Вышла новая версия Windows Server - Windows Server R2.

New & Updated Features:

Customer situations and solutions addressed by Windows Server 2003 R2 include:

  • [New] Reduce cost and complexity of managing remote servers with Simplified Branch Server Management

o        Centralized Backup & Management of File and Print Services

    • High Availability
    • Efficient Publishing & Collaboration (Distributed File System)
    • Remote server hardware management
  • [Updated] Improve web capabilities with Rich Web Platform
    • Better performing web platform
    • Windows SharePoint Services delivers a cost-effective collaboration solution that can be deployed, configured, and managed quickly
    • x64 support enables better performance at lower cost
  • [New] Reduce cost and complexity of storage with Efficient Storage Management
    • Simple SAN Management for the IT Generalist
    • File Server Resource Manager
    • NFS Support
    • Unified File Server Role Management Console
  • [New] Utilize external identity authentication with Active Directory Federation Services
    • WebSSO: Log on once, secure access to everything
    • Federation Services
    • Interoperable with Existing Security Systems
    • Based on WS-* specifications
    • Broad interoperability with other IdM Vendors
  • [New] Reduce the cost of Virtualization through license improvements
    • No license required for each image
    • One Enterprise Edition license required for up to 4 virtual machines
  • [Updated] Improve Unix Interoperability and Migration
    • Windows Subsystem for Unix Applications (formerly SFU)
    • Unix Identity Management (NIS Server/Password Sync)
    • NFS Server
    • 64-bit support for all
Информация по лицензированию: новые CAL (client access license, лицензии клиентского доступа, покупаемые на каждый десктоп, работающий с данным сервером) покупать не нужно. Однако, новую серверную лицензию придется купить.