Win2003 reminds Microsoft: In the next two years, it will show its strengths

On the occasion of the Windows Server 2003 anniversary, Microsoft has further strengthened the development direction of the future Windows server operating system when it is cheering for the success of this "the best-selling Windows server version ever."

this year, April 24 is the official launch of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is the first anniversary of the day. In the words of Microsoft officials, the product "is as good as scones." Microsoft also highlighted the sales of Windows Server in its third quarter financial report last week. Although Microsoft will not disclose the specific sales volume of Windows Server 2003 since its release, it said that this latest server operating system accounts for 75% of the total Windows Server sales.

in 2003 after the great success of Windows Server, Microsoft decided to launch the operating system's first service pack at the end of this year. Currently, Windows Server 2003 SP1 is in beta testing, and it introduces a number of new features in addition to bug fixes.

It is understood that a number of enhanced features Windows Server 2003 SP1 will be integrated in Windows XP SP2, including remote procedure call (RPC), Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) and enhanced firewall area. In addition, it comes with new security features such as "network isolation" and "detection environment."

Microsoft is expected to be working on the development of 64-bit Windows Server while releasing SP1, including Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition designed for Intel 64-bit expansion and Itanium processors and AMD. 64-bit extended chip tailored Windows Server 2003 Extended Edition.

At the beginning of May this year, Microsoft launched a 64-bit tour promotion and code-named "Route 64 Windows Technology Tour" and a series of seminars for developers.

Since Microsoft decided to discontinue support for NT 4.0 on December 31 this year, Windows Server team now Yiba focus shifted to migrate the system up.

A source also said that Microsoft will release code-named "R2" version of Windows Server 2003 update sometime in 2005. R2 is expected to carry as many as 12 to 15 "feature packs" or Windows Server 2003 layering technologies. Although Microsoft is reluctant to disclose the feature packs that will be introduced in R2, analysts believe that the two most popular features of the Group Policy Management Console and SharePoint Service (depending on the number of users downloaded) are likely to include In it.

In addition, Microsoft confirmed that Longhorn server version is under development, and plans to further disclose more details
Longhorn Server next month