Thursday, June 15, 2006

At Tech Ed 2006 in Boston, Microsoft listed 10 new features and enhancements in the upcoming Windows server that will most benefit end users and the solution providers:

  1. Enhanced security through improved Group Policy and BitLocker
  2. Network Access Protection
  3. New Terminal Services capabilities
  4. A new networking stack
  5. Enhancements to Directory Services
  6. New Server Core feature
  7. Expanded Unix/Linux support
  8. Enhanced performance monitoring
  9. An enhanced Internet Information Server (IIS), version 7.0
  10. Enhanced management features and new Server Manager tool