Windows Server 7 2008 R2
Ok, cobbling together everything that’s been posted following Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC), here’s what I think the deal is:
“Windows 7″ is being used internally at Microsoft to refer to both the client and server codebase. While the two obviously have different functionality, they are born of the same base code.
There’s no official final marketing name for Windows 7 client. I don’t believe for a second they’ll call it “Windows 7.” It’ll be “Windows Happy” or something marketing-friendly.
Windows 7 Server, on the other hand, will be marketed as Windows Server 2008 Release 2, or Win2008R2 if you’re in a hurry. A significant upgrade, to be sure, and probably one which is belied by the name, which sort of implies a super service pack. In fact it’s going to have a lot of new features crammed into it - bigger in scope, for example, than Win2003R2.
Win2008R2 will include Windows PowerShell v2, which also includes the “Windows PowerShell Graphical” interactive scripting environment (ISE), e.g., super color-coded Notepad/shell for PowerShell. v2 also includes remoting via WSMan, and v2 will run on Win2008R2 Server Core (which also supports a stripped-down version of various Framework versions). Server Core R2 will also likely support ASP.NET Web sites, although it won’t support Windows Forms (e.g., GUI) apps (naturally).
Now, none of this is official, but it was compiled from various officially-confirmed reports and statements. The sort of generally-agreed-upon rumor date is late 2009, early 2010, at least for Win2008R2. I haven’t seen any formal confirmation of that from Microsoft, but that’s kinda the general feeling amongst those in the know.
Now we can argue about “sleeper features” in Win2008R2 - e.g., features which won’t get much play from MS but will change your life. I’m for PowerShell v2 and remoting, because trust me - it’s a life-changer. Imagine SSH rolled into Psexec rolled into Super Task Scheduler rolled into… I dunno, Unix. It’s truly amazing. Win2008R2 would be worth the effort (if not the money, since we don’t know what it’ll cost) if all it included was PowerShell v2, and I do not say that at all lightly.
And we’ve already been told that “Windows 7″ will have PowerShell pre-installed by default.
Now, for everyone looking forward to total, single-seat remote batch management (drool), NOW, not later, is the time to start learning PowerShell v1. v2 just build son v1, so get v1’s basics out of the way. You’ve got about a year. Go.
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