Microsoft Trims Next Windows Server Release

Mary Jo has a nice article today about the Next Windows Server Release which is named Windows Server 2003 R2. A new version of SBS is expected right after this timeframe so hopefully we'll continue to see Microsoft take this course and deliver an SBS with WUS/SUS integrated and all of the other goodies.

One nice thing is that it appears that we won't have to wait for this version of SBS to get the Network Quarantine VPN feature that many have awaited. We've heard previously and Mary Jo confirms it that SP1 will include this much needed feature.

Soooooo, what does that mean for SBS? Well hopefully that SBS 2003 SP1 we've been promised shortly after Windows Server 2003 SP1 ships will include the network quarantine features in it's full functionality.

As a side note looks like Citrix will be rejoicing for a long time until 2007 since all the "Bearpaw" Terminal Server features will be pushed back. As someone who knows Citrix and has done a lot in the past, I'm sure they'll take advantage of this and continue to strengthen their stranglehold on the Terminal Server/Services market. It's a great product that will continue to strengthen as they will probably have several releases in the time it takes Microsoft to get "Longhorn" out the door.