Feature
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Windows
NT Server 4.0, EE
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Windows
2000 Advanced Server
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I. File
Services
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Windows
NT File System (NTFS):
An
advanced file system supporting file system
recovery, extremely large storage media, and long
file names.
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Yes
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Yes
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File
System Recovery:
In
the event of a disk failure, the file system can
quickly undo or redo transactions as appropriate
to recover data, and return to a known functioning
state
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Yes
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Yes
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Distributed
File System (Dfs):
Build
a single, hierarchical view of multiple file
servers and file server shares on a network.
Dfs makes files easier for users to locate,
and increases availability by maintaining multiple
file copies across distributed servers.
Enhancements in Windows 2000 Advanced
Server increase reliability and ease of use.
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Yes
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Improved
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Indexing:
Search
for content easily by creating indexes of the
contents and properties of documents on your local
hard drive and on shared network drives.
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Yes
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Improved
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Backup
and Recovery: Backup
and recovery features make it easier to backup
data and then recover data in the event of a hard
disk failure.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server allows back up
to a single file on a hard disk and tape media.
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Yes
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Improved
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Disk
Defragmentation:
Over
time, fragmentation can have a severe impact on
the performance of a busy file or web server.
These
tools increase disks availability
and
performance.
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New
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Disk
Quotas: Set
quotas on disk space usage per user and per volume
to provide increased availability of disk
space and help capacity planning efforts.
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New
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Dynamic
Volume Management: Add
new volumes, extend existing volumes, break or add
a mirror, or repair a RAID 5 array, while the
server is online, without impacting the end-user.
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New
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Hierarchical
Storage Management:
Automatically
migrate data that hasn’t been recently accessed
to less expensive storage media, maximizing disk
space for the most heavily accessed data on the
disk.
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New
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File
Replication Service (FRS):
Replicate
data on file shares and automatically maintain
synchronization between the copies.
FRS increases the performance and
availability of the Distributed File System.
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New
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Encrypting
File System:
Increase
security of data on the hard disk by encrypting
it. This
data remains encrypted even when backed up or
archived.
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New
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II. Print
Services
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Easy
Driver Management:
Allows
users to connect to printer and device drivers
automatically and take advantage of “point to
point” installation.
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Yes
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Yes
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Priority
Printing: Prioritize
critical print jobs or defer printing to non-peak
hours so that very large jobs are run when demand
for the printer is low.
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Yes
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Yes
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Enhanced
Metafile (EMF) Spooling: EMF
is a file format that reduces the size of files
sent from a client to the server, reducing network
traffic and quickly returning a client machine to
the application it was running.
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Yes
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Yes
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Remote
Print Queue Administration: Monitor
the performance of a local or remote printer.
Set up counters to track performance
criteria, such as bytes printed per second, job
errors, or total pages printed.
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Yes
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Yes
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Performance:
139%
performance improvement in Windows 2000 Advanced
Server ensures end-user productivity gains.
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Yes
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Improved
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Color
Management: Enhancements
in Windows 2000 ensure
better color accuracy, consistency, and color
mappings for printers.
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Yes
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Improved
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Driver
Administration:
Easily
view
and manage printer drivers.
Control more driver properties from local
or remote locations in Windows 2000 Advanced
Server
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Yes
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Improved
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Internet
Printing: Send
print jobs across the Internet to a URL.
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New
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Web-based
Printer Administration: View
and manage printers from any browser.
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New
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Remote
Port Administration:
Remotely
manage and configure printer ports from any
Windows 2000 Professional desktop.
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New
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Search
for and Connect to Printers from a desktop:
Publish
printers
in the Active Directory™ service, enabling
users to locate and connect to printers
based on criteria such as location, ability to
print color, or speed.
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New
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III. Web
and Application Services
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8-way
Symmetric Multi-Processor Support:
Scale
up by utilizing the latest 8-way SMP servers for
more processing power to tackle the most demanding
processing-intensive applications.
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New
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Network
Load Balancing: Scale
out quickly and easily by distributing incoming IP
traffic across a farm of load-balanced servers.
Incrementally expand capacity by adding
additional servers.
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Yes
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Improved
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8
GB Memory Support: Take
advantage of larger amounts of memory to improve
performance and handle the most demanding
applications, support up to 8 GB of RAM with
Intel’s Physical Address Extension (PAE).
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New
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Transaction
Services: A
component-based transaction processing system for
developing, deploying, and managing
high-performing, scalable, and robust enterprise,
Internet, and Intranet and server applications.
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Yes
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Improved
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Message
Queuing Services (MSMQ):
Allows
creation of distributed, loosely coupled
applications that can run reliably on unreliable
or intermittent networks.
In Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Message
Queuing version 2.0 makes use of Active Directory,
has vastly increased transactional speed, and
provides a stand alone workgroup mode which allows
MSMQ applications to be installed and run stand
alone from supporting servers.
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Yes
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Improved
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Internet
Information Services (IIS):
Integrated
Web services enable users to easily host and
manage Web sites to share information, create
Web-based business applications, and extend file,
print, media and communication services to the
Web.
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Yes
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Improved
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Active
Server Pages (ASP) Programming Environment: Active
Server Pages is consistently rated the easiest,
highest performance web server-scripting
environment available.
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Yes
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Improved
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IIS
Application Protection: Application
protection keeps web applications running
separately from the web server itself, preventing
an application from crashing the web server.
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Yes
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Improved
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Support
for the Latest Security Standards:
Build
secure Intranet, Extranet and Internet sites using
the latest standards, including:
56-bit and 128-bit SSL/TLS, Server Gated
Cryptography; and new in Windows 2000 Advanced
Server: Digest Authentication, Kerberos v5
authentication, and Fortezza.
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Yes
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Improved
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Distributed
Component Object Model (DCOM):
A
protocol that enables software components to
communicate directly over a network in a reliable,
secure, and efficient manner. Previously called
"Network OLE," DCOM is designed for use
across multiple network transports, including
Internet protocols such as HTTP, and is designed
to work with both Java applets and ActiveX®
components.
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Yes
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Updated
by COM+
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Component
Object Model + (COM+):
COM+
builds on COM's integrated services and features,
making it easier for developers to create and use
software components in any language, using any
tool. Applications
currently using COM or DCOM technology will work
in the COM+ environment.
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New
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Enhanced
ASP Performance:
More
scalable ASP processing, improved ASP flow
control, and ASP Fast Path
for scriptless ASP files enable faster Web page
processing.
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New
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XML
Parser: Create
applications that enable the Web server to
exchange XML-formatted data with both Microsoft
Internet Explorer and any server capable of
parsing XML.
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New
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IIS
Reliable Restart:
Quickly
stop and reliably restart Web services without
rebooting the computer.
IIS can automatically restart even if a
misbehaving web application does cause a failure.
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New
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Web
Folders: Web
Folders bring the richness of Windows to the web,
by using Web Document Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
to enable drag and drop web publishing.
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New
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FTP
Session Restart:
Improves
file download performance by allowing users to
resume interrupted downloads at the point they
were stopped.
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New
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Directory-Enabled
Applications:
Developers
can use a
number of standard interfaces to write
applications that utilize information stored in
Active Directory about users, other application
and devices.
This enables rich, dynamic applications
that are simpler to develop and easier to manage.
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New
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IV. Networking
and Communication Services
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Routing
and Remote Access Service:
Connects remote workers, telecommuters, and branch
offices to the corporate network through dial-up,
leased line and Internet links. No longer a
separate download solution, it installs through
the server configuration wizard and is easier to
manage through MMC.
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Yes
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Improved
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Virtual
Private Networking:
A full-featured gateway that encrypts
communications to securely connect remote users
and satellite offices over the Internet.
Now with an updated PPTP support and
advanced security with Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
encrypted by IPSec.
Configurable as a basic or advanced
service.
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Yes
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Improved
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Microsoft
Connection Manager Administration Kit and
Connection Point Services:
These
wizard-driven tools lets administrators centrally
configure and deploy customized remote access
dialers that can integrate automatic-update
phonebooks, custom connect actions (like firewall
authentication and client virus inspection),
driver updates and more.
Now with finer grained connection actions
and L2TP support, these reduce admin costs,
increase security, simplify remote access and
dramatically reduce support costs.
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Yes
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Improved
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Internet
Authentication Service:
RADIUS
authentication, authorization and accounting
enable
centralized management of network access policies,
and improve capacity planning and accounting of
network costs.
Now with enriched policy management to let
you control who can access what, when and how.
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Yes
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Improved
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IP
Telephony: Support
for packet data telephony, Internet web site
integration, and complementary client software
services, provides a platform for enhanced
communications and Internet commerce. Now
integrated with Quality of Service to let you
control how this service is used in your network.
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Yes
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Improved
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Internet
Locator Service:
Easily
search
for other multimedia (i.e. video conferencing)
users on a WAN.
Previously
available only as part of Site Server, ILS now
lets you securely register and search for
other multimedia users on a WAN for multicast and
multimedia conferencing and is part of Windows
2000 Advanced Server.
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Yes
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Improved
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Multimedia
Networking Platform:
Integrated services for Windows Media™
Services, IP Telephony and traditional data
networking, complementary client software and
support for high performance networking.
Now with Quality of Service APIs to let
applications work better in busy networks.
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Yes
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Improved
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Domain
Name System (DNS):
Now with Dynamic DNS support, systems that
get addresses from DHCP are automatically
registered in DNS.
Replication options with legacy DNS systems
and through Active Directory can simplify and
strengthen name replication infrastructure.
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Yes
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Improved
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Secure
network communications:
End-to-end
encrypted communications across your company
network using the IPSec standard.
Great for protecting sensitive internal
communications from intentional or accidental
viewing. Active
Directory provides central policy control for its
use to make it deployable.
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New
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Network
Address Translation (NAT):
Extensible
network address translation services empower
simpler network setup, improved network security,
and increased scalability of an available pool
network address.
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New
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Internet
Connection Sharing:
Simple
“Make New Connection” Wizard enables small and
growing organizations to quickly set up an
efficient network with secure Internet access.
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New
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New
Connections Wizard:
A
step-by-step guide to making common connections
like dial-up to an ISP or private network,
connecting to a private network over the Internet,
receive incoming connections to a private network
(direct-dial or VPN), and connecting to another
computer.
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New
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Directory
Enabled Networking: Manage
individual and group system policies, providing
more efficient, central, scalable management of
network devices, computers, clients and network
application services.
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New
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Plug
and Play: Automatically
detect and recognize newly installed components,
simplifying network system configuration and
reducing service down time.
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New
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Network
Quality of Service:
Prioritize network application traffic
flows for greater network efficiency,
availability, and improved performance.
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New
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V. Infrastructure
Services
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Single
Sign-On:
Single sign-on to Windows-based network
resources improves password secrecy and simplifies
password management.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server delivers
standards-based single sign-on via Kerberos ver.
5.
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Yes
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Improved
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Group
Policy: Group
policy allows central management of collections of
users, computers, applications, and network
resources instead of managing entities on a
one-by-one basis.
Integration with Active Directory delivers
more granular and flexible control.
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Yes
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Improved
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V.1. Active
Directory
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Integrated
Directory Services. Windows
2000 Advanced Server introduces the Active
Directory service, a scalable, standard-compliant
directory service that makes Windows 2000 Advanced
Server easier to manage, more secure, and more
interoperable with existing investments.
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New
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Automated
Software Distribution: Integrated
with
Active
Directory, the automated software distribution
capabilities of IntelliMirror™ management
technology enable administrators automatically
distribute applications to users running Windows
2000 Professional based on their role in the
company. For example, all accountants can
automatically receive spreadsheet software.
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New
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Open
APIs for Directory-enabled Applications: All
Active Directory functions are available through
LDAP, ADSI and MAPI for extending and integrating
with other applications, directories, and devices.
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New
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Multi-master
Replication: Active
Directory uses multi-master replication to ensure
high scalability and availability in distributed
network configurations.
“Multi-master”
means that each directory replica in the network
is a peer of all other replicas; changes can be
made to any replica and will be reflected across
all of them.
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New
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Centralized
Management:
Active Directory Services centrally manage Windows
users, clients, and servers through a single
consistent management interface, reducing
redundancy and maintenance costs.
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New
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Delegated
Administration: Active
Directory enables administrators to delegate
a selected set of administrative privileges to
appropriate individuals within the organization to
distribute the management and improve accuracy of
administration.
Delegation also helps companies reduce the
number of domains they need to support a large
organization with multiple geographical locations.
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New
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Transitive
Domain Trust:
Greatly reduce the number of trust
relationships required to manage users and
resources between Windows domains.
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New
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Native
LDAP Support: Active
Directory is implemented as a high-performance,
native LDAP service that ensures interoperability
in extranet environments and is ideal for
supporting E-commerce applications.
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New
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Domain
Name System (DNS):
The
Active Directory integrated, Internet
standards-based DNS service simplifies object
naming and location through Internet protocols,
and improves scalability, performance and
interoperability.
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New
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V.2.
Security
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Designed
to Meet C2 Security:
C2
security, as defined by US security certification
standards, is generally acknowledged to be highest
level of security for mainstream business
operating systems.
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Yes
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Yes
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Crypto
API:
Provides
Windows-based applications access to cryptographic
functions, public keys, credential management and
certificate validation functions.
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Yes
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Yes
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Security
Configuration Toolset (SCTS): Reduce
costs associated with security configuration and
analysis of Windows-based networks.
In Windows 2000, use Group Policy to set
and periodically update security configurations of
computers.
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Yes
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Improved
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Public
Key Infrastructure (PKI): The
Certificate Server is a critical part of a public
key infrastructure that allows customers to issue
their own x.509 certificates to their users for
PKI functionality such as certificate-based
authentication, IPSEC, secure email, etc.
Integration with Active Directory
simplifies user enrollment.
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Yes
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Improved
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Smartcard
Support: Supports
logon via Smartcards “out-of-the-box” for
strong authentication to sensitive resources.
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New
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Kerberos
Authentication: Full
support for Kerberos version 5 protocol provides
fast, single sign-on to Windows resources, as well
as other environments that support this protocol.
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New
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Active
Directory Integration: Active
Directory integration with the underlying security
infrastructure provides a focal point of security
management of users, computers and devices making
Windows 2000 Advanced Server easier to manage.
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New
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PKI
Group Policy Management: Centrally
manage Domain wide-PKI policies. Specify which
Certificate Authorities a client will trust,
distribute new root certificates, adjust IPSEC
policy or determine if a user will be required to
use smart cards to long onto a particular system.
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New
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Certificate
Mapping: Map
x.509 certificates to user accounts in the
directory, to authenticate the user using the
certificate and log them on using that account.
This is exceptionally useful for doing
business on the Internet or working with partners
on an Extranet.
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New
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VI.
Terminal Services
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Terminal
Services: Run
Windows-based applications on the server, and
access from a remote PC, Windows-based Terminal or
non-Windows device, over LANs, WANs or
low-bandwidth connections, through terminal
emulation software.
In Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Terminal
Services are up
to 20% more scalable and has dramatically improved
performance for both high and low-bandwidth
connections.
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Yes,
Optional
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Improved,
Integrated
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Remote
Desktop Protocol (RDP):
The
native Terminal Services display protocol
performance has been dramatically improved for
both high and low-bandwidth connections.
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Yes
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Improved
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Print
and Clipboard Redirection:
Allows
users to print, cut, copy and paste data from an
application running on Windows 2000 Terminal
Server to a local printer or application.
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New
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Remote
Administration Mode:
Safely
enable Terminal Services for remote administration
purposes. Up
to two concurrent sessions are supported, with no
impact on performance or application
compatibility.
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New
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Remote
Control: Allows
administrators to provide remote help desk support
by viewing or taking control of a users session.
This feature can also be enabled to allow
users to provide peer-to-peer support.
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New
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VII.
Reliability
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Cluster
Service: 2-node
Cluster service support fail-over due to hardware
or software failure, of critical applications,
including databases, knowledge management, ERP,
and file & print services.
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Yes
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Improved
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Job
Object API: With
its ability to setup processor affinity,
eastablish time limits, control process
priorities, and limit memory utilization for a
group of related processes, allows an application
to manage and control dependent system resources.
This additonal level of control means the Job
Object API can prevent an application from
negatively impacting overall system scalability
and therefore application availability.
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New
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Rolling
Upgrade: Using
Cluster service and Network Load Balancing, avoid
downtime caused by planned maintenance or upgrades
using rolling upgrades. Migrate your applications
or IP workload to one node, upgrading the first
node, and then migrating them back. You can roll
out hardware, software, and even operating systems
upgrades without taking the application offline.
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Yes
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Improved
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Windows
File Protection:
Prevents
new software installations from replacing
essential system files.
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New
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Driver
Certification:
Identifies
device drivers that have passed the Windows
Hardware Quality Labs test and warns users if they
are about to install an uncertified driver.
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New
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Application
Certification:
Applications
certified to run on Windows 2000 Advanced Server
are tested by Microsoft to ensure high quality and
reliability.
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New
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Kernel-Mode
Write Protection:
Helps
prevent errant code from interfering with system
operations
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New
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Application
DLL Protection:
Protects
DLLs installed by applications from conflicts that
can cause application failure.
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New
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Recovery
Console: Improve
system
recovery by booting
the system from a CD to repair or replace core
system files that are preventing the system from
booting.
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New
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Safe
Mode Boot: Booting
in Safe Mode allows users to troubleshoot the
system during start up by changing the default
settings or removing a newly installed driver that
is causing a problem.
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New
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Automatic
Restart: Configure
services across the operating system to restart
automatically if they fail.
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New
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VIII.
Management
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Cluster
Service Setup: Quickly
configure clusters with the improved and
streamlined Cluster service setup wizards.
Perform remote installations using SysPrep
support for Cluster Service.
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Yes
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Improved
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Integrated
NLB Configuration: NLB
is now integrated part of the Windows 2000
Advanced Server networking stack, allowing rapid
configuration without the need for separate
installations or system reboots.
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New
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Cluster
Administrator: Run
Cluster Administrator from any Windows NT or
Windows 2000 system to remotely control multiple
clusters from a single location.
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New
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Windows
Scripting Host (WSH):
Administer
the server and automate tasks via the command line
instead of graphical user interface tools with
scripts.
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Yes
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Yes
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Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI):
A
uniform model through which management data from
any source can be managed in a standard way. WMI
provides this for software, such as applications,
while WMI extensions for the Windows Driver Model
(WDM) provide this for hardware or hardware device
drivers. WMI
in Windows 2000 enables management of even more
functions.
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Yes
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Improved
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Microsoft
Management Console (MMC):
Unify
and simplify system management tasks through a
central, customizable console that allows control,
monitoring, and administration of widespread
network resources.
All management functions in Windows 2000
are available through the MMC.
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Yes
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Improved
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Configuration
Wizard: Automatically
set up file, print, Web, communications,
networking, Active Directory and DNS services with
the Configure Your Server Wizard.
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New
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Task
Scheduler: Schedule
any script, program, or document to be invoked at
any time or any interval, and on events such as
system boot, user logon, or system idle.
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New
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Service
Pack Slipstreaming:
Simplify
operating system updates by marinating one master
image of the operating system on the network.
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New
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