Network Integration Interoperability by Design

Executive Summary  Microsoft engineers have authored or co-authored dozens of industry standards and specifications such as Over the years, IT environments have become more complex Bluetooth, IPsec, PCI Express, SOAP, UPnP-X, VC-1, WS- and more heterogeneous due to diverse customer needs and Discovery, WS-Eventing, and WS-Management. rapid innovation in the IT industry. Networks create additional  Microsoft is working with industry to define a new challenges as different hardware and software platforms use generation of software and Web services based on different communications protocols and technologies. eXtensible Markup Language (XML). To address this issue, Microsoft delivers interoperability by design. Working with What You Have Microsoft products and technologies enable network Microsoft’s approach to interoperability enables integration integration for a wide variety of technology solutions. with competing technology implementations, increases  Apple networks: Services for Macintosh enables customer choice, and provides advanced functionality. Windows and Macintosh clients to share files and What is Network Integration? printers and remotely connect to a Microsoft network. It’s all about getting different hardware and technology The three components of Services for Macintosh are: File platforms to work better together. Network integration is: Server for Macintosh, Print Server for Macintosh, and the  Ensuring interoperability with the Windows® platform Microsoft Supports Network Integration AppleTalk protocol. through application programming interfaces (APIs), For customers who manage complex IT environments,  IBM networks: Microsoft Host Integration Server enables compatibility testing programs, IP licensing, support for Microsoft delivers network integration four ways: interoperability between IBM host applications, data industry standards, and innovative tools for developers.  Products: Providing innovative technologies such as sources, and security systems and Windows  Providing broad cross-platform support for .NET/Java redesigned HTTP and TCP/IP stacks, and advanced Web environments. interoperability, Apple Macintosh, Cisco networks, IBM services support in Windows Vista and Windows Server  Novell networks: Windows Server 2003 provides a host systems, Novell NetWare, Linux-based technologies, 2008. variety of tools to access Novell networks including and UNIX systems.  Community: Working together with customers, partners, NWLink and Client Service for NetWare.  Promoting security and reliability across the network and competitors to develop cross-platform solutions that  UNIX systems: Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) and with technology solutions such as internet security address our customers’ shared interoperability needs, Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications (SUA) provide a protocol (IPsec), IPv4/IPv6 integration, Kerberos encourage technology innovation, and promote full range of cross-platform services and capabilities for authentication, network access protection (NAP), competition in the IT industry. integrating Windows into existing UNIX-based virtualization, and Web services integration.  Access: Licensing technology assets to and from other environments.  Improving business efficiencies and reducing total cost companies and offering key Microsoft technologies For More Information, Visit: of ownership with products such as Microsoft® Host including the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Image Format  Microsoft Host Integration Server Integration Server, Virtual Server, Visual Studio®, Specification and 38 Web services standards under the http://www.microsoft.com/hiserver/default.mspx Windows Vista™, and Windows Server®. Open Specification Promise.  Novell NetWare Integration  Standards: Supporting industry and technical standards http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/librar for network protocols and actively participating with y/4a3bdb85-a78e-41bd-b4d1-6a4e734dc5711033.mspx leading standards-setting organizations to promote  Services for Macintosh technology adoption. http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/f/?en/lib Microsoft Supports Standards rary/078f7dcc-59ae-4a48-aa2a-89fa4505dfab1033.mspx  Microsoft products and technologies support hundreds of  Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications technical standards and specifications such as FTP, HTTP, http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/librar IDN, IPv4, IPv6, iSCSI, LU 6.2 protocol, SOAP, SMB, SNA, y/695ac415-d314-45df-b464-4c80ddc2b3bc1033.mspx TCP, UDP, and VHD.  Windows Services for UNIX  Microsoft is actively engaged with more than 100 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/un national and international standards-setting ix/sfu/default.mspx organizations including ECMA, ETSI, OASIS, OMA, IEEE, IETF, ISO/IEC JTC1, ITU, and W3C.

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Customer Use Cases Microsoft Solutions Standards Supported in For More Information, Visit: Microsoft Products Develop hardware and The Windows Rally™ device connectivity service provides access to Microsoft technology, streamlined 802.11, 802.3, Devices Profile for 1) http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ software products that are licensing, and technical guidance for hardware manufacturers, software developers, and service providers who Web Services, HTTP, IPv4, IPv6, rally/default.mspx compatible with the Windows want to use a common platform to deliver state-of-the-art connectivity products and services. Device IPsec, LLTD protocol, MTP, NAT, Vista operating system manufacturers who take advantage of Windows Rally technologies can reduce development and support costs SOAP, SSDP, TCP, UDP, UPnP, while increasing their ability to innovate with devices that offer new user experiences in media networking, UPnP-X, USB, WS-Discovery, WS- Internet communications, and device-to-PC and device-to-device data exchange. Eventing, XML Integrate Windows NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol (NWLink) is the Windows-based implementation of IPX, NetBIOS, SPX 1) http://technet2.microsoft.com/ environments with computers the IPX/SPX protocol and is included with the Windows Server 2003 and the Windows XP operating systems. WindowsServer/en/library/4a3bdb85- running Novell NetWare NWLink supports connectivity between computers running Windows and computers running NetWare and a78e-41bd-b4d1- compatible systems. 6a4e734dc5711033.mspx Build third-party drivers for the The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) is a fully integrated driver development system for Windows operating 1) http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ Windows Vista operating systems. It combines the Windows Driver Development Kit (DDK) and the Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) driver/WDK/AboutWDK.mspx system kits, and it provides tests that Microsoft uses to assess the stability and reliability of the Windows operating 2) http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ system. DevTools/default.mspx Connect with IBM host Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006 offers a new IP-DLC link service that provides Systems Network DLC 802.2, DNS, HTTP, IP, 1) http://www.microsoft.com/hiserver/ applications and data sources Architecture (SNA) connectivity for applications that use dependent and independent sessions over a native IP Kerberos protocol, LU 6.2 evaluation/overview/default.mspx network. It implements the High Performance Routing/Internet Protocol (HPR/IP), which is also known as “HPR protocol, SNA, SSL, TCP, TLS 2) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en- over IP” or “Enterprise Extender.” Each SNA packet is transmitted natively across the IP network as a User us/library/aa705626.aspx Datagram Protocol (UDP) datagram. Improve support for IPv6 and Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 offer a completely redesigned TCP/IP stack that supports IPv4 and DNS, HTTP, IDN, IPv4, IPv6, IPsec, 1) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en- TCP/IP performance across the IPv6 network protocols. The Windows Vista TCP/IP and HTTP stacks have been re-architected and re- RSS, SSL, TCP, TLS us/library/aa480172.aspx network implemented for improved performance, reliability, security, and extensibility. Support has been added or greatly improved for the IPv6, IPsec, IDN, and RSS protocols. Kernel-mode access greatly improves the performance of the HTTP and Windows Sockets protocols. Share files and manage block Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 includes support for protocols such as server message block AppleTalk, IP, iSCSI, Kerberos 1) http://www.microsoft.com/windows level access to networked (SMB), network file system (NFS), AppleTalk, and NetWare, allowing data to be shared among different protocol, NFS, RDP, SMB, SMI-S, serversystem/wss2003/productinformati storage devices platforms. It is fully compatible with server management tools such as Microsoft Systems Management Server, TCP, VHD, WS-Management on/features/default.mspx Tivoli, and HP OpenView, as well as popular antivirus software. Windows Storage Server can integrate with storage area networks (SANs), including being a gateway to multiple-vendor SANs. Deploy, maintain, and monitor Network Access Protection (NAP), a new technology for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, performs 802.1X ,DHCP,DNS, EAP, IP, 1) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ secure network infrastructures computer health policy validation, helps ensure ongoing compliance with health policies, and can optionally IPsec, MS-CHAP, PEAP, TCP, UDP, network/nap/default.mspx restrict the access of computers that do not comply with system health requirements until their health state X.509 2) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ can be corrected. Administrators can configure IPsec Enforcement, IEEE 802.1X Enforcement, Virtual Private network/nap/napoverview.mspx Network (VPN) Enforcement, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Enforcement, or all four, depending on network needs. NAP provides an infrastructure and an API set for extending NAP functionality. Integrate heterogeneous Interoperability between Cisco NAC and Microsoft NAP solutions provides the benefits of both NAC and NAP 802.1X , DHCP,DNS, EAP, IP, 1) http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/ networks using NAP and Cisco while using and preserving investments in NAC network and Microsoft NAP desktop and server infrastructures. IPsec, MS-CHAP, PEAP, TCP, UDP, press/2006/sep06/09- Network Access Control (NAC) Computers running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 will have the NAP Agent component as part of the X.509 06SecStandardNACNAPPR.mspx core operating system, which will be used for both Cisco NAC and Microsoft NAP. To support client operating 2) http://download.microsoft.com/ systems other than Windows, Microsoft will license elements of the NAP client technology to third-party download/d/0/8/d08df717-d752-4fa2- software developers. a77a-ab29f0b29266/NAC- NAP_Whitepaper.pdf Provide software platform to Microsoft TV provides software platforms that broadband providers around the world can use to deliver AVI, DNS, HTTP, IGMP, IP, TCP, 1) http://www.microsoft.com/tv/ deliver broadcast media over broadcast-quality video along with new, integrated TV services over two-way IP networks. With Microsoft TV UDP, WMV 9, VC-1, WMDRM, default.mspx TCP/IP networks anywhere in software, operators can capitalize on existing and emerging communication infrastructures and systems to XML 2) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ the world create new TV experiences that win customers—and drive operator value. Microsoft collaborates closely with a windowsmedia/forpros/IPTV.aspx wide range of technology providers to accelerate market development and serve both operators and consumers with a choice of high-quality, economical products and services. Access Windows-based Terminal Services is a component of Windows Server 2003 that builds on the solid foundation of the DNS, FIPS, HTTP, IP, TCP, RDP 1) http://www.microsoft.com/windows applications from non- Application Server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services and that includes the new client and protocol server2003/technologies/terminalservice Windows environments capabilities in Windows XP. Terminal Services delivers Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop s/default.mspx itself, to virtually any computing device, including those that cannot run Windows.