after a long period of testing, the official version of Windows Server 2003 is finally going to meet you, because I am the tester for Windows Server "R2", so I took the lead in downloading to the official version of Windows Server 2003 SP1 Edition. Microsoft is about to launch a "R2" Feature Pack. Let's take a look at the download page for Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition.
Download page for Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition
By the way, Windows Server R2: Microsoft will launch a "R2" version of the Windows Server transition between current and Longhorn, and if all goes well, R2 will be on the market in the summer of 2005. It combines all the patches and new features from Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), including the Easy-to-use role-based Security Configuration Wizard, and many Out-of-band (OOB) or feature pack updates that the company has released since April. These updates include a new version of Windows trustbridge-enabled for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (which will enable businesses to share information with partners, customers), one to Windows Power Management Services ( RMS) Consolidation update, and Microsoft. NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) executes the Whidbey version of the environment. R2 will also include new unique features, including branch office management support.
instructions from Microsoft:
The purpose of Microsoft's release of the Windows Server 2003 R2 version is to fill the product release time interval between Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Longhorn Server.
Microsoft says to product testers that Windows Server 2003 R2 is a transitional version of Windows Server, with its core based on the Windows Server 2003 SP1 platform and some of the parts that users choose to install.
new features of R2 include:
-active directory Application Mode (ADAM) Active Directory program pattern
-sharepoint 2. 0
-active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Active Directory Federation Service, i.e. Trustbridge
-branch Office File Replication Services (FRS) branch Office files Replication Service
-common Logging file Systems (CLFS) Universal login FileSystem
-file Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) File Server Migration Kit
-interix and Network File System (NFS) network filesystem support
-MMC compatibility
-simple SAN Simple Storage Area network support
-microsoft ' s Storage Resource manager Microsoft Storage Resource Manager
Well, don't say more ~ Everybody see today's protagonist Windows Server 2003 X64 Official edition bar.
Windows Server 2003 X64
64-bit driver has always been a topic of concern, Microsoft seems to have a certain amount of effort, the basic common hardware drivers are integrated.
Device Manager
Added a security wizard-like program to the new system.
Security Wizard
The 64-bit system is also divided into 2 versions of IE as in the test period, so far no Flash player is found for use with 64-bit systems.
IE is divided into two versions
The 32-bit applications used in 64 bits have a *32 icon, and all 32-bit software is loaded into a program files (x86) folder.
Task Manager
However, some of the 64-bit system software is still not very good support, such as real can not install and also mistakenly X64 2003 recognized as XP.
RealPlayer cannot be installed
Summary: In the process of using the Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition, I found that the performance of the server classes was significantly improved, and the speed of access to the local area network was significantly increased, which showed that the X64 system was more suitable for server applications. Although the system does not have a lot of software support now, it is believed that in the near future X64 will inevitably replace X86.