fizban2 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 On Feb. 14, 2006, Microsoft Corporation announced the vision and roadmap for Active Directory, which includes expanded capabilities that customers will see in future versions of Microsoft Windows Server, starting with the release code named “Longhorn.” Customers, developers, and partners will begin to see these new, richer capabilities in Beta 2 of Windows Server “Longhorn,” which is due in Q2 of this year.As a first milestone in delivering against this vision, Microsoft is aligning all of the identity and access capabilities available in Windows Server around Active Directory to help customers simplify deployment and administration, lower the total cost of ownership, enhance security, and streamline compliance. This work includes the renaming of several capabilities with the Active Directory brand in Windows Server "Longhorn":• Active Directory Domain Services, formally Active Directory Domain Controller • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services, formerly Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) • Active Directory Rights Management Services, formerly Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) • Active Directory Certificate Services, formerly Windows Certificate Services • Active Directory Metadirectory Services, formerly the Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) Original At MicrosoftAnyone found anymore information on these, tested some of the feature on longhorn 5270, very cool but do not have enough machine/free time to much heavy testing. Also anymore info on this? sounds like some very cool features being intergrated to AD. Can't wait for the beta 2 of longhorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilifrei64 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 just breifly what I saw.. just as I thought you couldnt stuff anything more into group policy configurations.. they added many more options to lock down pc's and configure pc's with group policies.. to name a few.. you dont need to be a script writer to map network drives or install printers at logon anymore.better power management group policiesadded group policies for removeable media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Speaking of Group Policy additions has anyone used PolicyMaker from DesktopStandard? It's supposed to be really nice. I can't make use of it in my environment (long story on the way we're structured), but I have used their legacy ProfileMaker application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 looked at the link, looks like a very cool piece of software... didn't see a demo version though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 You have to request it from them...but they do have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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