Microsoft is developing a security server that provides firewall and caching services for Windows 2000 users, a company official disclosed Monday at a briefing session during TechEd.

The product, not-yet-officially-announced and called the Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000, will soon be available in beta version for download at the company´s Web site, said Keren Master, group program manager of the ISA Server team at Microsoft. The ISA Server could be announced as soon as Tuesday, Master suggested. "Watch for the news tomorrow," she said at the beginning of the briefing.

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