Windows Server 2008 Component Posters

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Windows Server 2008 Component Posters, originally printed in the July 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine.

These two posters, originally published in the July 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, provide a strong visual tool to aide in the understanding of various features and components of Windows Server 2008. One poster focuses exclusively on powerful new Active Directory technologies, while the other provides a technical look at a variety of new features available in Windows Server 2008 (such as Server Core, Network Access Protection, and more).

Windows Server 2008 Component Posters

Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit (Beta 3)

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The Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit includes a set of hands-on-labs and presentations for technologies such as IIS7, Management, WCF, WF, Windows CardSpace, Windows PowerShell, Virtualization and the Transactional File System (TxF).

The seven hands-on labs included in this kit are based on the DinnerNow sample application. The entire source code for the DinnerNow sample application can be downloaded from codeplex (see the related resources), however, this sample is not required for using the developer training kit.

Although this kit is intended to show developers how to build applications that target Windows Server 2008 technologies, the kit can be installed on Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. The hands-on labs and most of the technologies covered in this training kit also apply to Windows Vista.

Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit (Beta 3)

Utilities and SDK for SUA

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Utilities and SDK for UNIX-Based Applications is an add-on to the Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications (referred to as SUA, hence forth) component that shipped in Microsoft Windows Vista / Windows Server Code Name Longhorn Beta 3.

This consists of the following components:

- Base Utilities
- SVR-5 Utilities
- Base SDK
- GNU SDK
- GNU Utilities
- UNIX Perl
- Visual Studio Debugger Add-in

This release enables
64-bit application development for SUA.
development and porting of custom UNIX applications using the Windows OCI (Oracle Call Interface) and Windows ODBC libraries (collectively referred to as Mixed Mode in the rest of the document).

Note:
The installation packages are different for Windows Vista and Windows Server Code Name Longhorn Beta 3.
Windows Vista users should download either Utilities and SDK for UNIX-based Applications_X86.exe or Utilities and SDK for UNIX-based Applications_X64.exe.
Windows Server Code Name Longhorn Beta 3 users should download only the packages whose names end with Longhorn Server Beta 3.

Utilities and SDK for SUA

Certificate Settings in Group Policy

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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

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

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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

Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Server 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

Microsoft to let users lead Longhorn forward

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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

Directory to provide Longhorn's ID management

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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

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