eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3
Longhorn Server sports a beefed-up initial configuration tasks dialog that greeted us after installation.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Renaming Admin Account
Longhorn suggested that we rename our administrator account while assigning that account an initial password.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - More Admin Account Changes
At Longhorns urging, we logged out after changing our admin account name.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Automatic Updates
We opted in for automatic updates.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Add Roles Wizard
Longhorn Servers Add Roles wizard is chockfull of explanatory text and help file pointers.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Installing Multiple Roles
Lonhorn Servers Add Roles wizard can now sort out the installation of multiple roles at once.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Terminal Services
Terminal Services is one of the Windows Server areas thats seen the most change in Longhorn.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Dependency Checking
While Longhorns software management framework still isnt as rigorous as that of Debian GNU/Linuxs, its moving in the right direction.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Backward-Compatible Terminal Server
In the last Longhorn Server build we tested, there was no option for allowing pre-RDP 6 clients to access Terminal Services. We were happy to find this rectified in Beta 3, as theres not yet an RDP 6.0 client available for Linux.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - IIS 7.0
Longhorn Server will ship with a new, more modular version of Microsofts IIS Web server.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Longhorn File Services
Windows various file serving capabilities, including its distributed file system and NFS, are all packed up into the File Services role dialog.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Longhorn Helpfulness
All the help text is not yet in place, but the help system integration shows promise.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Enter the Hourglass
Longhorns knack for sorting out the dependencies across multiple roles was handy, but for us the process ran a bit slowly.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Configuration Troubleshooting
As in Windows Server 2003, Longhorn Server does a good job of helping to sort out configuration issues.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - File Screen Policy
We could block access to particular file types, based on their name extensions.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Longhorn Server Manager
Longhorns Server Manager offers up a wealth of information.
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - CLI Server Manager
Longhorn Server also ships with a command-line version of its Server Manager, although, strangely enough, this application will not work with Longhorns trimmed-down, command-line-only server core configuration-the app relies on .Net, which itself relies
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 - Powershell
Microsofts spiffy new Powershell command-line interface also ships with Longhorn, and, also strangely, Powershell will not work with the Longhorn Server core. Again, the culprit is a .Net dependency.
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