NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS 11/15/04 Today's focus: R2 slated to be out the door within a year
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For more results from this recent survey conducted by IDC of full-time security pros in 80 counties worldwide, click here: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88279 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: R2 slated to be out the door within a year By Dave Kearns News is coming out of Redmond that the next version of Windows Server software, codenamed "R2," will ship in about a year. Industry insiders are buzzing that the details, pricing and licensing - even the packaging of the product - are, essentially, finalized. But, as far as I can tell, no one outside of Redmond has seen a beta version of the software yet. Now this isn't the same product as "Blackcomb" (the successor to Windows Server 2003, still due in 2007) nor does it have much to do with "Longhorn" (the successor to Windows XP, due either late next year or early 2006), although it has more to do with Longhorn than with Blackcomb. R2 is more than just a roll-up of service packs for Windows Server 2003 though, as some industry pundits would have you believe. It's also the necessary link in the "chicken and egg" problem (see <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/2003/0512nt2.html> ) that Microsoft is having with different versions of its desktop and server operating systems. While Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 shipped in both desktop and server versions, the two platforms have been split since then with Windows XP (for the desktop) shipping first and Windows Server 2003 shipping later. This means the most recently shipped operating system would have some features that the other platform can't take advantage of. Longhorn, which is coming in late 2005 (maybe), will have features that require new functionality in the servers it interacts with. Since it will be two years after the release of Longhorn before Blackcomb is released, Microsoft needs to get an interim server release into the marketplace. Thus, R2. Among the new, modified or improved features still touted as being in R2 are: * Active Directory Federation Services (a.k.a "Trustbridge"). * Rights Management Server. * SharePoint Portal Services Version 2. * File Server Migration Toolkit. * Network File System (NFS) support. * Services for Unix. * Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). * 'Corral' Storage Resource Management. There's nothing radical in that list, but because some of the improvements rely on changes in other modules, it won't be possible to pick and choose which new features to install. Microsoft hopes that its own internal testing is enough to ensure that there'll be few problems with rolling out R2 to the Windows Server 2003 platform (as there were with recent service packs for Windows XP), but until there are some beta testers "in the wild," we can't really know what problems might occur. Interestingly, in researching this edition of the newsletter, I came across one analyst who referred to the next version of Windows Server 2003 as "Longhorn Server." Could it be that Redmond is changing direction once again on operating systems and will go back to developing both client and server platforms in tandem. There really is nothing new under the sun, is there? RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Microsoft puts anti-trust issues behind it Network World, 11/15/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504mssettle.html The Extended Enterprise Issue Network World, 11/15/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/ee/2004/ _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Dave Kearns Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>. Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management. Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these respective addresses: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Intel IT Productivity; Increasing ROI Learn how to effectively measure employee productivity, manage IT investments and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership in enterprise data management. Visit Intel's IT Productivity center. 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