Windows Server 2003 Technology Centers

The Windows Server 2003 family supports two different 64-bit architectures. The first is based on Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC), and supports the Intel Itanium processor family. The second is based on 64-bit extensions to the x86 instruction set, and supports the AMD64 platform.

Windows Server 2003 provides integrated technologies and services such as a built-in, high-performance Web server, transaction management, Web services, a security-enhanced event log, support for message queuing, and an integrated management framework. All of this adds up to a world-class application server platform.

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Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, provide integrated clustering services and technologies to deliver higher levels of service and availability.

The integrated file and storage services in Windows Server 2003 are easier to manage, more reliable, and more available. More efficient backup and restore operations, new shadow copy features, and an improved Encrypting File System (EFS) help reduce costs and increase productivity.

Companies can now deploy clusters of servers running Windows Server 2003 to benefit from supercomputing power at a fraction of the cost.

Identity and Directory Services are repositories for information about network-based entities, such as applications, files, printers, and people.

Management services in Windows Server 2003 can ease end-to-end network administration, facilitate automatic software deployment, permit resource management for consolidation, and enable integration of custom tools and services.

Microsoft Windows Services for NetWare 5.02 simplifies the introduction of Windows Server 2003 and the Active Directory directory service into a Novell NetWare network environment with Novell Directory Service (NDS).

Networking improvements and new features in Windows Server 2003 extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructure. With new network-access security capabilities, Windows Server 2003 significantly improves reliability and security, protecting both wired and wireless networks.

Print Services in Windows Server 2003 enable IT professionals to create advanced and cost-effective information networks that maintain data availability and security, ease deployment and management, and integrate well with existing infrastructure.

Organizations deploying Windows Server 2003 can take advantage of tools and processes that deliver important security benefits that extend network access to their partners, customers, and suppliers.

Terminal Services in Windows Server 2003 provides new options for application deployment, more efficient access to data over low bandwidth, and enhances the value of legacy and new, lighter-weight devices.

Windows Server 2003 provides a dependable, productive, connected, and integrated Web server solution. This application environment enhances developer productivity with a complete set of integrated application services and industry-leading tool support.

Windows Media Services in Windows Server 2003 delivers richer and more immediate communication with employees, partners, and customers, while at the same time reducing costs.

Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services for Windows Server 2003 enables protection of information through the simple creation and enforcement of persistent rules that live with the information.

Windows SharePoint Services delivers file sharing and team collaboration benefits for Windows Server 2003 environments.