2003 New Features and Functions

Scotty@vt.edu

Introduction
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whats up for today?

What makes this release worth considering. Why another version at this time? What are some of the new and significant features?

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.NET
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completely integrated platform for .NET development. This, of course, would be of interest to those doing such development. Many fundamental changes to the underlying system to inherently support development efforts using this new technology

The 3 Ds
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An operating system release that should showcase Microsofts trustworthy computing initiative. Microsoft has spent a lot of money developing code to stem the tide of successful hacks of their operating systems. This new initiative is intended to make 2003 comply with the 3-Ds; secure by design, secure by default, and secure in deployment.

IIS & Web Edition

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give Microsoft a separate platform to deploy their new hacker resistant web server. IIS has historically been the more unstable and most often hacked piece of code. With the release of 2003, a new and separate version of the operating system is available specifically for web publishing
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64 bit code
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new release for the inclusion of the new 64 bit code. The advanced server and the datacenter server come in 32 and 64 bit versions

NT4 conversions
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A platform for a few but very large NT 4 deployments that have been reluctant to migrate due to limits in group memberships and limitation found in previous conversion tools. Groups may now have over 5000 accounts and the new ADMT migration tool is an improvement over previous methods.
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Will they run?

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An operating system to tighten the rules that application programs must follow to operate successfully. One estimate, by a Microsoft kernel developer, was that only 60 percent of the NT4 application programs would run on 2003. For example, neither SQL 7 nor Exchange 2000 will run on windows server 2003.
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Advertisement!
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yes, of course, it is robust and lowers the total cost of ownership, plus some other yada yada yada .

! 2003 Versions !
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Edition u Standard Edition u Enterprise Edition u Datacenter Edition u 64-bit versions of:
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Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition

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These run under the new NetworkService account

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Client u Distributed Transaction Coordinator u DNS Client u License Logging u Performance Logs and Alerts u Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

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These run under the new LocalService account

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Alerter Application Layer Gateway Service Remote Registry SmartCard TCP/IP NetBios Helper Telnet UPS Webclient Windows Image Acquisition WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery

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Disabled services in 2003

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Alerter Clipbook Distributed Link Tracking Server License Logging NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Messenger Network DDE Network DDE DSDM Telnet WebClient

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Net Diagnostics Improvements

A new Repair context menu option for Network Connections. The will perform an ipconfig /renew as well as an ipconfig /registerdns command. u Support tab for Network Connections. Right click any connection and select status, and then select the support tab. This will give you the ipconfig information including the MAC address
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More new net stuff

Networking tab for the Task Manger: This displays a graphical line chart of the network performance. In addition each adapter is listed in a lower section along with its utilization, network speed, and status (enabled/disabled). u Netdiag Utility transported from the W2K resource kit to the 2003 support tools. The version supplied with windows server 2003 is purported to be an enhanced version.
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c diag: a new helper dll provides commands in the netsh c diag context to enable you to view extensive network diagnostics. Try these samples on for size: u Netsh c diag ping adapter u Netsh c diag gui

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RRAS
The routing and remote access wizard, which has always been extensive, has been modified to makes the initial configuration easier to understand. u RRAS now has a new feature called Netbios over TCP/IP proxy. This will allow remote access clients that connect to a sub-netted network to resolve names without the use of DNS and/or WINS.
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Terminal Services
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mode (remote desktop) is set using the system applet in control panel u Client is now remote desktop connection u MMC for remote desktops u Ability to connect to the console u Ability to have local drives available
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Key Ring Manager

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The Credential Manager Key Ring is a new time saving feature which basically remembers the credentials that you used to connect to a network. If for example you mapped several drive letters to different servers and used various user accounts and password information for each, then this feature would allow Windows to remember these credentials should you re-connect.

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Software Restrictions Policies

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Effective Permissions tab

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Account Lockout
The windows server 2003 resource kit comes with two modules that enhance the account and account lockout properties. Acctinfo.dll and lockoutstatus.exe must be copied to the systemroot\system32 directory and then acctinfo.dll must be registered using regsvr32. u Demo !!
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TCPIP configuration and diagnosis:

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is installed by default and it cannot be removed. The netsh command has a new sub-command to reset the TCPIP configuration to the installation defaults. Syntax for this subcommand is: netsh interface ip reset. In addition TCP/IP now has an alternate configuration tab on the property page
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-o Option
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Netstat command has been upgraded to include a new o switch. This switch may be used to display the process identifier (PID) for each connection. The PID of each task may be viewed by selecting View and then Select Columns from the task manager.

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Shadow Copies
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Windows server 2003 includes several enhancements to its file handling capabilities. One of the more interesting features is shadow copies of shared folders. When enabled by an administrator, this feature saves copies of documents stored on a server shares at preset intervals. The administrator sets the schedule for these intervals. This allows the individuals user to access these copies from a new tab in the file properties dialog of a windows client.

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Shadow Copies

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Shadow Copies

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So whats happening to NT4

Support ends June 30, 2003 u Hot fixes are not always available u Upgrade to W2K pro is free to faculty and staff until June 2003 u Central Services and University Services are new options for maintaining a domain.
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The End!
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for coming and listening!

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