According to a copy of the Whistler server Beta 2 release notes viewed by Ziff Davis, quite a few of Microsoft's own .Net server applications aren't working at all at this point.
These include Microsoft's core applications, such as Exchange 2000, Application Center 2000, BizTalk Server 2000, Systems Management Server 2.0 and Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000. According to the release notes, Microsoft is telling testers that these products will work with a future beta release.
At the same time, Microsoft admitted that it has no intentions of providing compatibility between Windows 2002 and older versions of some of its enterprise applications products, such as Exchange 5.5, SNA Server 4.0, Proxy Server 2.0 and SiteServer 3.0.
"The .Net Enterprise Server applications will support Whistler server compatibility in an upcoming beta," said Michael Stephenson, lead product manager with Microsoft's Windows.Net Servers group. "Microsoft's goal is to have all the applications that run on Windows 2000 Servers today also run on Whistler server."
While Windows 2002 servers will include a number of new features, especially those aimed at making Active Directory deployment easier, the next-generation servers are considered by Microsoft an "evolutionary," rather than a "revolutionary," upgrade.
Testers said it is unclear which new features are causing the compatibility issues between Microsoft's .Net applications and Whistler Beta 2. And Microsoft officials did not offer any further explanation.
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