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April 19, 2005
Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released
RMS SP1 has been released and is available for download from here. SP1 introduces some significant changes for RMS and if you're working on a deployment of RMS, or if you've already deployed it, you really should start evaluating and working with SP1 right now. The product team has done a great job at making the deployment of SP1 pretty painless and because of their efforts it is entirely feasible to stage the SP1 deployment as you see fit. SP1 and RTM can peacefully coexist.
I'll talk some more about the changes in SP1 in the near future, but for now here are the top 10 reasons (from Microsoft) to download and install SP1 now:
- No longer requires an Internet connection for deployment; RMS SP1 runs in air-gap networks?in other words, networks with no Internet connection.
- Enables third parties to integrate RMS information protection into server-based applications?such as records and document management, e-mail gateways, and e-mail archival systems?for comprehensive information security platform.
- Smart card integration for an additional layer of security.
- Compliance with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS).
- Eases deployment rollout with familiar Microsoft technologies?for example, Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS).
- Dynamic role-based security enables RMS policies to be applied based on dynamic groups and defined by queries of Microsoft Active Directory for certain attributes.
- Supports Virtual PC for cross-platform support.
- Streamlined authentication process for RPC over HTTP provides better end-user experience.
- Support for phased deployment of RMS SP1 in v1 environments.
- Enhanced tools and guidance with RMS SP1 Toolkit.
Posted by Paul Adare at April 19, 2005 04:18 AM