Standard EditionDesigned for
departmental and standard workloads, Windows Server 2003, Standard
Edition, delivers intelligent file and printer sharing, more secure
Internet connectivity, centralized desktop policy management, and Web
solutions that connect employees, partners, and customers. Windows
Server 2003, Standard Edition, provides high levels of dependability,
scalability, and security.
Today's organizations expect technology to be a consistent
enabler of business value. They want systems that are always up and
always responsive, and they demand a level of security able to meet
today's challenges. Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, includes new
features and improvements that make it the most dependable small
business and departmental server operating system Microsoft has ever
created.
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, improves on many
technologies introduced in Windows 2000 Server, such as support for
smart cards, bandwidth throttling, and Plug and Play support. New
technologies, such as the common language runtime, strengthen security
to help safeguard networks from malicious or poorly designed code. In
addition, improvements to Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0,
public key infrastructure (PKI), and Kerberos make it easier to secure
Windows Server 2003. The Active Directory service is now faster and more
robust over unreliable wide area network (WAN) connections, thanks to
more efficient synchronization, replication, and credential caching in
branch office domain controllers.
Organizations look to computing technology to improve
productivity across their businesses - not just for system
administrators, who want flexible services that are quicker to deploy
and easier to manage, but also for employees, who need powerful tools
that are easier to use. Windows Server 2003 enables greater productivity
for both administrators and users through enhanced capabilities in
system management and storage.
Microsoft has made great strides in evolving manageability. The
new, task-based design in Windows Server 2003 makes it easier to find
and carry out common tasks. Improvements to the Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) and Active Directory boost performance and make management
easier.
In addition, the Windows Server 2003 family contains several
important new automated management tools including Microsoft Software
Update Services (SUS) and server configuration wizards to help automate
deployment. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group
Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better
use Active Directory and take advantage of its powerful management
features. Further, command-line tools let administrators perform most
tasks from the command console, should they prefer that method.
New and improved file and print services in Windows Server 2003,
Standard Edition, also make storage and backup easier while
significantly reducing the demands on system administrators. For
example, the Volume Copy Shadow Service provides point-in-time backups
of networked shares. This unique technology extends to users who can now
retrieve old copies of files or deleted files right from their Windows
desktop. In addition, file and print services are improved with the
addition of the Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
remote document sharing technology. Enhancements to the Distributed File
System (DFS) and Encrypting File System (EFS) allow for powerful,
flexible file sharing and storage as well.
Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server
2003 family extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of
network infrastructures. Windows Server 2003 makes it easier than ever
for users to stay connected to their centralized systems from anywhere
and on any device. Microsoft has built significant networking
enhancements in Windows Server 2003, including Internet Protocol version
6 (IPv6), Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPoE), and Internet
Protocol Security (IPSec) over network address translation (NAT).
Perhaps most important, though, is the optimized, native support
of Microsoft .NET and XML. Windows Server 2003 represents a
revolutionary step forward as the ideal platform to develop, distribute,
and host XML Web services created with .NET.
Windows Server 2003 is a cost-efficient choice for both scale-up
or scale-out purposes. With multiple essential services and components
already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly
benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and
use. When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global
network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Windows Server 2003 may not use multiple processors with some
Intel Pentium Pro or Pentium II Processors.
Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition is the most productive infrastructure platform for
powering connected applications, networks, and Web services from
the workgroup to the data center. Easy to deploy, manage, and
use, Windows Server 2003 helps you build a secure IT
infrastructure that provides a powerful application platform for
quickly building connected solutions and an information worker
infrastructure for enhanced communication and collaboration
anytime and anywhere. In addition to including all the features
in Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise Edition, adds enhanced availability, scalability, and
dependability.
Server clusters provide high availability and disaster tolerance
for mission-critical database management, file sharing, intranet
data sharing, messaging, and general business applications. With
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition cluster service supports
up to eight-node clusters for increased flexibility in adding
and removing hardware in a geographically dispersed cluster
environment. The cluster service also provides improved scaling
options for applications. Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
Edition, allows server clusters to be deployed in a variety of
different configurations, in particular: single cluster
configurations with dedicated storage; multiple clusters on a
storage area network (SAN), potentially with other Windows-based
servers or operating systems; clusters spanning multiple sites
(that is, geographically dispersed clusters).
The Windows Server 2003 family scales from single-processor
solutions all the way up to 64-way systems. Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise Edition, supports servers with up to 8 processors.
Microsoft Metadirectory Services (MMS) helps organizations
integrate identity information from multiple directories,
databases, and files with Active Directory. MMS provides a
unified view of identity information, enables the integration of
business processes with MMS, and helps synchronize identity
information across an organization.
Hot Add Memory allows ranges of memory to be added to a computer
and made available to the operating system and applications as
part of the normal memory pool. No rebooting and no downtime are
required. This feature currently operates only on servers that
have hardware support for adding memory while the server is
operating. For these servers, the act of installing memory
automatically invokes the Hot Add Memory feature in Windows
Server 2003, Enterprise Edition.
System firmware can create a table called the Static Resource
Affinity Table that describes the NUMA topology of the system.
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, uses this table to
apply NUMA awareness to application processes, thread default
affinity settings, thread scheduling, and memory management
features. Additionally, the topology information is made
available to applications using a set of NUMA application
programming interfaces. This load-balancing feature allows users
to reconnect easily to a disconnected session on a server farm
running Terminal Services. Session directory is compatible with
the Windows Server 2003 load balancing service and is supported
by third-party external load balancer products.
The Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) enables an
administrator to allocate CPU and memory utilization on a
per-application basis. This is a useful tool for server
consolidation.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition is
only compatible with 64-bit Intel Itanium-based systems. It
cannot be successfully installed on 32-bit systems.
More Information:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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