Microsoft today released its Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC). According to Microsoft, the tools let IT administrators manage roles and features on Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote computer running Windows 7 RC.
Microsoft says:
“It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either the Server Core or full installation options of Windows Server 2008 R2, and for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008. Some roles and features on Windows Server 2003 can be managed remotely by using Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC, although the Server Core installation option is not available with the Windows Server 2003 operating system. This feature is comparable in functionality to the Windows Server 2003 Administrative Tools Pack and Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1). “
Microsoft is pushing hard the idea that Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 are a team of operating systems appealing to the enterprise. Whether all of the features it includes between the two work as advertised (or even make sense at all), it is far better that Microsoft has decided to compete by offering features and functionality, instead of competing with anticompetitive practices that have landed it in an endless regulatory nightmare.
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