How many people use a server OS to develop on? | The Coffeehouse

leeappdalecom
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I'm waiting for Server 2008 R2 to upgrade from Server 2008, I can only use a server OS with desktop experience enabled to develop on due to doing so much SharePoint development.

Anyone else user a server OS to develop on.

Only problem is with all the services at startup taking longer to boot but I run it within VMWare anyway on OS X, thinking of running R2 natively to make use of 6GB RAM.

When's R2 out anyway October? Think just in time for the SharePoint conference in Vega.

PerfectPhase
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If your on MSDN or TechNet, it's out this Friday, 14th Aug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2

leeappdalecom
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In reply to PerfectPhase

#Aug 12th @ 6:07 AM

Ah good stuff won't have to wait too long then.

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#Aug 12th @ 6:15 AM

Not sure why working on SharePoint stuff means you need to be on a server as your workstation. Why can't you work in a normal dev environment and have the stuff deployed to the SharePoint site?

leeappdalecom
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In reply to Harlequin

#Aug 12th @ 6:55 AM

Debugging for one, remote debugging is a pain, being able to develop while not connected to the network?

Lots of reasons, it's just more effecient and productive to develop locally.

W3bbo
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#Aug 12th @ 6:59 AM

I solved that by shoving WS onto a VM, but that killed my battery life.

But couldn't you get a HSDPA Internet connection and RDBG that way?

leeappdalecom
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In reply to W3bbo

#Aug 12th @ 7:01 AM

Yeah I run Windows inside a VM on OS X, works fine. Battery dies quicker but hey ho.

PerfectPhase
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#Aug 12th @ 7:03 AM

If you've got a license for windows server anyway, I can't think of a single reason not to install it as your primary desktop if you need it, add the desktop experience pack and your pretty much on windows7.

PerfectPhase
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In reply to leeappdalecom

#Aug 12th @ 6:15 AM

It's there go and get it! Smiley

Dodo
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Not running a Server OS on client machines... I even used client OS' as web servers for a while... did just fine.

Bass
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Someone would say I am running a server OS, since I tend to do the majority of my development on a Linux system.

rhm

I was in favour of developers running Windows Server 2003 on their desktops back in the XP timeframe because the IIS team couldn't be bothered to backport IIS6 to XP. Plus IIS 5.5 included with XP was hopelessly crippled (only one webroot, 10 concurrent connections). Of course you could have a dev server, but it's still much more productive to serve from your own box.

However, since Vista you have a decent version of IIS on your desktop, so it's not such a big deal. I think the introduction of the Web edition of Windows Server has made Microsoft less paranoid about people potentially using the desktop OS for webserving.

leeappdalecom
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In reply to PerfectPhase

#Aug 14th @ 10:41 AM

Only just had a chance to start downloading, today will mainly be installing a dev environment, nice.

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In reply to leeappdalecom

#Aug 16th @ 2:24 AM

I used to have my dev setup on 2003-R2 server (mainly to have full IIS) and while it worked well for that, there were a lot of drawbacks with missing desktop features.

One of the most annoying shortcomings was the lack of Bluetooth support, which meant that my Microsoft Desktop didn't work with it, and I really missed that.

When the hardware failed recently, I installed Vista on the replacement, and have found no need for Server as my dev machine any more... and I have my BT desktop back.