MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER

Windows Server is a brand name for server operating systems released by Microsoft Corporation. the version history of windows networking operating systems goes this way:

Windows NT 3.1 (1983)

Windows NT 3.5 (1994)

Windows NT 4.0 (1996)

Windows NT 5.0/ MS Windows 2000

Windows NT 5.2/ MS Windows 2003

Windows Server 2008 (2008)

this subject would be much more ideal for presentation than other as this product comes in with wide range of features.some of the features of the windows 2003 are as follows:

• built on NT technology
• availability
• scalability
• easy installation
• larger h/w support(supports plug n play)
• in-built terminal services
• active directory
• secondary log on services
• remote installation service
• improved security-(kerberos 5, internet proto security,smart card)
• distributed file system
• centralized deployment of applications
• DNS dependency
• backup on any media
• supports FAT16, FAT32,NTFS
• volume shadow copy
• disk quotas

though the features are self explanatory by their name, if any of you have a query in any of those u can post in ur comment i ll get back to you as soon as possible. now, as we have the latest windows server version released lets just check some of the basic differences:

MS Windows server 2003 vs MS Windows server 2008

1. no read only Domain controller == read only domain controller
2. no in-built group policy mgmt console == in-built gpmc
3. no windows server core == windows server core
4. IIS 6.0 == IIS 7.0
5. no network discovery service == network discovery service
6. 4 primary partitions == 3 primary partitions
7. no shrinking volumes == shrinking volumes
8. remote installation service == (name changed)windows deployment services