Yeah, you looking for it too eh? Well you won't find it because it doesn't exist. Seriously, considering we just purchased SBS 2008 for our network, I am disappointed that it does not come with several features I was hoping it would come with since Server 2008 R2 has been out for a while now. For example, AppLocker and DirectAccess support, but there isn't any "R2" for SBS 2008!
At this time, until they release a new version or I purchase another server for this purpose only, we will not be able to utilize any Windows 7 features that are actually new and useful. So what does this actually mean? Well, purchasing any Ultimate or Enterprise editions of Windows 7 is pretty useless. Unless you want to play with BitLocker, but if you stand back a bit, the price increase for such a feature doesn't really feel that great. It'd be another thing if you'd be able to utilize all the other features, but if you cannot, what's the point?
Anyway, I just received an email this morning, the server is finally on its way, about 2 months later! At the moment I am finishing up the accounting department's migration to a new version of their software to new machines. And since I currently do not have the resources or space to carry out a lab on Windows 7 64, I am going to run it on a guinea pig user. Least critical machine I could find, see how it works out.
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