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Windows Server 2003 Overview. Four Types of Servers. XP Support Comes to Server. The workstation of choice Administrative Tools Group Policies. New Free Servers. Email MSDE – SQL Lite Database Limited 2GB “Throttled” – if more than 5 people access No Admin tools.
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XP Support Comes to Server • The workstation of choice • Administrative Tools • Group Policies
New Free Servers • Email • MSDE – SQL Lite • Database Limited 2GB • “Throttled” – if more than 5 people access • No Admin tools
General Networking Pluses • NAT Traversal • IP Sec Nat Traversal • RRAS – NBT proxy • DNS Conditional Forwarding • Supports Multi-Domain AD Integrated DNS
AD Improvements • Forest to Forest Trusts • Not transitive • Separate Global Catalogs (GC) • Elimination of DC piling on when a PDC is upgraded • Max Number of Object 1,000,000,000 • Site replication improved • Application Partitions – selective replication • Domains can be renamed • rendom.exe
Remote Administration Upgrades • Remote Desktop Protocol • Remote Assistance • Remote Desktop Support • Access to local devices • Web Based Remote Control
Command Line Heaven • More command line programs • Enables easier scripting and scheduling of administrative functions • More tools available via telnet
Desktop Support Improvements • Need XP to realize the full benefit • Control of roaming profiles • Software restrictions • Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)
Tightened Security • Optional services turned off by default • NTFS • Everyone Group permissions • Trustworthy Computing Initiative
Reliability • Application Verifier • Driver Verifier • Driver Rollback
Storage News • Volume shadowing • Larger NTFS cluster sizes • Multiple DFS roots • Offline file encryption • EIDE – drives run independently
Other • Product Activation • Licensing (CALs) • Per server • Per user • Per machine • Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) • Recovery Console