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Print Manager Plus now Fully Compatible with Windows Server 2008 Core Installation

Print Manager Plus Passes All Windows Server 2008 Core Compatibility Tests

Palo Alto, California and London, England

25 June 2009

Software Shelf International, Inc, developers of the world’s leading print monitoring and print accounting software, today announced that its flagship product, Print Manager Plus, is now fully compatible with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core Installation.

Software Shelf, a Microsoft Certified Partner, has been a designated beta tester for Microsoft for many years, ensuring that its print management software remains ‘state of the art’ software technology for use on Microsoft operating systems. Print Manager Plus operates as a seamless extension of the Windows operating system.

"The server infrastructure changes that organizations have to encounter will now be seamless with respect to their use of Print Manager Plus,” affirms Software Shelf CEO Bill Feeley.

“We are very excited about the release of Print Manager Plus for Windows Server 2008 Core, especially following very positive customer satisfaction surveys* so we are very proud to be able to announce that Print Manager Plus is fully compatible with Windows Server 2008 Core Installation."

With this announcement, Software Shelf can now confirm that Print Manager Plus runs on all main versions of Windows i.e. Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, and now Windows Server 2008 Core installation. The product also runs on Microsoft Cluster Services, Terminal Services,and virtualized installation of Windows Server. The technical support that Software Shelf provides in 13 languages from its offices in the US and UK and from its partners and resellers in 62 countries will include support for the Windows Server 2008 Core platform.

Print Manager Plus requires no training for anyone familiar with Windows, it is affordable to nearly any organization being licensed at a fraction of the price of other similar software while yet being of the highest technical quality. Microsoft made it their “Solution of the Month” for the public sector for 18 months in a row. Hewlett-Packard recently awarded Software Shelf its Outstanding Partner of the Year Award due in part to the quality and functionality of its flagship product, Print Manager Plus.

What is a Server Core installation?

The Server Core installation option is an option that you can use for installing Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. A Server Core installation provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles, which reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. A server running a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 supports the following server roles:

• * Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
• * Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
• * DHCP Server
• * DNS Server
• * File Services
• * Hyper-V
• * Print Services
• * Streaming Media Services
• * Web Server (IIS)

A server running a Server Core installation of Windows S