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Microsoft Longhorn features worth watching
Friday, July 21st, 2006
In my previous article, Top 5 cool Longhorn/Vista features, I discussed some very important 
features in Longhorn and Vista — server roles, Vista Group Policy, Read-Only Domain Controller, Restartable Active Directory and BitLocker drive encryption. There are several other features that are important advancements in technology, but they may not be as obvious as those, including Network Access Protection (NAP), new Terminal Services features, a new TCP/IP stack and enhanced Unix interoperability features.
Network Access Protection (NAP)
This isn’t a particularly new technology, but Microsoft has championed NAP’s development in Longhorn server. One of the biggest challenges facing IT managers and administrators alike is how to maintain a secure network. Keeping hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of workstations and servers up to date on new antivirus engine versions, Microsoft security updates, antispyware updates and firewall configurations is a daunting task for IT managers and administrators. Microsoft has implemented some monitoring tools that identify out-of-date machines, and the company’s Windows Update Service has made it easier to keep up on Microsoft updates. But it’s still a huge challenge.
NAP has a fairly simple goal in that it makes networks secure in an easier-to-manage environment. Basically, any client that comes into the network that is out of date on virus protection or a firewall, for example, will be isolated in the network and updated before it is allowed back in the network. Microsoft Longhorn features worth watching
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