Windows Server 2003 R2 Reviewer's Guide Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2

Windows Server 2003 R2 Reviewer's Guide
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
Overview Guide
Microsoft Corporation
Published: December 2005
Abstract
Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2 makes it easier and more cost-effective to extend connectivity and control to identities, locations, data and applications throughout and beyond an organization. Windows Server 2003 R2 is an update release of the award-winning Windows Server 2003 operating system. Built on Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Server 2003 R2 takes advantage of the stability and security enhancements of a proven code base while extending connectivity and control into new areas. Windows Server 2003 R2 offers all of the benefits of Windows Server 2003 with SP1 while greatly improving identity and access management, branch server management, storage configuration and management, and application development inside and outside your organization’s boundaries. Windows Server 2003 R2 is easy to integrate into an existing Windows Server 2003 environment since it shares the same application compatibility, manageability, and serviceability as existing servers with Windows Server 2003 with SP1.
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Contents
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Product Overview 1
Product Overview 1
Simplified Branch Server Management 1
Simplified Identity and Access Management 2
Efficient Storage Management 3
Improved Web Platform 3
Cost-Effective Virtualization 4
Windows Server 2003 R2 Primer 5
Windows Server 2003 R2 Primer 5
Release Philosophy 5
Integration with Windows Server 2003 SP1 5
About Windows Server 2003 SP1 5
Updates 5
Enhancements 6
New features 6
Why Should Organizations Deploy Windows Server 2003 SP1? 7
Editions and Features 7
System Requirements 8
Getting Started with Windows Server 2003 R2 9
To start Setup for a new installation from the product CDs 9
To start Setup for a new installation from the network 9
To start an upgrade on a computer running Windows Server 2003 (without SP1) 10
To start an upgrade on a computer running Windows Server 2003 with SP1 10
To start an upgrade on a computer running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 11
Technical Overview 12
Technical Overview 12
Simplified Branch Office Server Management 12
Branch Office 12
Distributed File System 12
Remote Differential Compression 12
Distributed File System Replication 13
Distributed File System Namespace 13
Print Management Console 13
Simplified Identity and Access Management 14
Active Directory Federation Services 14
Classic Web SSO 14
Federated Web SSO 14
Federated Authorization and .NET Integration 14
Extensible architecture 15
Web Services interoperability 15
What Is ADFS: In-Depth Information 15
ADFS Requirements 16
Hardware requirements 16
Software requirements 16
Federation Service 16
Active Directory and ADAM account store requirements 16
Federation Service Proxy 16
ADFS Web Service Agent 17
Trusted certification authorities 17
TCP/IP network connectivity 17
DNS 17
Web server 17
Web browser 17
Active Directory Application Mode 17
ADAM Overview 18
What's new in ADAM 18
Microsoft directory technologies 18
Comparing ADAM to Active Directory 19
UNIX Identity Management 19
Efficient Storage Management 20
Storage Manager for SANs 20
LUN management for Fibre Channel subsystems 20
LUN management for iSCSI subsystems 20
File Server Resource Management 21
Storage Resource Manager quotas vs. NTFS disk quotas 21
Microsoft Services for Network File System 21
Improved Web Platform 22
Windows SharePoint Services 22
Applications for Windows SharePoint Services 22
SharePoint sites – file storage plus collaboration 22
SharePoint Central Administration – Web browser interface for managing servers 23
ASP.NET 2.0 23
Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 23
Cost-Effective Virtualization 24
Additional Features 24
Web Services for Management 24
Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications 24
Support for 64-bit Applications 25
Common Log File System 25
MMC 3.0 26
Action pane 26
New Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box 26
Improved error handling 26
Summary 27
Summary 27
Related Links 28
Related Links 28
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