It released the first service pack for Windows Server 2003 this week
IT managers will find several tools designed to help them protect systems from security threats in the first service pack update for Windows Server 2003, which Microsoft Corp. released on Wednesday -- nearly two years after the operating system's debut.
Some users said they hope Service Pack 1 can reduce the need to augment Windows Server 2003 with third-party security software. New features in SP1 include a built-in firewall, Network Access Quarantine Control components to isolate out-of-date virtual private network assets, and a wizard that gathers information about the roles of servers and blocks services and ports that aren't needed.
"That's great, because we don't have to integrate it all piecemeal. It comes all at once," said Jonathon Addington, a network administrator at sporting goods equipment manufacturer K-2 Corp. in Vashon, Wash.
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