File and Storage Services

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

For information about other Windows Server technologies and services, see the complete list of Windows Server 2003 Technology Centers.

IT Value Card for File Server Resource Manager

Learn how the File Server Resource Manager suite of tools can help administrators understand, control, and manage the quantity and types of data stored on their servers.

Download the Windows Server 2003 R2 Trial Software

Reduce storage management costs while improving storage efficiency with Windows Server 2003 R2 and its new storage management consoles. R2 also simplifies branch server management, improves identity management, and helps reduce the cost of server virtualization.

Get Control of File System Resources with Windows Server 2003 R2

Find out about the new and improved features, including: enhanced print management, simpler hardware and Storage Area Network management, federated services for Web-based application access between organizations, enhanced UNIX integration, new tools for application developers, and new file system capabilities.

Access-based Enumeration

Windows Server 2003 Access-based Enumeration

Microsoft has included Access-based Enumeration (ABE) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). ABE filters shared folders visible to a user based on that individual user's access rights, preventing the display of folders or other shared resources that the user does not have rights to access.

Access-based Enumeration Tools

Download this Graphical User Interface and a Command Line Interface to access Access-based Enumeration on Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Training and Simulations

7 Steps to a Successful Migration

This training will show you how to migrate from NetWare and NDS or e-Directory to Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory and will show you how to use tools and resources available from Microsoft to plan, prepare for, and complete a migration.

A Day in the Life of a Systems Administrator

This training begins with an overview of the entire Day in the Life Scenario, identifying the tasks that our example administrator is learning to address, explains the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and shows users how to open, create, and use MMC and MMC snap-ins to administer file and print servers.

To view these demos, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer and the Macromedia Flash Player.

Resources for Upgrading

What's New in Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 has new and enhanced features that allow organizations to reduce their overall total cost of ownership (TCO).

•	File and Print Services
•	Storage Management

Popular Windows Server 2003 Features

Considering upgrading from Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 or Windows 2000? Explore the Feature Highlights Sorter to read about new features in Windows Server 2003 that can benefit your enterprise.

•	File Services
•	Storage Management

Resources for Migrating

Try the New TechNet Content Filter for Interoperability and Migration

Use this content filter to find the resources and guidance that best address your interoperability and migration scenarios.

Migration

Microsoft provides migration and interoperability tools and guidance that make it easier than ever to choose the Windows Server System platform.

•	Novell and Windows Server 2003 Datasheet
•	Benefits of Migrating from NetWare to Windows Server 2003
•	The Business Value of Migrating from UNIX to Windows Server System

File Server Migration Toolkit

Move file servers easily from Windows NT Server and Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003 or Windows Storage Server 2003 with the Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit.

File Services

•	Distributed File System and File Replication Services Distributed File System (DFS) and File Replication Services (FRS) help simplify access to files and folders, system maintenance, help enhance availability and performance, and help lower TCO.

•	Shadow Copies of Shared Folders Shadow Copies of Shared Folders enables you to recover deleted or changed files that are stored on the network, thereby increasing productivity and reducing administrative costs.

Storage Services

•	Internet Small Computer System Interface Microsoft released iSCSI support software for Windows client and server environments to enable organizations of all sizes to capitalize on their existing IP infrastructure to deliver block storage on the network.

•	Multipath I/O Multipathing technologies provide organizations with the ability to design in redundancy in the paths between the server and storage, to help eliminate single point of failures.

•	Storport Storport is a new storage driver model that improves manageability and offers better performance in hardware RAID and storage area network environments than was previously possible.

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