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Certificate settings in Group Policy in the Windows Server Code Name Longhorn Beta 3 operating system allow you to manage the settings for certificate path discovery and validation using Group Policy objects. This guide includes system requirements, installation instructions, and step-by-step instructions for enforcing trust management decisions and managing certificate settings according to your organization's security requirements.

Certificate Settings in Group Policy

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These system requirements and installation documents provide important information you should know prior to deploying and using the Microsoft Windows Server Code Name Longhorn operating system, including known issues. You should familiarize yourself with all of the known issues listed here prior to installing the software.

System Requirements and Installation Documentation for Windows Server Code Name Longhorn Beta 3

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This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the Administrative template files (admx/adml) delivered with Windows Server "Longhorn” Beta 3. The policy settings included in this spreadsheet cover Windows Server “Longhorn,” Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional, and Windows 2000. You can configure these policy settings when you edit Group Policy objects (GPOs). In addition, this spreadsheet includes the following categories of security policy settings: Account Policies (Password Policy, Account Lockout Policy, and Kerberos Policy), Local Policies (Audit Policy, User Rights Assignment, and Security Options), Event Log, Restricted Groups, System Services, Registry, and File System policy settings. Note: This does not include security settings that exist outside of the Security Settings extension (scecli.dll), such as Wireless Network extension, Public Key Policies, or Software Restriction Policies.

Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3

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Microsoft plans this summer to offer special licences to users who want to run the Beta 2 version of the Longhorn Server operating system in specific roles within their networks.

The company said this week at its annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference that it would offer Go Live licences for Longhorn Server Beta 2 to subscribers of the Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet. The licences would let those users run Longhorn Server Beta 2 and Internet Information Server (IIS) 7.0 in production.

Microsoft to let users lead Longhorn forward

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Microsoft Corp.'s plans for streamlining identity management aren't limited to the client version of its Windows OS. At the RSA Conference 2006 in San Jose, California, this week the company also quietly unveiled plans to enhance access and identity management in the next version of Windows Server, code-named Longhorn, by making its Active Directory Server the central location for those services.

Directory to provide Longhorn's ID management