First Longhorn Public Beta released

Microsoft has released the first public Beta version of Windows Server ‘Longhorn’ Beta 3 which can be downloaded from here. This is part of what Microsoft is referring to as the ‘Second Wave of Innovation’ to be delivered during the next 12 months. It started with Vista and Office 2007, continues with Longhorn, and will carry on with Visual Studio ‘Orcas’ and SQL Server ‘Katmai'