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I really liked this new feature GLOBALNAME ZONE in new DNS in server 2008 and thought it was particularly neat.

To help customers migrate to DNS for all name resolution, the DNS Server role in Windows Server 2008 supports a special GlobalNames Zone (also known as GNZ) feature. Some customers in particular require the ability to have the static, global records with single-label names that WINS currently provides. These single-label names typically refer to records for important, well-known and widely-used servers for the company, servers that are already assigned static IP addresses and are currently managed by IT-administrators using WINS. GNZ is designed to enable the resolution of these single-label, static, global names for servers using DNS.

GNZ is intended to aid the retirement of WINS, and it’s worth noting that it is not a replacement for WINS. In GNZ, after the creation and enabling of the GlobalNames zone, the administrators must manually create, add, edit and, if required – delete, name records from that zone. GNZ does not support dynamic updates.

So lets start taking the advantage of this feature.

Hey Guys!  So continuing with our research on Windows Server 2008, I wanted to highlight just a few more features:
I have experienced that Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 provides a single source for managing a server’s identity and system information.

Server Manager makes server administration more efficient by allowing administrators to do the following by using a single tool:
-    View and make changes to server roles and features installed on the server.
-    Perform management tasks associated with the operational life cycle of the server, such as starting or stopping services, and managing local user accounts.
-    Perform management tasks associated with the operational life cycle of roles installed on the server.
-    Determine server status, identify critical events, and analyze and troubleshoot configuration issues or failures.
-    Install or remove roles, role services, and features by using a Windows command line.

We should also get used to the new terms like roles and features.  Roles could add more functionality like DHCP, DNS, whereas Features can augment the functionality of installed roles, like Failover Clustering, and Group Policy Management.