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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Family

Features List

Active Directory

 

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bit

  Active Directory

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Active Directory Migration Tool

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Active Directory: install replica from media

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Cross-forest trust

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Lightweight Directory Access Protocol support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Clustering

 

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bit

  Clustering

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Network Load Balancing clusters

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Print server: cluster support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Server clusters

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

File Services

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bt

  2 gigabyte of random access memory support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  2-way symmetric multiprocessing support

No

No

No

No

Yes

  32 gigabyte of random access memory support

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

  32-way symmetric multiprocessing support

No

No

No

No

Yes

  4 gigabyte of random access memory support

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  4-way symmetric multiprocessing support

No

No

No

No

Yes

  512 gigabyte of random access memory support

No

No

No

No

Yes (Datacenter only)

  64 gigabyte of random access memory support

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

  64-bit file system support

No

No

No

No

Yes

  64-way symmetric multiprocessing support

No

No

No

No

Yes (Datacenter only)

  8-way symmetric multiprocessing support

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

  CHKDSK performance improvements

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Command-line interface: Diskpart/Diskraid

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Content indexing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Disk Defragmentation tool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Encrypting File System

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  FAT32 on DVD-RAM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  File Replication Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Folder redirection of My Documents

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  GUID Partition Table

No

No

No

No

Yes

  Services for Macintosh

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Shadow Copy Restore (Previous Versions)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Storage area network support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Virtual Disk Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Volume Shadow Copy Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Management Technologies

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bt

  Access control entry editor

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Active Directory: install replica from media

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Assisted support—Microsoft incident submission and management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Automated System Recovery

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Bandwidth throttling

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Command-line tools

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Configure Your Server and Manage Your Server Wizards

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Disk quota support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Domain Renaming

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Group Policy management

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Group Policy Management Console

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Headless server

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Hot Add Memory

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

  IntelliMirror

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Microsoft Management Console

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Operating system migration, support, and integration

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partially

  Password Backup and Restore

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Quality of Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Recovery Console

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Remote Assistance

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Remote Installation Services

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Safe mode

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Software restriction policies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Software Update Services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Troubleshooting diagnostic tool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  User State Migration Tool

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Windows Management Instrumentation Command Line

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Networking and Communications

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bit

  802.1x (wireless network) support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Asynchronous transfer mode support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Auto-configuration for multiple networks connectivity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Connection Manager

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  DHCP with DNS and Active Directory

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  E-mail services (POP3, SMTP)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Internet Authentication Service

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Internet Connection Sharing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Internet Protocol version 6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Layer Two Tunneling Protocol support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Metadirectory Services support

No

No

Yes

No

No

  Network Address Translation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Network Bridge

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Plug and Play

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet connections

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Routing and Remote Access

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Virtual private networking

Partially

Partially

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Voice over IP Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Print Services

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bit

  Print server: cluster support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Print server: command-line interface

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Print server: increased performance for network printing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Services for Macintosh

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Security Services

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bit

  All-user Remote Access Service credential

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Certificate Services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Credential Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Encrypting File System

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Internet Authentication Service

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Internet Connection Firewall

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

  Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Kerberos v5 protocol support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Storage Management

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bit

  Automated System Recovery

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Distributed File System Improvements

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Encrypting File System

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Multipath IO

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Open File Backup

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Shadow Copy Restore (Previous Versions)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Storage area network support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Virtual Disk Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Volume Shadow Copy service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Terminal Services

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bit

  Remote Desktop for Administration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Terminal Server

Partially

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Terminal Server Session Directory

Partially

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Web and Application Services

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bt

  .NET Framework

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Application Verifier

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  ASP.NET

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Bandwidth throttling

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Common language runtime

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Compatibility Mode

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Component Services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Euro nations support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Indexing Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Internet Information Services 6.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Message Queuing

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

  Non-Uniform Memory Access

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Telephony Application

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI)

No

Partially

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Web gardens

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  Winsock Direct

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows Media Services

Web

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

64-bit

  Windows Media Services

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  Windows Scripting Host

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 


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