Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer says platform will lead company into next generation of enterprise computing
Early adopters report success with a number of new features, tout reliability
Outage of services, including Hotmail, blamed on Windows Live ID log-in process
Changes in APIs, features could lead to broken applications
Secrets for connecting to Windows client, server, Office, SQL Server being exposed
Guarded optimism, skepticism follows plan to foster interoperability, file formats
Windows Server 2008 forms foundation for Small Business Server, Essential Business Server
Web clients, calendars and management tools are part of server releases
Servers used to host applications or Exchange require specific steps to follow in order to avoid migration problems, questions
While those with immediate plans are relatively low, 63% say they will eventually rollout the software
