Microsoft let slip today that the R2 release of their Server 2008 operating system is set to be release in concert with Windows 7 on October 22nd of this year.
Original Article at Computer World
The big highlight for me is the inclusion of read only replication groups in DFS-R. We use DFS-R as an easy method for copying project files from remote sites to a central location for consolidated tape backups. Making those replication groups read-only would provide an extra layer of security to ensure that the central site cannot make a fat fingered mistake that modifies the remote site’s files (trust me, this can happen).