Microsoft ships near-final Windows Server 2003 R2
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Yesterday, Microsoft shipped its final pre-release version of Windows Server 2003 R2 ("release 2") to the public. The Release Candidate 1 version of R2 is what Microsoft is now calling its "final development milestone," suggesting that a final release is imminent. It offers no new features when compared to the previous pre-release version, RC0.
"Windows Server 2003 R2 is an update release built on Windows Server 2003 [with Service Pack 1] and provides improved platform capabilities, branch office server solutions, identity and access management and storage management," a Microsoft representative told me. "The final version of the product is slated for delivery by the end of the year."