My Favourite new features in Windows Server 2003 R2 Beta 2
We have a Partner Update on Windows Server 2003 R2 in Jakarta last week . Here’s the list, at the official R2 Beta page, just in case you don’t have a chance to come to BEJ last week.
I have 2 favourite features, without a doubt, first is the ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services). In R2’s ADFS there are two main sets of big features : Web Single Sign-On and Federation Services.
Second, is the DFS Replication with Remote Differential Compression ability. Uses efficient RDC to send only changes bytes accross the wire. I think lots of company will interest with this WAN Friendly, distributed file system for simplified branch management solutions.
Here’s the snapshot on my network performance to simulate how DFS in R2 works…
