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Windows Server 2003

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Introduction to Windows Server 2003

Welcome to the new family of Microsoft Servants! Let us find out the new technologies of 2003 and how to apply them. The new characteristics of Windows Server 2003 cause that it is, until the moment, the more stable, robust, burglary able operating system and mainly better oriented to perfect the performance and the benefits for Servants in different roles: Application, Web Services, Services of Directory, File & Print Services and Services of Infrastructure. The optimization of all these characteristics, without a doubt, also forms to the family Windows Server 2003, like the platform than more recommendable for the businesses, reducing remarkably aspects such as the TCO.

New Features in Windows Server 2003

Although Windows Server 2003 is built on the foundation provided by Windows 2000, a number of new features and tools have been included in Microsoft’s newest operating system release. In some cases, the changes are simply enhancements to existing tools, such as Active Directory Users and Computers. In others, completely new tools have been provided to simplify and enhance the administration of familiar elements, such as Group Policy.

One area in which Windows Server 2003 has changed significantly compared to Windows 2000 is with respect to its default security settings. For example, Windows Server 2003 does not install Internet Information Services (IIS) by default, thus ensuring that it is present only on systems where it is explicitly required. Further, once IIS 6.0 is installed, its default security settings are much more restrictive than in past versions.

Recognizing the challenges faced by organizations trying to stay current with security patches and critical updates in large environments, Microsoft designed Windows Server 2003 to support Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS). Software Update Services is a free tool that allows patches and updates to first be tested and then automatically deployed and installed throughout a Windows network. This tool helps to ensure that all necessary systems are patched and are therefore less prone to security threats, while at the same time making the management of critical updates much easier for administrators.

Windows Server 2003 also provides new features aimed at ensuring that systems and data can be recovered quickly in the event of system failures or even the accidental deletion of data by users. Automated System Recovery (ASR) provides a facility to get Windows Server 2003 systems back up and running quickly after a failure occurs. The Shadow Copies of Shared Folders feature makes point-in-time backups of user data to ensure that previous versions are easily accessible in cases where a user has accidentally deleted a file.

Finally, Windows Server 2003 introduces a number of new features to Active Directory. Some of the major changes to Active Directory include new tools, new functions within existing tools, and new features aimed at making it easier to change names, restructure domains, and manage multiforest environments.

Windows Server 2003 Hardware Requirements

As with previous versions of Windows, Microsoft publishes both absolute minimum and recommended minimum hardware specifications for the various Windows Server 2003 editions. Although a server configured to meet the recommended minimum requirements will usually perform adequately, it should be noted that these numbers do represent minimums and, depending on the software and services installed, actual requirements might be much higher.

               Standard 	Enterprise 	    Datacenter	         Web Edition
               Edition 	Edition		    Edition	         Edition

Minimum CPU 133 MHz 133 MHz (x86) 400 MHz (x86) 133 MHz speed Speed 733 MHz (Itanium) 733 MHz (Itanium)

Recommended 550 MHz 733 MHz 733 MHz 550 MHz Minimum CPU Speed

Minimum RAM 128 MB 128 MB 512 MB 128 MB

Recommended 256 MB 256 MB 1 GB 256 MB

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