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CommentsMicrosoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Windows Server™ 2003 R2. Based on Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 R2 delivers new capabilities and value for customers in the areas of branch-office management, identity and access management, virtualization, data storage and Web platform technologies. The product will be generally available to customers within 60 days.
“Windows Server 2003 R2 builds on the proven reliability and security of Windows Server 2003 and introduces new functionality and benefits in key workloads and scenarios,” said Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Server and Tools at Microsoft. “R2 presents our customers with an array of new ways to reduce cost and complexity, boost end-user productivity, and increase the strategic value of their IT systems.”
In a webcast today, Muglia discussed how Windows Server 2003 R2 represents significant progress for the five Windows Server customer promises, areas in which Microsoft is committed to making a fundamental difference in customers’ infrastructure over the next five to 10 years. He made several product and partnership announcements within the context of the promises.
Remote locations connected to an organizational hub or headquarters over a network account for nearly 25 percent of the installed base of x86 servers in the United States. Such offices are largely reliant on Windows® infrastructure and typically require extra resources and management to achieve network and application performance equivalent to that at their headquarters’ facilities.
“We estimate that Windows Server 2003 R2 will eliminate the productivity losses caused by server downtime — worth an estimated $240,000,” said Craig Fletcher, IT operations manager for ARCADIS, a global engineering and construction company with 76 U.S. branch offices.
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 (SBS 2003 R2) is scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2006.
Virtualization is a key technology to help IT departments overcome physical infrastructure limitations, more nimbly deploy services, and progress toward dynamic systems that are more responsive to business requirements.
“Virtualization is a key enabling technology for the scalable enterprise strategy and the datacenter of the future,” said Paul Gottsegen, vice president of worldwide enterprise marketing at Dell. “To help customers get started with virtualization, Dell is providing a complete Virtual Server R2 offering, featuring our PowerEdge 2800 Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and the Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system — all prepackaged and delivered as a complete virtualization platform, at tremendous value.”
Windows Server 2003 R2 helps customers efficiently extend their business infrastructure over the Web while reducing development and management costs.
Windows Server 2003 R2 also provides a full range of cross-platform services for connecting Windows and UNIX-based environments. Using this functionality, IT professionals can transfer UNIX-based tools and application code they are already familiar with to the Windows platform and provide cross-platform authentication, file sharing and identity management. As a result, customers will retain the value of their investments in UNIX applications, be able to update UNIX code with Windows technology, and avoid expending time and effort on application rewrites.
With technologies such as Active Directory® Federation Services (ADFS), Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) and Identity Management for UNIX, Windows Server 2003 R2 delivers functionality that extends control of identity management for internal and external collaboration.
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