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Windows Server 2003 SP1 SSL Improvements 

SP1 is really an interesting service pack…..  not only does it do the job of a normal service pack (aggregating updates) it also incorporates added functionality like the Security Configuration Wizard and Post-Setup Security Updates. But this is something you dont hear to much when talking service packs: increased performance….but tis true.

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SP1 and X64 little known feature – Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) 

Have you ever attempted to access a folder that you didnt have permission to? Are you an administrator who is concerned about security principals without the proper permissions seeing the names of files and folders they dont have permissions to? SP1 and x64 address these concerns by making inacessible files and folders invisible to users.

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Windows Server Update Services – Release Candidate 

Cool stuff here – Windows Server Update Services has reached the RC milestone.  You can download a version of Update Services here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/evaluation/trial/default.

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Active Directory Q&A 

Hello, Demorie here…I had another dream the other night about a celebrity.  Jack Nicholson and I were hanging out at a beach resort.  I was interviewing him on why I didn’t see him at the Oscars.

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x64 RC2 Download Error – What happened? 

I appreciate everyone’s comments about the error that was made when we made the x64 RC2 available as part of the Customer Preview Program (CPP).  For those of you who were not aware of the problem – the 32-bit version of Server 2003 SP1 was accidentally made available as the download for the x64 RC2.

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The Top 4 Windows Server 2003 x64 questions that I get asked….. 

Ward here…. I get a few questions every week about the capabilities and differences of the SP1/x64 releases – thought I would take a minute and jot down the Top 4 questions that I hear the most: Q:  If I install Window Server 2003 SP1, will I have x64 capabilities? A:  Nope.

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What about Itanium? 

There is a lot of buzz about our new 64-Bit editions of Window Server 2003 – which got me thinking last night.  Microsoft has been in the 64-Bit game since the launch of Window Server 2003 – with Itanium.

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Yeehaw – RC2 is Complete!! 

Ward Ralston here – I, like John Borozan, am a Product Manager with Windows Server. Some of you may have already heard that Window Server 2003 64-Bit Editions, Window Server 2003 SP1, and Windows XP Professional have all reached the Release Canidate Two (RC2) Milestone this afternoon.

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Let the games begin… 

My name is John Borozan and I’m the Product Manager for Microsoft’s 64-Bit Editions of Window Server 2003.  We are launching this Weblog to allow the members of our Windows Server team to be in more direct contact with the IT community through frequent updates to this blog.