Microsoft Showcases New Features in Windows Server 2008

Taiwan Microsoft today (5/17) showcased Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3 in Taiwan, emphasizing that Longhorn will provide a more streamlined and reliable basic operating environment and enhanced network service functions and security. .

Longhorn Server has been named Windows Server 2008 and will be officially launched in November this year, while the Chinese version will wait until the first quarter of next year. The biggest change, Ye Yijun, senior product marketing manager of Microsoft's server platform business unit in Taiwan, said that from Longhorn Server, the Microsoft server system has escaped the thinking of desktop software, such as Server Core thin installation, and the first installed Unix operating system. similar.

Longhorn provides the first feature of Server Core. Server Core emphasizes the role of the server. System administrators can install only the programs and components required to fully operate the operating system that supports the specified role when installing Windows Server. The new installation option does not install non-essential services and applications. , reducing the extra load.

Ye Yijun said that because Microsoft's early server system was improved from the desktop system, although it is more versatile and easy to use, some functions are not suitable for the server, and Longhorn makes the server only a server. What to do.

In addition, Ye Yijun also added that because the Server Core installation only contains the required items for the specified role, it will require less maintenance and updates, and because there are fewer programs and components installed and executed on the server, The attack surface is also reduced, and if a security vulnerability is found in an unmounted component, there is no need to supplement the program.

In addition, the new Terminal Services Remote Programs emphasizes the integration of the applications and users' desktops executed on remote terminals, allowing remote users to use and execute them. The performance on an individual user's native computer is similar. And the new Terminal Services Web Access allows remote application access through a web browser, allowing users to access and execute programs on remote terminals in a wider area, in line with the needs of modern medium and large enterprises.

In the network security part, Network Access Protection is an important project of Microsoft's recent network security issues. Longhorn Server supports this architecture for the first time, allowing IT system administrators to define network security policies. Combined with Longhorn Server, DHCP service, network policy server, and remote access service, you can check whether the personal computer has installed patches, anti-virus software update code and boot firewall. If the conditions are not met, the computer is not allowed to connect to the isolated network. In addition, it can also be used to cut the internal network and reduce the disaster after computer poisoning.