Help your customers do more with less. The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family takes the best of Windows 2000 Server technology and makes it easier to deploy, manage, and use. The result: highly productive infrastructures that can help you make your customer's network a strategic asset for their organization. As of March 28, 2005, all Windows Server 2003 operating systems ship with Windows Server Service Pack 1 (SP1). Windows Server 2003 SP1 provides enhanced security, increased reliability, and a simplified administration to help enterprise customers across all industries.

In addition, in December 2005, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2003 R2 were released, offering Active Directory, storage, and branch office enhancements for customers.


Benefits of Windows Server 2003 Operating Systems

Windows Server 2003 delivers four primary benefits:

1) Dependable:

Windows Server 2003 is the fastest, most reliable, most secure Windows server operating system ever offered by Microsoft. Windows Server 2003 delivers dependability by:

    Providing an IT infrastructure that delivers fundamental value: improved reliability, better       availability, and increased scalability.

    Including an application platform with built-in traditional application server functionality on top       of extensive operating system capabilities.

    Integrating an information worker infrastructure that helps keep business information secure       and accessible.

2) Productive:

Windows Server 2003 provides the tools that simplify deployment, management, and administration and maximize productivity.Windows Server 2003 does this by:

    Providing flexible tools that help match your design and deployment to your organizational       and network needs.

    Helping you manage your network proactively by enforcing policy, automating tasks, and       simplifying updates.

    Helping you lower support overhead by letting users do more on their own.

3) Connected:

Windows Server 2003 provides an extensible application platform for quickly building solutions that keep employees, partners, systems, and customers connected.Windows Server 2003 does this by:

    Providing an integrated Web server and streaming media server that helps you quickly,       easily, and securely create dynamic intranet and Internet Web sites.

    Providing built-in services that help you easily develop, deploy, and manage XML Web       services.

    Providing the tools that enable you to connect XML Web services to internal applications,       suppliers, and partners.

4) Best Economics:

When combined with products and services from the many Microsoft hardware, software, and channel partners, Windows Server 2003 provides the choices that help you get the greatest return on your infrastructure investments.Windows Server 2003 does this by:

    Providing ease-of-use and prescriptive guidance for complete solutions that enable you to       quickly put technology to work.

    Helping you consolidate servers by taking advantage of the latest hardware, software, and       methodologies to optimize your server deployments.

    Lowering your total cost of ownership (TCO) to realize a fast return on investment.

What's in the Windows Server 2003 Operating Systems?

Windows Server 2003 includes the following products:

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1) Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition:

Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition, is designed for departmental and standard workloads and delivers the following benefits:

    Support for file and printer sharing.

    More secure Internet connectivity.

    Centralized desktop application deployment.

2) Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition:

Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition, is designed for departmental and standard workloads and delivers the following benefits:

    Support for file and printer sharing.

    More secure Internet connectivity.

    Centralized desktop application deployment

3) Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition:

Built for mission-critical server workloads, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, is the platform of choice for applications, Web services, and infrastructure. Delivering high reliability, performance, and superior business value, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, provides these benefits:

    A full-function server operating system that supports up to 8 processors.

    Enterprise-class features, such as eight-node clustering and support for up to 64 GB of       memory.

4) Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition:

Built for mission-critical server workloads, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition, is the platform of choice for applications, Web services, and infrastructure. Delivering high reliability, performance, and superior business value, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition, provides these benefits:

    A full-function server operating system that supports up to 8 processors.

    Support for AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon 64 processors, or Intel Xeon or Pentium 4       processors with EM64T.

    Enterprise-class features, such as eight-node clustering and support for up to 1 TB of       memory.

5) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems:

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based systems is intended for scale-up database and business applications requiring the highest levels of reliability, availability, and scalability. Benefits of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based systems include:

    A full-function server operating system that supports up to 8 Itanium processors.

    Enterprise-class features, such as eight-node clustering and support for up to 1 TB of       memory.

    Increased availability through support for Machine Check Architecture (MCA).

6) Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition:

Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, is built for the highest levels of scalability and reliability. Only this platform offers the Datacenter High Availability Program of support and services. Benefits of Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, include:

    The most powerful and functional server operating system Microsoft has ever offered.

    Support for up to 32-way SMP and 64 GB of RAM with the 32-bit version.

    Both 8-node clustering and load balancing services as standard features.

    Windows System Resource Manager to facilitate consolidation and system management.

7) Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition:

Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition, is built for the highest levels of scalability and reliability. Only this platform offers the Datacenter High Availability Program of support and services. Benefits of Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition, include:

    The most powerful and functional server operating system Microsoft has ever offered.

    Support for up to 128-way machines with individual partitions of up to 64 processors and 1 TB       of RAM with the 64-bit versions.

    Both 8-node clustering and load balancing services as standard features.

    Windows System Resource Manager to facilitate consolidation and system management

8) Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based Systems:

Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based systems, is built for the highest levels of scalability and reliability. Only this platform offers the Datacenter High Availability Program of support and services. Benefits of Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based systems, include:

    The most powerful and functional server operating system Microsoft has ever offered.

    Support for up to 128-way machines with individual partitions of up to 64 processors and 1 TB       of RAM.

    Both 8-node clustering and load balancing services as standard features.

9) Windows Server 2003 Web Edition:

A new product within the Windows operating systems, Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, offers dedicated Web serving and hosting as well as the following benefits:

    A platform for building and hosting Web applications, Web pages, and XML Web Services.

    A design intended for use primarily as an IIS 6.0 Web server.

    A platform for rapidly developing and deploying XML Web services and applications that use       ASP.NET technology, a key part of the .NET Framework.

    Ease of deployment and management.

10) Windows Small Business Server 2003:

Windows Small Business Server 2003 provides a complete business server solution for small businesses. The integrated suite of server products enables companies to share information and resources safely and securely.

    Standard Edition includes Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows        SharePoint Services, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, and Microsoft Shared Fax Service.

    Premium Edition includes Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows        SharePoint Services, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003,        Microsoft Shared Fax Service, Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server,        Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003.