windows server 2003 weekend crash course (2003)

[...]... xi FRIDAY .2 Part I — Friday Evening 4 Session 1 — Windows Server 2003 Basics 5 The Windows Server Family .6 Windows Server 2003 — Standard Edition 6 Windows Server 2003 — Web Edition 7 Windows Server 2003 — Enteprise Edition 7 Windows Server 2003 — Datacenter Edition 8 Windows Architecture .9 Operating system architecture .10... that Windows Server 2003 is built upon 04 4925-1 ch01.qxd 3/11/03 11:52 AM Page 6 6 Friday Evening The Windows Server Family When Microsoft introduced Windows 2000 Server, they created a family, or series, of server operating systems That family continues in Windows Server 2003 and consists of four separate products: ¼ Windows Server 2003 — Standard Edition ¼ Windows Server 2003 — Web Edition ¼ Windows. .. Installing Windows Server 2003 Session 3 Managing Users and Groups Session 4 Using Active Directory 04 4925-1 ch01.qxd 3/11/03 11:52 AM Page 5 SESSION 1 Windows Server 2003 Basics Session Checklist ✔ Windows Server 2003 editions ✔ Windows memory and processing ✔ Windows technology foundations W indows Server 2003 is the latest version of Microsoft’s enterprise server operating system The Windows Server 2003. .. 1 Windows NET Server 2003 Weekend Crash Course 02 4925-1 DPP01.qxd 3/11/03 11:52 AM Page 2 02 4925-1 DPP01.qxd 3/11/03 11:52 AM Page 3 Part I — Friday Evening Session 1 Windows Server 2003 Basics Session 2 Installing Windows Server 2003 Session 3 Managing Users and Groups Session 4 Using Active Directory 03 4925-1 PP01.qxd 3/11/03 11:52 AM Page 4 PART I Friday Evening Session 1 Windows Server 2003. .. — Web Edition ¼ Windows Server 2003 — Enterprise Edition ¼ Windows Server 2003 — Datacenter Edition Microsoft has also announced a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, which will be available on server computers utilizing Intel’s Itanium processor or compatible processors from other companies 64-bit editions of both Windows Server 2003 — Standard Edition and Windows Server 2003 — Enterprise Edition... family is the successor to the Windows 2000 Server family, which in turn built upon Windows NT Server Windows Server 2003 introduces many new features and offers significant improvements to many features found in earlier Windows Server operating systems Before you can begin using Windows Server 2003, though, you need to understand the family of products that carry the Server name and how they differ... for its own use, allowing applications on the server to share the remaining 2GB Windows Server 2003 — Web Edition Specially designed for use as a Web server, Windows Web Server provides a subset of the overall Windows Server 2003 functionality The Web Server edition is optimized for Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server platform The Web Server edition does not support some advanced... services, including: ¼ Advanced network security features like Internet Authorization Server ¼ Fax services ¼ Terminal services As the name implies, Windows Web Server is ideal for servers used as Internet or intranet Web servers Windows Server 2003 — Enteprise Edition Windows Enterprise Server builds upon the Windows Server 2003 standard edition It provides all of the same features and capabilities as the... Enterprise Server is targeted toward medium to large businesses that need to run extremely powerful servers, use clustering, or run especially powerful application server software Windows Server 2003 — Datacenter Edition Windows Datacenter Server edition is the most powerful version of the operating system Like the Enterprise Server edition, Datacenter Server builds upon the standard Windows Server 2003. .. application servers run on Windows Server 2003 — Standard Edition The standard edition of Windows Server 2003 provides all of the basic functionality a server operating system needs The standard edition is intended to support 04 4925-1 ch01.qxd 3/11/03 11:52 AM Page 7 Session 1 — Windows Server 2003 Basics 7 small- to medium-sized businesses as a file server, application server platform, or domain . 1 — Windows Server 2003 Basics 5 The Windows Server Family 6 Windows Server 2003 — Standard Edition 6 Windows Server 2003 — Web Edition 7 Windows Server 2003 — Enteprise Edition 7 Windows Server. professionals The book you hold now, Windows Server 2003 Weekend Crash Course, is your quick guide for getting up to speed with Windows Server 2003 — in a single weekend! Windows Server 2003 is Microsoft’s base operating. AM Page oii Windows ® Server 2003 Weekend Crash Course ® 01 4925-1 FM.qxd 3/11/03 11:52 AM Page i 01 4925-1 FM.qxd 3/11/03 11:52 AM Page ii Windows ® Server 2003 Weekend Crash Course ® Don