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New features of WebSphere Application Server 7:
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- WebSphere Application Server V7 Beta adds support for new technologies with a focus on standards support and ease of use to WASv6.1
- V7 is the first release of WebSphere Application Server to support the full Java EE 5 specification. V7 is also built on top of the Java SE 6 runtime environment, which provides several new APIs for increased developer productivity.
- V7 also offers a host of new capabilities for system administrators. You can now choose to install new optional components for implementing a more flexible, scalable, and asynchronous administrative topology. To help simplify WebSphere Application Server administration, a new properties-file-based configuration utility allows easy importing and exporting of configuration values.
- V7 includes support for multiple security domains, in addition to fine-grained administrative access control and robust security auditing capabilities. Creating and managing SSL certificates has also been simplified in this release.
- Web services support is expanded in many areas, including support for SOAP 1.2, MTOM, XOP, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Trust, WS-SecureConversation, and Kerberos Token Profile. Administration of Web services is also improved in this release.
- V7 offers a wide range of other enhancements, including improvements to the built-in messaging framework, the latest version of IBM Support Assistant, and a secure HTTP proxy server that is suitable for use on servers that are exposed to requests from an external network.
