So Windows Longhorn Beta 3 is now publicly available, but do you really have the time to take a look at it? Moreover, do you have the hardware resources to install it in?

If your answer to either of these questions is "no", then today's video podcast is just for you. In this, our first video podcast, we'll be going over the installation and initial configuration process involved with setting up your first Windows Longhorn server.

Once we've looked at the initial Longhorn installation, we'll discuss the concept of Longhorn Roles. We'll talk very specifically about the Application Server, File Server, and Terminal Server roles, how they're configured, and how to enable them.

Your thoughts on the Longhorn installation? In my opinion, I think they've gone far with making it easy to set up new servers very quickly. The new Server Manager tool is nice for managing server roles once they're configured.