Windows Server 2003 full contact (1)

The original author of this article is a senior network consultant in the United States - a total of nine parts: 1, overview; 2, price and system requirements; 3, new features; Create ADAM; 5, Active Directory; 6, security; 7, IIS 6; 8, terminal services; 9, conclusions.

More than three years ago, the Windows 2000 operating system launched by software giant Microsoft shocked the IT industry, creating a craze for practitioners to undergo training and recertification. Now, another era of heroes has also debut - it is Windows Server 2003! ! ! If you think it's just a simple upgrade to Windows 2000, then you are wrong. Microsoft has made several thorough revisions to this product in the past three years. Most of us have the biggest impression of Windows Server 2003 that it is impeccable. This time, Microsoft made a big fuss about security performance, but it did not affect the system's operability. It can be said that Windows Server 2003 is more operable than its predecessors.

Microsoft has added many new features to Windows Server 2003. For example, the "Volume Shadow Copy Service" similar to "Salvage Bin" in Novell is one of them. Once the administrator enables the service on the drive, the server periodically snapshots the drive. End users can use this feature to recover deleted files and even restore the system to the old version if necessary. If you have access to Windows Server 2003, this feature is definitely worth a try!

install Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 installed similar, it is an easy task. The difference is that after you have successfully installed Windows Server 2003, you must also activate the system. Before that you have a 60-day period. Another major modification of the Windows Server 2003 installation process is that the operating system is in "locked" mode after the installation is complete.

Also worth mentioning is that the process of installing Windows Server 2003, you can choose to perform "quick format" (Quick Format) operating in a new partition in the text portion of the installation on the server. This feature was first introduced in Windows XP, which greatly improved the installation speed.



To date, Microsoft has a number of leading software on the server field. Microsoft's first work in this field was Windows NT, but the industry did not evaluate it as a poor server operating system. Even though the market's leading Novell provided its "catalog service" products that it did not have, it could not change its position. Windows 2000 is Microsoft's first attempt to enter the directory services market. Now, with the unprecedented enhancement of Windows Server 2003 in all aspects of performance, Microsoft has proved to the world that it can return the enterprise network to their due nature.

Windows Server 2003 System Requirements

Requirements
Standard Edition
Enterprise Edition
Datacenter Edition
Web Edition
Minimum CPU Speed
133 MHz
·x86-based computer: 133 MHz;
Itanium-based computer: 733 MHz *
·x86-based computer: 400 MHz;
Itanium-based computer: 733 MHz *
133 MHz
Recommended CPU speed
550 MHz
733 MHz
733 MHz
550 MHz
Minimum RAM
128 MB
128 MB
512 MB
128 MB
Recommended minimum RAM
256 M
256 M
1 GB
256 M
Max RAM<4>4 GB
·86-based computer :32 GB;
Itanium-based computer: 64 GB *
·x86-based computer: 64 GB;
Itanium-based computer: 128 GB *
2 GB
Multiprocessing Support
1 or 2
Up to 8
·Requires a minimum of 8
·Maximum 32
1 or 2
Installation required disk space
1.5 GB
· X86-based computer: 1.5 GB;
Itanium-based computer: 2.0 GB *
·x86-based computer: 1.5 GB;
Itanium-based computer: 2.0 GB *
1.5 GB


Type
Price
Description
CAL 5 Pack
$199
5 Additional CAL
CAL 20 Pack
$799< Br>20 additional CAL
CAL TS 5 Pack
$749
5Additional Terminal Services CAL
CAL TS 20 Pack
$2,699
20Additional Terminal Services CAL
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Description
Standard Edition
$999
Includes 5 CAL
Standard Edition
$1,199
Including 10 CAL
Enterprise Edition
$3,999< Br>Includes 25 CAL
Web Edition
$399
No CAL