Introducing Windows Server 2008

The Microsoft Download Center (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads) has a growing number of whitepapers available concerning different aspects of Windows Server 2008. The following is a sampling of these resources at the time of this writing, but I expect that a whole lot more will be available to you by the time you’re reading this:

• Active Directory Certificate Server Enhancements in Windows Server Code Name “Longhorn”

• Network Access Protection Platform Architecture

• Configuring Network Access Protection Policies in Windows Server “Longhorn”

• 802.1X NAP Enforcement Step-by-Step Guide

• Internet Protocol Security Enforcement in the Network Access Protection Platform

• Cisco Network Admission Control and Microsoft Network Access Protection Interoperability Architecture

• System Center Configuration Manager Network Access Protection Process Flow

• Setting Up Virtual Private Network Enforcement for Network Access Protection in a Test Lab

• Setting Up Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Enforcement for Network Access Protection in a Test Lab

• Setting Up Internet Protocol Security Enforcement for Network Access Protection in a Test Lab

Note that it’s usually a good idea after you’ve searched the Download Center for resources on a particular topic to sort those resources by date to list the most recent ones first. Some resources might have been written specifically for earlier Beta versions of Windows Server 2008 and might not have been updated yet for the latest available version of the product.

Wait-more late-breaking news from the product team! I’ve just been told that the Microsoft Download Center will have downloadable versions of content contained in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library and that this will include updated versions of documentation currently found on Microsoft Connect and also some additional content. (See the next section for what’s on Microsoft Connect.) And while I don’t have a complete list of this documentation, I’ve been told that the following forward link will take you there by the time you’re reading this: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86807.