December 2004
Beginner
672 pages
20h 38m
English
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Windows Server 2003 Editions
Microsoft has increased the number of versions of Windows Server 2003 it offers. Microsoft offered Windows 2000 in three editions: Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server, each requiring increasingly faster processors and more memory. Windows Server 2003 is available in the following editions:
- Web Edition (WE)
This version of Windows Server 2003 is optimized to host web sites using IIS and is therefore limited in its support of hardware and in its feature set. It cuts the addressable memory in half from 4GB to 2GB, restricts Internet Connection Sharing, network bridging, and Terminal Services (although you can use the XP-like Remote Desktop), and does away with DHCP and fax services. In addition, WE can be a member server of a domain, but it cannot be an Active Directory domain controller. Windows Server 2003 WE is available only through OEMs; you can’t purchase it through traditional retail channels.
- Standard Edition (SE)
This is the plain-vanilla version of Windows that most corporations likely will deploy. Included with it is support for up to two processors and 4GB of memory. SE includes most of the features and support of the other editions, including the .NET Framework, IIS 6, Active Directory, the distributed and encrypting filesystems, and various management tools. You also receive Network Load Balancing (a feature previously reserved for the “premium editions” of the NT server product) and a simple Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) server ...
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