other on- premises workloads, as well as to provide an integrated management experience when running cloud- based applications and services, such as email, collaboration, online backup, and more. Windows Server 2.

Essentials can also be used as a platform to run line- of- business applications and other on- premises workloads, as well as to provide an integrated management experience when running cloud- based applications and services, such as email, collaboration, online backup, and more. Windows SBS 2. 01. Standard, which includes Exchange Server and Share. Point Foundation, will be the final such Windows SBS offering. It will remain available through the OEM channel until December 3.

June 3. 0, 2. 01. Long- story short, the small business customer is now getting a 2.

Windows that does not come with Exchange. And that makes the Enrollment for Core Infrastructure (ECI) and Core Infrastructure Suite (CIS) licenses much easier to understand: Buying Windows Server and a Standard System Center SML? Then buy a Standard edition of a CIS or ECI suite. Buying the Datacenter editions? Then buy the Datacenter edition of the ECI or CIS suites instead ? Well there are migrations from the old SKUs to the new SKUs: The 2: 1 Datacenter edition makes sense because you’re going from 2 * 1 CPU licenses per host to 1 * 2 CPU license with no price change.

Remember that HPC is replaced by Windows Server 2. Standard/Datacenter plus the free HPC download. And Enterprise folks don’t lose out because they get the equivalent (features + virtualisation rights) of 2 copies of Standard (4 licensed VMs + 4 CPUs in the server). Anyone running physical installations of Windows Web Server 2. R2: this is your prompt to join the rest of us in the 2.

If you put 2 web servers on to a host, your new Windows Server 2. Standard edition covers you for your virtual web server licensing. Editions Comparison. Here are how the Windows Server 2. Here is a feature comparison: And here is how you can buy the different WS2. Step- Up. For those of you running one edition and would like to upgrade to another (Standard - > Datacenter) then you can do that if you have Software Assurance. The cost is the price difference between the editions.

Note that you can step up from 1 Enterprise 2. R2 to 2 copies of Datacenter 2.