Ignored Windows Server 20,089 features

The previous server version of Windows or Windows Server 2003, although Microsoft has published Windows Server 2003 R2, is not a stand-alone new version. As a result, the upcoming Windows Server 2008 is highly valued by Microsoft, and the significant features associated with Windows Server 2008 are being repeatedly rendered by the media. Many of these features are already familiar to most IT professionals, such as the installation version of Server Core, PowerShell, and virtualization technology with no graphical interface, Windows server virtualization, whose development code is Viridian, Referred to as WSv). But Windows Server 2008 still has some unknown features, or features that are overlooked by most people.

Here, the author lists the top nine technical features that are generally overlooked in Windows Server 2008. Through the Windows Server 2008 candidate version and the information published by Microsoft, the author has a detailed understanding of these nine features. Unlike the technologies mentioned above, these technical features have not been able to attract enough attention from the media and have not been widely publicized. But these technologies are equally important, perhaps even more important for corporate networks. The following are the nine features of Windows Server 2008 that have been overlooked by everyone (in terms of importance, counting by Countdown):

9, PMC (print Management console, printing management Console). This feature was first published in Windows Server 2003 R2. However, unlike in the Windows Server 2003 R2 version, in Windows Server 2008, PMC becomes a native feature that is available to each user. PMC becomes part of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), allowing each administrator to monitor every printer in the enterprise from a single console. In addition, an administrator can use Group Policy to map a printer to a specific user group so that the group does not need to actually install a printer.

8, AuditPol. AuditPol is a detailed login tool that allows users to configure, create, back up, and restore audit policies on any machine in the enterprise. With particular emphasis on compliance, auditing is more important than ever, so auditpol may end up demanding third-party auditing applications. It includes a vastly expanded list of audit accounts, not just the simple auditing tools that are shown in Windows Server 2003, and the AuditPol includes hundreds of different categories. So, as Ralston says, it allows customers to "create a detailed track of what is happening in the operating system."

7, WinRS (Windows remote shell,windows remote Shell). In order to connect to the command-line interface on a remote computer in Windows Server 2003, an administrator must use the Terminal service. The so-called Terminal Service is good, but scalability is not very good and needs to be connected to the console on each remote computer. WinRS can create a secure connection to any remote computer when necessary, and it only needs to be done from a single console. This will lead to a significant reduction in time costs for administrators.

6, the incident advance. This feature is useful for enterprise users who are running Vista on the desktop side. Event propulsion enables administrators to manage more efficiently by aggregating logs from selected computers and pushing them to the central console. For example, the administrator received a call from a client, and the user said that he saw an error message named "event 51" displayed on its screen, indicating that a logon problem had occurred. Unlike previously applied sniffing techniques in local area networks to detect security issues, administrators simply "subscribe" to the Vista computer's event information in the server's console, so that the Vista desktop machine automatically sends the information the administrator needs to the console.