Connection Point Services overview

  • Article

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Connection Point Services overview

Connection Point Services (CPS) is a component that provides Internet service providers (ISPs) and corporations with the ability to automatically update phone book files residing on the client computers of employees or Internet users. These phone book files work with Connection Manager (CM), configurable connection software that also resides on client computers. For complete information about Connection Manager, see the Connection Manager Administration Kit.

As a CPS administrator, you can:

  • Make it easy for your new users to get online by providing updated access numbers.

  • Create and manage phone book databases containing customized information about local access numbers that provide connectivity to points of presence (POPs) in a wide area network.

  • Automatically download new access numbers to your users when POPs change.

  • Host multiple phone books on a single server.

CPS consists of two major components, Phone Book Administrator (PBA) and Phone Book Service (PBS). For more information about PBA and PBS, see Major components and their roles.

PBS must run on your server, but administrators often use PBA on workstations. PBS is a component in Management and Monitoring Tools on your Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 family CD. PBA is available from the Valueadd directory on your product CD for Microsoft Windows XP Professional or the original release of Windows Server 2003. You can also install PBA from the Support folder on your product CD for Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1.