Wiley Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 978-0-470-53286-7 ユーザーズマニュアル
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Chapter 1
What’s New in Windows Server 2008
and 2008 R2
As explained in the introduction, Microsoft had to delay Server 2008’s appearance by years
because of the change in the network security environment...a change for the worse. But once
delivered, Server 2008 offered some very nice upgrades, and its “surprise” little sibling, Server
2008 R2, brought even more. Now, explaining all of those features would take much more than
a chapter (which is, of course, why we wrote a book!), but let’s use these first few pages to give
you the lay of the land. Now, we realize that some reading this book are just getting started with
Microsoft networking, and so for them, everything is new, but many others of you reading this
already know tons about Windows networking, and would just like a summary of what’s new
in Server—this chapter summarizes that and where to find it in the book.
because of the change in the network security environment...a change for the worse. But once
delivered, Server 2008 offered some very nice upgrades, and its “surprise” little sibling, Server
2008 R2, brought even more. Now, explaining all of those features would take much more than
a chapter (which is, of course, why we wrote a book!), but let’s use these first few pages to give
you the lay of the land. Now, we realize that some reading this book are just getting started with
Microsoft networking, and so for them, everything is new, but many others of you reading this
already know tons about Windows networking, and would just like a summary of what’s new
in Server—this chapter summarizes that and where to find it in the book.
By now, I’ve sat through about a zillion Microsoft presentations on Windows Server 2008 and
then R2, and they all start the same way, so apparently I’m required by law (or at least by custom)
to present the following as the first heading when doing a 2008/R2 overview.
to present the following as the first heading when doing a 2008/R2 overview.
Server 2008 and R2 Goals
Hmmm, I wonder what Microsoft’s goals were in creating 2008 and R2. C’mon, this is an easy
one. Microsoft basically has two goals in creating new versions of Server: to sell more Server
licenses and to keep Windows Server a moving target so that Sun, Apple, Linux distros, and
the other various Unix variants can’t catch up. Fortunately, however, in order to accomplish
those goals, Microsoft has to offer us some new tools, and really, Microsoft needs to offer us
some new tools that will solve the most annoying problems that the version of Server we
currently
one. Microsoft basically has two goals in creating new versions of Server: to sell more Server
licenses and to keep Windows Server a moving target so that Sun, Apple, Linux distros, and
the other various Unix variants can’t catch up. Fortunately, however, in order to accomplish
those goals, Microsoft has to offer us some new tools, and really, Microsoft needs to offer us
some new tools that will solve the most annoying problems that the version of Server we
currently
use can’t solve.
Server 2008 and R2’s new features basically fall into six categories:
Active Directory
•u
New setup technologies
•u
Changes to the underlying operating system
•u
Networking changes
•u
File and print services
•u
Web-based services
•u
And if you’re wondering why I haven’t included a bullet point with a name like “Changes to
security,” that’s because better security was a major design goal in 2008 and, to a lesser extent,
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