The Development of Windows Server 2012 UNIX Integration Components

Windows Server 2012 UNIX Integration has made large strides in its development since the original attempts Microsoft made in this area. Originally released as a package of products called Services for UNIX (SFU), it received initial skepticism. Since then, the line of technologies has developed into a formidable integration and migration utility that allows for a great deal of inter-environmental flexibility. The first versions of the software, 1.x and 2.x, were limited in many ways, however. Subsequent updates to the software vastly improved its capabilities and further integrated it with the core operating system.

A watershed development in the development of SFU was the introduction ...

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