Windows Server 2003 SP1 is out. Read more about it and grab it from Microsoft (where else?). Highlights include:
- Available for 32-bit x86 and Itanium systems (all 25 of them)
- CD, single machine installer via Windows Update, or multi-machine network installer
- Release notes at KB 889101
- List of fixes listed in KB 824721
- Updated Support Tools listed in KB KB 892777 (such as LDP, one I work with a lot)
- Introduces the Security Configuration Wizard, a role-based tool that helps you tighten down your box's services, ports, registry, and audit settings
- Windows Firewall is included (related to the code in Windows XP SP2), as are Group Policy updates for Windows Firewall management
- Introduces Post-Setup Security Updates, which blocks incoming network traffic on newly installed machines until they're updated with the latest patches
- Data Execution Prevention is now supported on appropriate hardware
- Increased security for RPC and DCOM
- VPN Quarantine! Very much looking forward to this one
- WebDAV Redirector, Ineternet Explorer, and Outlook Express security updates