Microsoft has unveiled the first publicly available test
version of the next edition of Windows Server, codenamed
Longhorn.
The Beta 3 release allows users to evaluate the promised
increased control, flexibility and protection built into the next
Microsoft Windows Server platform.
The final version of Longhorn is on track for release to
manufacturing in the second half of 2007, said Microsoft.
“As they take it for a test drive, our customers and partners
will find we have made some vast improvements in Windows Server
Longhorn to help them reduce costs and adapt to changing business
needs,” said Bill Laing, general manager of the Windows Server
Division at Microsoft.
According to Microsoft research, around 70% of an IT budget is
devoted to daily management tasks, indicating a high demand for
services such as helpdesks, infrastructure health monitoring, and
systems and update management.
Windows Server Longhorn is designed to help simplify
administration tasks via improved event logging, task scheduling,
enhanced remote management and powerful scripting capabilities seen
in the Windows PowerShell feature.
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