Jay's Blog [MVP Directory Services]

Windows 7 et Windows Server 2008 R2 sont prêts ! Le build final sera donc le 7600. Ils seront disponibles sur Technet et MSDN (pour les abonnés) dès le 6 aout prochain.

La sortie publique officielle de Windows 7 étant prévue pour le 22 octobre.

La vidéo de l'annonce faite par Steve Balmer peut être visionnée ici : http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/09345636-7bed-4d29-8c97-97dc41d6574b?vp_evt=eref&vp_video=Windows+7+Sneak-Peak+from+MGX

Voici quelques nouveautés apportés par Windows Server 2008 R2 :

• Hyper-V and Live Migration - still the big stars. R2's Hyper-V enables a complete server virtualization solution available out-of-the-box. Live Migration allows server administrators to migrate VMs between physical machines with no perceived downtime for current server connections and work streams.
• File Classification Infrastructure - FCI lets you manage your data based on its characteristics, including things like file type, user credentials and even content.
• Active Directory and Pervasive PowerShell - 240 new PowerShell cmdlets and several management consoles (including a new Active Directory interface) have been built on top of PowerShell. Active Directory has also been enhanced with the Active Directory Recycle Bin.
• IIS 7.5 - The latest edition of Internet Information Server also sports updated management tools as well as application serving capabilities that now including support for PHP and .NET on Server Core installations.
• Server Scalability - Not only is R2 Microsoft's first 64-bit-only operating system, it also supports up to 256 logical processors in a single server as well as all the latest CPU technologies.
• DirectAccess, for example, provides secure, always-on access to corporate networks no matter from what network a client might be connecting. Better yet, it provides a two-way relationship allowing desktop admins to manage clients the same way whether they're local or remote.
• BranchCache allows users in remote offices to cache corpnet data locally, providing a better work experience for remote workers while simultaneously lowering expensive WAN bandwidth costs.
• Remote Desktop and Applications - Windows Server 2008's Terminal Services has now evolved into R2's Remote Desktop Services, and it integrates so tightly with Windows 7 that administrators will be able to roll out virtualized applications and even entire desktop environments without users being able to tell that these tools aren't running locally.