2007: The Year of the Server
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***Commentary: 2007: The Year of the Server
by Paul Thurrott, News Editor, [email protected]
I'll spare you one of those "top 10" lists--mostly because they're a cheap way to meet a deadline during the busy holidays and, besides, I've pretty much beaten those to death in past years--but looking at 2007, it's hard not to see some patterns emerge in Microsoft's release schedule this year. Sure, Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007 just launched to businesses in late 2006, but that doesn't mean there aren't some earth-shattering Microsoft releases coming in 2007. In fact, I'd argue that 2007 will end up being far more important to Microsoft-oriented environments than was last year, and for reasons that include both software and hardware advances.
The crux of this change, of course, is Longhorn Server (or, as Microsoft currently calls it, "Windows Server Longhorn"), which you can pretty much bet will be named Windows Server 2008 when it ships late this year. As with the Vista client, Longhorn will touch off a generation of related software upgrades, this time on both the server and the client, and I believe these products will affect far more people in the long run than Vista ever could by itself.
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FAQ: Windows Vista Security Guide
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