Windows Server 2003 R2 was a major release for Microsoft, and they have worked off R2 as much as they have with Windows Server 2003 to try and get a brand new, stable working server operating system for Windows Server “Longhorn”.

Microsoft will offer all the standard server roles, Clustering, Active Directory Services (including Active Directory Application Mode and Active Directory Federation Services), File Services (with File Resource Storage Manager and Network File System), Print Services, Security Services, Terminal Services (Remote Desktop), Web and Application Services (including Internet Information Services (IIS) and Windows Media Services with advanced streaming support.

We can also look forward to Network Information Service for UNIX systems, Windows Rights Management Services, File Replication Services for synchronisation of files across domains and servers, and Storage Area Networks (SAN’s) and also should be able to see a new version of Windows Windows SharePoint Services as well but a SharePoint Server may ship with Microsoft Office 2007 (codenamed Office “12″) or not… we’ll have to wait and see.

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