Microsoft Intros NetWare File & Print Services Utility 09/20/95
REDMOND, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1995 SEP 20 (NB) -- Microsoft Corp.
(NASDAQ: MSFT) has released to manufacturing File and Print Services
for NetWare, version 3.51. The utility software for Windows NT Server
version 3.51 lets Windows NT Server functions as a NetWare
3.12-compatible file and print server.

A Microsoft public relations person told Newsbytes the utility will
ship "next week, at the latest."

Microsoft said the software gives users the capability to use desktop
machines with NetWare client software installed to access file and print
services as well as server applications on the same multi-purpose Windows
NT Server-based machine. Users can also deploy the Windows NT Server
Directory Service and obtain a single network logon without changing
their NetWare client software.

The Windows NT Server already includes the IPX (Internetwork Packet
Exchange)-compatible transport stack, gateway service for NetWare, and
migration tool for NetWare. Microsoft said its Directory Service Manager
for NetWare is currently in beta testing. The combined utilities make it
easier for customers to integrate Windows NT Server into NetWare-based
networks and to move from NetWare to Windows NT Server without
reconfiguring either the desktop or the network. That saves changing
client software, user-account information, or logon scripts.

File and Print Services for NetWare will be available as a
standalone product. The company said the International English
version of the software will ship simultaneously, with the European
version scheduled to follow in mid-October.

The program will have an estimated selling price of $99.95 per server
license.  Users will also need to purchase a Windows NT Server Client
Access License for each client accessing Windows NT Server. That
license will cost about $28.50 per client when purchased in quantities
of 20.

(Jim Mallory/19950919/Press contact: Kari Day, Waggener Edstrom
for Microsoft, 206-637-9097; Public contact: Microsoft, 206-882-8080
or 800-426-9400)