We have yet to see which security features will ultimately be built into Longhorn, but attendees to the recent Microsoft TechEd conference in Orlando, Fla., had expectations set high for the software giant's next version of Windows operating system -- and what Microsoft has announced comes up against mixed reviews.
"The little bits I'm hearing about Longhorn I do like, but I'm not hearing a whole lot," said Roland Gaines, a desktop administrator who deploys and supports 300 local and remote workstations for Regions Financial Corp., in Tyler, Texas. "We need to reduce admin time on little things." For example, he explains that training end users over the Web often requires new Java updates that his team has to remotely install if the user does not have admin privileges. "It takes a lot of time," he said.
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