Microsoft Betas Windows 2000 Server Appliance Kit 2.0

OEM and ihvs will be able to access Windows-based servers appliance to a faster speed to market, a new development tool from Microsoft, Microsoft is preparing a The second version of the development kit, manufacturers stripping down Windows 2000 servers.

Today, Microsoft released its Windows 2000 server application suite 2.0, which is built on the functionality of its original server application suite. Original equipment manufacturers and other hardware manufacturers to use the materials for building construction Building Network Appliance, NAS devices, as well as other server appliances.

"The key benefits of the 2.0 will be faster time-to-market," Kelly said , MiG, product manager for Microsofts embedded devices. Because Microsoft will include more features, in the second version of the kit, original equipment manufacturers will be able to design and verification appliances faster because there will be So development work.

End-users will be able to see some benefits of the new "Toolbox. For example, when a new hardware market, original equipment manufacturers will be able to integration and validation of new hardware acceleration, allowing users use of electrical appliances with the latest hardware.

"The most important thing is to improve network users Interface], and said:" MiG. And the first generation of electrical appliances, each OEM cooperation had to design its own interface for end-user equipment management. With 2.0 press release, Microsoft adds a standard management console, which the OEM manufacturers can use their discretion.

MiG said the company has also increased the support third-party software to enable OEM to pre-load and the electrical backup and recovery agents and virus software, allowing for a complete set of management tools. Moreover, there is a tool kit for the proprietary device drivers.

Server application suite also provides a standard Windows 2000 features, such as cluster failover, resources monitoring, and the MMC management unit in.

Mig-that OEM vendors often disable some of the advanced features such as clustering, Design of the final product.

MiG said the company is still some electrical appliances to support decision-making for Whistler at the time frame. While Microsoft is hoping embedded in Whistler will be a blow she said, it is first of all a client environment. "It is really too early tell how it will play out," she said. -- Christopher Fumaikekenaier