WS2K8 Beta Adds IIS7 to Server Core
Published by Adina, on June 28th, 2007 7:32 pm, in the categories: Software
Microsoft has released interim release between Beta 3 and Release Candidate 1. Beta 3 has already been downloaded over 200,000 times in the two months since its release.
The June Community Technology Preview of Windows Server 2008 it may represent a minor update, but it brings to the table a major new feature: the addition of IIS7 as part of the Server Core installation option.
According to Microsoft, IIS7 is a powerful Web server that allows IT administrators to increase Web site and application availability while lowering system administration costs.
More importantly is that the company has decided to put all of its weight behind IIS as a competitor in the Web server space; some Microsoft employees had previously suggested the Redmond company would replace the complex server with a minimum-overhead WS, standards, compliant solution.
Windows Communications Foundation the end product of the Indigo project, is and may always be directly dependent on IIS, which he called ‘the glue’ that fits all Web interactions together in the current Microsoft model.
The Windows Server 2008 June CTP is available today to MSDN and TechNET subscribers, as well as Microsoft Connect beta testers.
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