Easy to Deploy, Manage, and Use
With its familiar Windows interface, Windows Server 2003 is easy to use. New streamlined wizards simplify the setup of specific server roles and routine server management tasks so that even servers without a dedicated administrator are easy to manage. In addition, administrators have several new and improved features designed to make it easier to deploy Active Directory. Large Active Directory replicas can be deployed from backup media, and upgrading from earlier server operating systems such as Microsoft Windows NT® is easier with the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT), which copies passwords and is fully scriptable.
The Active Directory directory service provides single-logon capability and a central repository for information for your entire infrastructure, vastly simplifying user and computer management and providing superior access to networked resources. This article provides an overview of benefits, new features, and improvements for Active Directory in Windows Server 2003.
Windows Server 2003 enhances the administrator's ability to efficiently configure and manage Active Directory even in very large enterprises with multiple forests, domains, and sites. Improved migration and management tools, along with the ability to rename Active Directory domains, make deploying Active Directory significantly easier than when the directory service was first introduced in Windows 2000 Server. Better tools bring drag-and-drop capabilities, multi-object selection, and the ability to save and reuse queries. Plus, improvements in Group Policy make it easier and more efficient to manage groups of users and computers in an Active Directory environment.
Secure Connected Infrastructure
Efficient and secure networked computing is more important than ever for a business to remain competitive. Windows Server 2003 lets organizations take advantage of existing IT investments, and extend those advantages to partners, customers, and suppliers by deploying key features. It's easy to encrypt sensitive data, and software restriction policies
can be used to prevent damage caused by viruses and other malicious
code.
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