Windows Vista Server

At a glance
Publisher	Microsoft
Web	www.microsoft.com
Status	Beta
Introduced	Planned for Late summer 2007
Latest	Beta 3
Design	GUI, Multi-threaded
Type	Server

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Summary

Windows Longhorn (Vista) Server is Microsoft's replacement for Windows 2003 Server. Currently its name is in transition from the code-name Longhorn. You will see it under both product names until the first release candidate. Its main technology changes include new Aero graphics, with a completely new look and feel; Indigo a messaging technology based on Web Services, and improved security features.

News

25-April-2007 Longhorn Server Beta 3 ships

23-May-2006 Longhorn Beta 2 ships

21-Mar-2006 Microsoft postpones consumer versions of Vista until January 2007. Corporate versions are still planned for November 2006.

22-Jul-2005 Microsoft announces product name - Windows Vista

27-Aug-2004 Microsoft to remove WinFS from first release to try and release Longhorn in 2006.

This is a new desktop and server OS, planned for release in 2003 or 2004.
(InfoWeek Dec 10, 2001, pg 45).

Requirements

Product

Windows Vista Server

Processor

1.8 GHz Pentium or better

RAM

512 MB (1 GB recommended)

Drive space

15 GB (May go down with final non-beta release)

Drives

DVD drive required

Video

VGA with 64 MB, 32-bit color depth, direct support for DirectX required to get the 'Aero Glass" UI. 128 MB or more recommended. Older cards may be supported with degraded UI.

File systems

NTFS, FAT32

Compatibility

Support for legacy WIn32 applications, but existing Windows applictions may need to be modified to be native under Vista

Interface

View Vista Desktop Screen shots and more

Installation

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Variants

Windows Vista Server
Other variants expected

Versions

Windows release timeline
Jul-2005 Beta 1
May-2006 Beta 2
Apr=2007 Beta 3
Summer-2007 First release*
*estimated