Windows Server 2003 Market Bulletins

Microsoft announced the release of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle. The Scalable Networking Pack adds support to Windows Server 2003 for the next generation of network acceleration and hardware-based offload technologies, helping customers cost-effectively scale their networked applications and services.

At the Supercomputing Conference this week, Microsoft announced that it will be providing a software development kit (SDK) to a small number of partners to help them build new and more integrated applications for Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (previously known as Windows Server 2003, High-Performance Computing Edition).

Windows Server System provides a common software architecture throughout an IT environment to help businesses simplify development, management, and operations—reducing the total costs of IT asset ownership.

Server CPU capacity dedicated to networking overhead has caused significant application scaling issues, as a result of continued customer emphasis on better business responsiveness through interconnected systems and people. To solve this challenge, Microsoft started the Scalable Networking Initiative to eliminate operating system networking bottlenecks and provides new APIs for hardware developers to leverage.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, a Windows Server 2003 component, helps you increase your individual and team productivity by enabling you to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration.

The new Datacenter High Availability Program strengthens the support and services model, expands the range of support providers, and merges the Joint Support Queue (JSQ) with the new Microsoft High Availability Resolution Queue (HARQ).

Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 helps enterprises control and protect digital information, including proprietary business information and other vital resources, with easy-to-use, flexible, and persistent policy expression and enforcement.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 running on systems that have versions earlier than Release Candidate 2 (RC2) of Windows Server 2003 installed might be vulnerable to the "Slammer" worm.

The next release of the Microsoft Windows Server product line will be called Windows Server 2003. This simpler name benefits customers and the industry alike, and provides Microsoft partners with a consistent way to affiliate with the Microsoft .NET brand.