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Managing Software Infrastructures: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Windows Server 2003 aims to improve server management with better tools and desktop control. It comes in four editions: Standard, Enterprise, Data Center, and Web. Standard is for small networks, Enterprise for large businesses, Data Center for mission critical applications, and Web for hosting websites. Preparing for installation requires checking hardware compatibility and choosing installation, partitioning, licensing, and network configuration options. Active Directory allows centralized management of users, computers, printers and servers. Domain controllers provide the network database and administration controls.

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Managing Software Infrastructures: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Windows Server 2003 aims to improve server management with better tools and desktop control. It comes in four editions: Standard, Enterprise, Data Center, and Web. Standard is for small networks, Enterprise for large businesses, Data Center for mission critical applications, and Web for hosting websites. Preparing for installation requires checking hardware compatibility and choosing installation, partitioning, licensing, and network configuration options. Active Directory allows centralized management of users, computers, printers and servers. Domain controllers provide the network database and administration controls.

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CHAPTER 2

MANAGING SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURES

Windows server 2003 aims to improve and reduce the administration time required to the server
based networks with improved management tools and better desktop control functionality.

Windows server 2003 features:

1. windows server 2003 standard edition


2. windows server 2003 enterprise edition
3. windows server 2003 data center edition
4. windows server 2003 web edition
Windows server 2003 standard edition:

 Designed for most common server environment.


 Used for small to medium sized networks (departmental level).
Windows server 2003 enterprise edition:

 Designed for large business enterprise that requires high performance. E.g. Bank,
Airlines.
Windows server 2003 data center edition:

 Designed for business that uses mission critical application (for very important and
sensitive governmental security center).
 Secured and always available.
 Applicable in the following places:
o Regional data center
o Federal data center
o CBO (Capacity Building Office ) data center
Windows server 2003 web edition:

 Designed for web servers to store and manage web sites.


 Enable organizations to upload and download their web pages.
Preparing to install windows server 2003

The following information is required before starting installing this server:

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 Hardware requirements
 System compatibilities
 Installation options
 Partitioning
 Licensing options
 Network configuration options
System compatibility:

 Windows server 2003 or win XP (latest) CD comes with a utility to check system
compatibility.
 When you launch the CD, you will see several options: one is checking my
system automatically.
 When you are connected to the internet, your computer to be checked with most
updated information.
 If there is any error, report will be generated and details can be viewed.
Installation Options:

a) Clean installation:

 It is a recommended approach for any operating system.


 It eliminates any chance of incompatibilities with older software.
 It allows the new operating system to control over hardware configuration.
b) Upgrading:

 During upgrading the new operating system replaces the existing one but preserves
the existing configuration/settings/, installed applications and data files as it is.
 Cannot solve compatibility conflicts.
 The only OS that can be upgraded to windows server 2003 are:
o Windows NT-server
o Windows 2000 –server
 Any other OS cannot be upgraded but can be coexists as a multi boot environment with
windows server 2003.

Partitioning options:

Partitioning is a discrete portion of hard drive. It can be used for boot files or user files.

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File systems in a partitioning:

 FAT and NTFS


NTFS: - New technology filing system

 Offers/ provides high security level of files and folders in addition to sharing options.
 It allows setting specific permission over network resources.
FAT (FAT16/32):-File allocation table

 Less or optional choice when setting up network server.


 It provides files and folder sharing option.
 It does not provide any security options.
 It does not provide the network administrator to set a specific permission to the users
over the resources.
Licensing Methods:

 Licensing method is the right to access:


o Per user – all users can access resources at the same time (no limitation).
o Per server – refers to how many computers can access a server at a time.
Network configuration options:

 Specify your computer as part of domain not as part of local work group
 Determining computers name (unique on the network).
 Administrator password (strong or complex password will be recommended):
o Choose a password of at least 6/7 characters based up on default password policy.
o Avoid any form of the word administrator to use as a password character.
o Make use of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols to make your
password strong (complex).
Concept of Active Directory (AD) and Domain Controllers

Active directory is a database of computers, users, shared printers, shared folders and other
network resources. It enables user to find a particular resource. It is a directory service or an
architecture which stores all this information about everything on a network and allows
administrator to see a hierarchal view of the network.

Active directory (AD):

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 Allows easy management of users account, client machines, printers and network servers.
 Centralizes security and management.
 Makes the job of administrator easier.
Domain controller:

 It is a computer with windows server 2003 OS that provides a complete network data
base or active directory.
 It provides the network administrator with a facility to control all objects in the network
environment.
Logging on to windows server 2003

For the administrative purpose windows server 2003 use its own logon procedures. After the
computer reboot:

 It requires the user authentication


o Authentication is verifying the identity or the registered users at network level.
o The user having correct user account (user name and password) only can logon to
the server.
 It requires the user to press CTRL-ALT-DELETE keys to display logon windows dialog
box.
 Once the user enter the correct user account and click OK the computer will finish
loading windows OS and the desktop will appear.
Upgrading server to a domain controller

 Upgrading windows server to a domain controller requires DCpromo utility


 The system requests for windows server 2003 CD while you are upgrading the server to
domain controller for the first time.
 Once the computer is upgraded to domain controller; running DCpromo will remove all
configurations and active directory users and computers from the network data base.

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