{"id":6303,"date":"2005-05-06T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-06T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-05-06T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-06T12:51:00","slug":"windows-server-2003-r2-public-beta-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/blog\/2005\/05\/06\/windows-server-2003-r2-public-beta-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2003 R2 Public Beta now Available!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come and get it!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsserver2003\/r2\/default.mspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsserver2003\/r2\/default.mspx\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsserver2003\/r2\/default.mspx<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">Cheers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">Ward 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