Windows Server 2003 Windows Server Family Products Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
System Requirements
Windows 2003 New Features IIS 6.0 Software Update Services Group Policy Management Console Automated System Recovery Shadow Copies of Shared Folders
Web Edition Provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support for up to 2 CPUs 2GB Memory Network Load Balancing IIS 6.0 Disk Quota Support Terminal Service
Standard Edition Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, is effectively the replacement product for Windows 2000 Server. Much like its predecessor, this product is aimed at small businesses and departmental use within larger organizations. Some common uses of Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, include: File and printer sharing ADS Support Secure Internet connectivity Centralized desktop application Provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support for up to 4 CPUs Supports a maximum of 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM Does not support clustering Does not provide support for Intel Itanium-based systems
Enterprise Edition Includes features Server Clusters (8 nodes!) Provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support for up to 8 CPUs Supports Itanium Processors 32GB memory (x86); 64GB memory (Itanium) Integration with Microsoft Metadirectory Services ADS Support
Datacenter Edition Only available from Datacenter OEMs Includes features in Enterprise Edition, plus 64-way SMP 64GB memory (x86); 512GB memory (Itanium) Windows Sockets: Direct access for SANs (Winsock Direct)
INSTALLING WINDOWS SERVER 2003 BIOS settings Installation phases Text mode Create and format partition Copy installation files to the hard drive Build the registry Graphical mode Install and configure Windows 2003 Server Unattended installation Answer file Disk imaging (cloning)
INSTALLING WINDOWS SERVER 2003
ACTIVATING WINDOWS SERVER 2003
CONFIGURING WINDOWS SERVER 2003
SERVER ROLES File server Print server Application server Mail server Terminal Services server Streaming media server Remote Access/VPN server Domain controller
SERVER ROLES (CONT.) Database server Web (IIS) server DNS server DHCP server WINS server
WINDOWS NETWORK MODELS Workgroup Small number of computers Peer to peer Domain Central management Domain controller Active directory Multiple-master (multi-master) replication
AN ACTIVE DIRECTORY PRIMER Standards-based, LDAP-compliant directory services system. Hierarchical structure provides organizational and administrative benefits. Directory services database can be distributed across multiple servers to provide fault tolerance and increase performance.
DOMAINS AND DOMAIN CONTROLLERS Domain Controller Contoso.com Domains: Provide administrative and security boundaries Allow resources to be grouped logically Can contain Organizational Units(OU's)to further organize resources
Tipe of Domain Controller Tree A collection of one or more domains Forest A collection of one or more trees