Windows .NET Server-Getting Closer
PC Mag | at | by Mike
Slated for an end-of-year release, Microsoft Windows .NET Server is nearly finished. This release candidate shows off a new focus on ease of administration and plenty of improvements for better performance and security, plus, of course, support for .NET. We tested the new Enterprise version, upgrading a system running Windows 2000 Server. Because our server was a primary domain controller, we first upgraded our Active Directory schema with the included ADPrep utility. The setup wizard looks and feels very much like Windows XP, and the upgrade, which took about 45 minutes, was effortless.
The interface in the final versions of Windows .NET Server-Standard and Enterprise-resembles that of XP and uses the Classic theme. There's an XP-like taskbar to navigate to programs. As with XP, users must activate their copy of the OS within 14 days.