What's New in Windows Server 2003 R2

Windows Server 2003 R2 extends the Windows Server 2003 operating system, providing a more efficient way to manage and control access to local and remote resources while easily integrating into your existing Windows Server 2003 environment. Windows Server 2003 R2 provides a scalable, security-enhanced Web platform, seamless interoperability with UNIX-based systems and enables new scenarios including simplified branch server management, improved identity and access management, and more efficient storage management. Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition also delivers dynamic new licensing that allows customers to get even more value out of server virtualization. This page provides an overview of benefits, new features, and improvements in Windows Server 2003 R2. Read the Full Article

Microsoft announced the availability for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Beta 2

Operations Manager 2007 simplifies monitoring of your IT services, reliably scales across your organization and environment, and includes the Microsoft application and OS knowledge you need to rapidly resolve your operational problems. Operations Manager 2007 will help you increase deployment of current products; drive adoption of the 2007 Office System, Windows Vista, and Exchange 2007 products; lower customer total cost of ownership; and improve customer satisfaction. With our new service-oriented monitoring capability this also becomes a great solution for monitoring line of business applications built on Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

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Microsoft Exchange Site was uploaded with MS Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Resources

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 beta 2 will be available soon, so the Microsoft Exchange site has been loaded with Beta 2 information:

Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Product Overview
Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Features
Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Demos.


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Microsoft Announces “People-Ready” Business Vision

NEW YORK — March 16, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer today outlined the company’s vision for how people, armed with the right software, are the key to driving business success. Called “People-Ready”. This vision for business is the backdrop for a series of innovative solutions in new and existing categories that Microsoft will bring to market over the next year. Addressing more than 500 business customers, Ballmer showcased new business solutions and explained how they are enabled by the integration across the company’s forthcoming versions of the Windows Vista™ operating system, the 2007 Microsoft® Office system, Windows Mobile® software and the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, as well as infrastructure offerings such as Windows Server™ 2003 and SQL Server™ 2005.

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