Microsoft has announced a new release of its Windows Storage Server 2008 software, a product previously codenamed Breckenridge. As with previous versions of Windows Storage Server, the 2008 R2 release isn't an end-user product but instead is intended for sale to electronics makers who can deploy it in the likes of NAS hardware devices.
With a 25-user limitation, Microsoft claims WSS2008R2 is the perfect product for smaller businesses and lists its features as server and PC backup, Active Directory Domain joining, network health monitoring for Windows and Mac PCs, and remote Web access from virtually anywhere. Block transfer via iSCSI is also supported.

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