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