Microsoft to Highlight Unix Services in Windows Server R2

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Microsoft to Highlight Unix Services in Windows Server R2
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At this week's LinuxWorld conference, Microsoft officials are slated
to talk up the Services for Unix features that the company is
integrating into the Windows Server 2003 R2.

At this week's LinuxWorld conference, Microsoft officials are planning
to play up the Windows-Unix interoperability and cross-platform
application-portability strategies that will be enabled Microsoft's
pending Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system release.

Bill Hilf, the head of Microsoft's Linux lab, is planning to talk up
during his LinuxWorld session on Wednesday the elements of Microsoft's
Services for Unix subsystem that the company is integrating into R2.
Hilf tipped his hand during a Q&A with Slashdot readers posted to the
Slashdot Web site on Monday.ADVERTISEMENT

"I can confirm that the next-generation of several components of
Services for Unix are being integrated into Windows Server 2003 R2.
The Network File System (NFS) client, NFS Server, User/Name Mapping,
Telnet Server & Client, Password Sync and NIS Server components of
Services for Unix are all present in the Windows Server 2003 R2
builds," said Hilf, in response to one of the Slashdot questioners.
"In addition, a revamped POSIX subsystem, the 'Subsystem for
Unix-based Applications' or 'SUA' is also available as an optional
install in R2.

"Integrating this functionality in Windows Server 2003 R2 provides
native support of cross-platform management tools, Windows/Unix
interoperability and Unix to Windows application portability. This is
a big help for many of the customers I talk to and something I will
demonstrate at my LinuxWorld session this week."

R2 is a fairly minor version of Windows Server, built on the recently
released Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) code base. R2
integrates a number of the myriad Windows Server 2003 feature packs
that Microsoft has shipped since April 2003, plus adds a few new
features. Among the new features slated for inclusion in R2: a new
file migration toolkit; simple-SAN management tools; a new
storage-resource-management subsystem (code-named "Corral" ) and
centralized file and print management facilities.