Windows Server “Longhorn” Next Generation Business Solutions Platform Strategy Review 7/16/2019 4:22 AM Windows Server “Longhorn” Eric Nelson Eric.Nelson@microsoft.com http://blogs.msdn.com/ericnel Paul Maher Paul.maher@microsoft.com http://blogs.msdn.com/paul_maher © 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.

Early Adoption Assistance Commit to explore/develop on the Betas Technical Benefits Free support via www.msairframe.com Multi-day class room based training (UK and US) Opportunities to attend labs (UK and US) Technology Briefings And more – watch this space

Next few months No “Longhorn” specific scheduled in UK But plenty in Redmond if you can travel Other UK sessions Sharepoint Labs, SQL BI Labs, SaaS Briefings Talk to your ISV AE Eric Nelson, Finance eric.nelson@microsoft.com Paul Maher, Public paul.maher@microsoft.com Nick Page, RMS nick.page@microsoft.com Dave Allen, Comms and Media dave.allen@microsoft.com David Gristwood, Horizontal david.gristwood@microsoft.com

And... we need your suggestions Suggestions on areas you would like us to cover more deeply Types of activities - labs, briefings, livemeetings Talk to your AE or Contact eric.nelson@microsoft.com

2006 was a busy year Visual Studio Team System .NET Framework 3.0 Team Foundation Server VSTE for Software Architects VSTE for Software Developers VSTE for Software Testers VSTE for Database Professionals .NET Framework 3.0 For Windows XP, Server 2003 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Workflow Foundation (WF) Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Windows Cardspace Windows Vista New User Interface “AERO” Best Security Search and Organize Gadgets Office 2007 Client Addins RibbonsTasks OpenXML Workflow Office 2007 Server Forms Server InfoPath 2007 Excel Services Sharepoint Services

2007 continues at a pace! “ATLAS” LINQ “ORCAS” “LONGHORN” AJAX Framework for ASP.NET 2.0 Development of interactive websites “ATLAS” Language Integrated Query For objects, databases and XML Feature of .NET Framework 3.5 LINQ Visual Studio .NET “Orcas” .NET Framework 3.5 Understands .NET Framework 3.0 and Office 2007 “ORCAS” Next Windows Server IIS7.0, MSMQ4.0, Virtualization, Server Roles... “LONGHORN”

Overview 2004 and before 2006 2007 2004 and before 2005 2005 .NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1 .NET Framework 2.0 .NET Framework 3.0 .NET Framework 3.5 Visual Studio .NET and 2003 Visual Studio.NET 2005 Visual Studio.NET “Orcas” VSTO 2003 VSTO 2005 VSTO “Orcas” Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server “Longhorn” Office 2003 Office 2007

Windows Server “Longhorn” Roadmap H2 2007 Broad availability H1 2007 Feature Complete, ready for full evaluation Q2 CY 2006 Optimized for Vista and Longhorn deployments Sept 2005 Developer engagement

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