Microsoft has confirmed that just a handful of people will get to look at the beta version of Longhorn Server, despite the public release of a beta for its next-generation client-side operating system, Windows Vista.
Microsoft released an initial beta of the server product in July, at the same time as the beta for the desktop version of Longhorn, now called Vista. Although Vista and Longhorn Server are being developed in tandem, proportionally more of the...
The updated Windows Server Longhorn code is available only to participants in a private beta test program and not available via MSDN or TechNet, Microsoft said. Microsoft on Monday released another preview version of Windows Vista, adding a number...
It will be part of future versions of all Microsoft products but debuts in Windows Vista and Windows Server 'Longhorn', said Cori Hartje, director of Microsoft's Windows Genuine Software Initiative. Windows Vista will have new anti-piracy...
Windows Vista has IPv6 built in, as does the upcoming Windows Server Longhorn release, which also supports IPSec. Only last week, Microsoft released Windows Vista and Office 2007, promoted as the most secure versions of the operating system and...
However, Microsoft is holding the line on the final release of Viridian and on Longhorn Server, Microsoft's forthcoming server operating system, of which Viridian will be a part. The final version of Longhorn Server is still scheduled to be...