Test shows Microsoft tightening up Longhorn

摘要

The recently released Beta 2 version of Microsoft's Longhorn is not yet feature-complete, but encouraging work has been done in the areas of security management and the underlying technology. The key ingredients still missing are the Hypervisor virtual machine application, necessary search optimization features and advanced clustering services. Microsoft says it will release Longhorn in a variety of server editions late next year after it gets its new client operating system —Windows Vista — out the door. (See timeline, page 16, and Windows Vista Beta 2 test at www.nwdocfinder.com/3747.)