![]() NET Server" as part of Microsoft's effort to promote their new integrated enterprise and development framework, Microsoft. ![]() When first introduced to technical beta testers in mid-2000, it was known by its codename, "Whistler Server" it then changed to "Windows Server 2002" for a brief time in mid-2001, before being renamed "Windows. The product went through several name changes during the course of development. Windows Server 2003 was also the first operating system released by Microsoft after the announcement of their Trustworthy Computing initiative, and as a result, contains a number of improvements to security defaults and practices. Significant enhancements have been made to various services such as the IIS web server (which was almost completely re-written to improve performance and security), Distributed File System (which now supports hosting multiple DFS roots on a single server), Terminal Server, Active Directory, Print Server, and a number of other areas. Windows Server 2003 brought in enhanced Active Directory compatibility, and better deployment support, to ease the transition from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional. ![]() Incorporating and upgrading a Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows 2000 was considered difficult and time consuming, and generally was considered an all or nothing upgrade particularly when dealing with Active Directory. It was made more compatible with Windows NT 4.0 domain-based networking. Windows Server 2003 includes compatibility modes to allow older applications to run with greater stability. Unlike Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003's default install has none of the server components enabled, to reduce the attack surface of new machines. ![]() ![]() Released on April 24, 2003, Windows Server 2003 (which carries the version number 5.2) is the follow-up to Windows Server 2000, incorporating compatibility and other features from Windows XP. ![]()
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