Windows Server Road Map Deliverables

The key deliverables on the Windows Server roadmap are as follows:


Product Releases and Updates Contents

2005 (1st half)

 

Windows Server 2003 SP1

Reliability improvements to address top customer issues

Security enhancements

Performance increased by up to 10 percent for key workloads

Basis for Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems release

Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems release

Evolutionary path to 64-bit technology with greater price-performance

Single code-base providing AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon EM64T support

Feature packs still to come

Windows Update Services

2005 (2nd half)

 

Windows Server 2003 "R2" Update

Streamlined and secure information access for remote workers, trusted partners, and branch office users

Available to servers covered by Software Assurance (SA) at the time of release

Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 1

First available version of the next Windows Server major release, to be distributed to early adopter customers

2006

 

Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 2

Code refresh of the next Windows Server major release, to be distributed to early adopter customers

Windows Server 2003 SP2

Improvements to address top customer issues

2007

 

Windows Server "Longhorn"

Next-generation Web services application platform, including integrated management of IIS, ASP.NET, and the set of new .NET technologies that form the communications infrastructure code-named "Indigo"

Manageability from the ground up, such as role-based deployment that reduces maintenance and attack surface

New hardware and standards support, such as dynamic partitioning for Windows "mainframes" and support for PCI Express

2008 and Beyond

 

Windows Server "Longhorn" Service Pack

 

Windows Server "Longhorn" Update

 


Source: Microsoft Corporation