Microsoft Servers Overview
Microsoft Servers Overview
Windows Server 2003 everything but advanced E-mail, SQL, and a Proxy Microsoft Exchange 2000 (2003) Advanced E-mail and appointment collaboration
Domains
Microsoft's Directory Services (for real this time) Similar to eDirectory/NDS of Novell or LDAP/NIS of the *nix world Ease of administration of multiple machines
DNS & WINS DHCP FTP / WWW Routing and Remote Access SNMP Support Active Directory Familiar XP Style Interface
Simple for users to restore old versions of files Backups dont need to worry about file locks anymore Easy to configure
Now ftp logins can give access to different directories An alternative to web site administration from Front Page Server Extensions
DFS is fail safe/load balanced DFS automatically replicates files An alternative to clustering
Support of 24-bit color 2 Free remote sessions along with consol Bring printers/sound/drives to the local machine Makes this a remote manageable OS
NAT / RIP / OSPF PPTP / PPPOE / L2TP 300 Remote Access Clients on one server Dial-in Support Dial-on-Demand Routing