Server reliability |
- Improved memory management
- Robust system architecture
- Diagnostic tools
- Safe Mode start
- Recovery Console
- Windows File Protection
- Enhanced Backup utility
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- Automated System Recovery (ASR)
- Compatibility Mode
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Server availability |
- Server clusters
- Network Load Balancing clusters
- Fewer server restarts
- Plug and Play
- Start from mirrored volumes
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- User State Migration Tool
- Emergency Management Services
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Server scalability |
- Hardware scalability
- I2O support
- Symmetric multiprocessing enhancements
- Network Load Balancing
- Server clusters
- Enterprise Memory Architecture
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- Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
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Server manageability |
- IntelliMirror
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- Remote Installation Services (RIS)
- Manage Your Server
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- Remote Desktop for Administration
- Remotely administered server support
- User State Migration Tool
- Emergency Management Services
- Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP)
- Authorization Manager
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Performance and tuning features |
- Winsock Direct
- I2O support
- CPU throttling for Web applications or sites
- Process Accounting for Web applications or sites
- Predictable, end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS)
- Network Load Balancing
- New performance tools
- Disk Defragmenter
- Event Tracing enhancements
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- Performance Options
- New command-line utilities for System Monitor
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Authentication and smart card support |
- Full support for the Kerberos V5 protocol
- Public key infrastructure (PKI), Certificate Services, and smart cards
- Virtual private networking
- Flexible, secure authentication and authorization
- Internet Authentication Service (IAS)
- Routing and Remote Access
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- Stored User Names and Passwords
- Smart card access through Terminal Server
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Additional security features |
- Encrypting File System (EFS)
- Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
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- TCP/UDP port ownership
- Software restriction policies
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Remote management |
- Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
- Scripting with Windows Script Host
- Remote Installation Services (RIS)
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- Remote Desktop for Administration
- Remote assistance
- Web Interface for Remote Administration (Windows Server 2003, Web Edition only)
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Maintenance and product updates |
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Internationalization features |
- Multilingual support
- Multiregional support
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- New Phonetic Input Method Editor (IME) for Traditional Chinese
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Active Directory |
- Simplified user and network-resource management
- Flexible, secure authentication and authorization
- Directory consolidation
- Directory-enabled applications and infrastructure
- Scalability without complexity
- Use of Internet standards
- A powerful development environment
- Replication and trust monitoring
- Message Queuing distribution lists
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Disk and file management features |
- Disk Management
- Disk quota support
- Distributed File System
- Distributed Link Tracking
- Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV)
- High-performance content indexing
- Encrypting File System (EFS)
- Removable Storage and Remote Storage
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- Remote document sharing
- Command-line support for disk management
- GUID partition table (GPT). Available on all versions of Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and on all versions of Windows Server 2003, x64 Edition.
- Shadow copies of shared folders
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Printer and protocol support |
- Printers published in Active Directory
- Broad device and protocol support
- Plug and Play
- Internet Printing Protocol
- Printer management features
- Network printing features
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- New command-line support for printing
- Easier printer driver installation on server clusters
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Internet and e-mail services and features |
- Active Server Pages (ASP)
- Windows Media Services
- Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
- Application recycling
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- Microsoft .NET Framework components
- Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
- Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services
- E-mail services (POP3, SMTP)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Provider
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Features for collaboration |
- Windows Media Services
- Predictable, end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS)
- Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
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- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Audio Acceleration on the remote access server
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Support for existing systems(see also Application support) |
- Industry standards
- Support for existing server applications
- Integration with existing operating systems
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- Compatibility Mode
- Program Compatibility Wizard
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Application support |
- Widest range of turnkey applications
- Comprehensive Internet application services
- Microsoft Active Accessibility
- TAPI 3.1
- Transaction services
- Message Queuing
- Component Services
- Job objects
- Host data integration
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- Compatibility Mode
- Web gardens in Internet Information Services (IIS)
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Management and deployment |
- Change and configuration management with Group Policy
- Directory consolidation in Active Directory
- IntelliMirror
- Remote Installation Services (RIS)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- Side-by-side component sharing
- Add or Remove Programs
- Windows Installer
- Application management
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- Remotely administered server support
- Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP)
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Terminal Server features |
- Centralized deployment of programs
- Remote access to applications
- Single application access
- Terminal Services Manager
- Remote control
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Development support |
- Visual Studio .NET
- Multilingual technology
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- Automatic generation of link IDs
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
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Network protocols and technologies |
- Winsock Direct
- DHCP with DNS and Active Directory
- Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Virtual private networking
- Routing and Remote Access
- Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
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- Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
- Fibre Channel support
- Automatic configuration for multiple networks
- Web Digital Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) redirector
- Internet Authentication Service (IAS) as RADIUS proxy
- Wireless networking
- IP version 6 (IPv6)
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