Micrrosoft發佈WINDOWS SERVER 2008測試版

FACES OF WINDOWS SERVER 2008 BUILDING MOMENTUM FOR IT PROFESSIONALS AND DEVELOPERS

Kuala Lumpur, August 21, 2007 – At a media briefing held today, Microsoft unveiled a key IT professional and developer momentum tool behind the release and deployment of Windows Server 2008, namely Faces of Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2008 is the next-generation of the Windows Server operating system, aimed at helping IT professionals achieve more control, greater flexibility and increased protection while reducing time and saving costs. It builds on the improved reliability and security of its predecessor Windows Server 2003 R2 to help organizations create an optimized, more dynamic IT infrastructure by addressing the automation of daily management tasks, tightening security, improving efficiency and increasing availability.

Faces of Windows Server 2008 allows a global community of Windows Server 2008 Beta testers, comprising of IT professionals, to share their experiences, swap ideas and feel genuine ownership of the product. The objective of Faces of Windows Server 2008 is to encourage IT professionals to start conversing with other IT professionals about Windows Server 2008

The FACE of Windows Server 2008 community is built on the following objectives:
• Engage the IT Professional thru Downloads, Education and Community involvement.• Get IT Professionals to exchange ideas to one another them talking to other IT Pros about Windows Server 2008 and share their ideas.• Bring more IT Pros within the reach of Microsoft development team for product communication.

IT Professionals will be able to sign up and be part of the FACE community by signing up at www.microsoft.com/malaysia/servers/faces/ . IT Professionals can upload a photograph of themselves and add it to the composite human “face” of IT Professionals from around the world. Watch the face of Windows Server 2008 evolve as more people add their image to the composite.

“Windows Server 2008 is a key component to the next wave of hardware innovation, which includes support for virtualization, multicore processors and 64-bit applications. It will provide a platform for hardware innovations that will deliver more intelligent and compelling computing experiences for consumers and business users, driving increased demand for a wide range of new PCs and new devices,” said Ramesh Rajandran, Product Solutions Marketing Manager, Infrastructure Services, Microsoft Malaysia.

The key attributes of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is:
· Increased control and manageability by allowing more control over server and network infrastructure. Its in-built Server Manager, Windows PowerShell and Server Core creates a versatile, and reliable Windows platform for all work and application requirements
· Flexibility for changing business needs to create an agile and dynamic datacenter to meet changing business needs to reduce cots, increase hardware utilization, optimize infrastructure and improve serve availability with its in-built Windows Server Virtualization, Terminal Services Remote Programs and Terminal Services Gateway.
· A solid foundation on which to build your business by hardening the operating system and protecting your environment and providing protection against failure and intrusion for servers, network, data and user accounts with Network Access Protection, Read-Only Domain Controller and Federated Right Management Services

In Malaysia over 2000 copies of Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 have been handed out to IT Professionals & developers joining over 100,000 downloads across the world. Windows Server 2008 development reflects Microsoft’s most extensive customer- and partner-centric feedback program for server development to date.

“We anticipate that the release will be very well accepted here in Malaysia too, and expect that many IT professionals, administrators and developers will greatly benefit from spending less time on day-to-day tasks and more time adding value to their businesses, with a number of features that work together to provide advanced access, control and protection at the network, application and data layers,” Ramesh added.
As part of its commitment to the overall Windows platform, Microsoft is working with chip-makers, original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and developers to help ensure that the ecosystem necessary to support the general availability of Windows Server 2008 is in place.
Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 kit is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/servers/faces .