Using Windows Server 2003 Multilingual Features for Global Enterprise Deployment
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A truly global enterprise is one that is able to do business seamlessly in multiple languages, providing support for language and cultural differences across regional borders. In order to achieve this goal you need powerful and flexible multilingual technologies that are easy to use and deploy.
This downloadable article explains multilingual technologies and includes scenarios and best practices for planning a successful multilingual deployment.
Your users, partners, and customers need access to resources in the language of their choice regardless of where or on what platform they are working. Most of all, you need to be able to provide these services while keeping support and deployment costs under control. Microsoft has a number of technologies that can help make this goal a reality.
With the Windows 2000 platform, Microsoft took a major step forward by converting all operating system elements into the international Unicode standard. Microsoft also introduced the Multilingual User Interface (MUI) pack for Windows 2000. The MUI allowed users to switch the language of their user interface and applications.
Microsoft improved this technology with Windows XP by supporting more languages and locales, and making it easier to use and more flexible. With the release of the Windows Server 2003 family, Microsoft has taken this technology to the next level by creating a server platform that can support the multilingual enterprise.
Included in This Document
| • | Introduction |
| • | The Challenges of Managing a Global Business Enterprise |
| • | Enabling a Multilingual/Multinational Enterprise |
| • | The Multilingual User Interface |
| • | Deploying and Maintaining a Multilingual Enterprise |
| • | Considerations for Developing Multilingual Applications |
| • | Summary |
