re: Product Dev Team's View on Windows Server 2003 R2

David Mackie — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:12:23 GMT

Does this flow on to better branch office deployment via SBS 2003 R2 using DFS-R.

I will be very interested in supportability of ADFS on SBS for collaboration with Business Partners and Clients.

Coming from a Federal Government town I am often asked about SBS for implementation in small Statutary Authorities. Given the release of news regarding Common Criteria certification for XPSP2 and W2K3SP1 what are the plans for R2 and by extension the ability to closly match an SBS config to the TOE's of the CC Certified Components without breaking wizards and voiding support by PSS?

Building a System that is a close match to the Evaluated Configs (given the appropriate TRA) I think I could make argument with the Security Athorities (in AU) to build an accreditable solution for Small business who what to do business with the Commonwealth.

New branch office appliance from Citrix

Windows Server Division WebLog — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:27:13 GMT

We've blogged about the use of Windows Server within branch offices several times here and here. Many of them kicked off with the introduction of Windows Server 2003 R2. Today Citrix announced Branch Repeater, which they say is a new line of branch office