Windows server 2003 edition and support

Windows Server 2003 it is a brand name of microsoft there is number of editions, each are particular size and type of business. In general, all variants of Windows Server 2003 have the capacity of to the share files and printers, act as an application server, provide email services, authenticate users, befoure 2003 we are use windows 2000 and now we are using windows 2008 server

Windows Small Business Server
SBS includes Windows Server and additional technologies always goal small business with a complete technology solution. this technologies are integrated to enable small business with goal solutions such as the Remote Web Workplace, and offer management benefits enhanced monitoring, a unified management console, and remote access. then we can easily manage our network.

The Standard Edition of SBS includes Windows SharePoint Services for collaboration, because microsoft want make his windows always popular Microsoft Exchange server for e-mail, Fax Server, and the Active Directory for user management. The product also provides a basic firewall, DHCP server and NAT router using either two network cards or one network card in addition to a hardware router. when use two network card then we can share internet then we can use only single another system internet.




SBS server has the following design limitations:

Only one computer in a domain can be running Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server.
Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server must be the root of the Active Directory forest.
Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server cannot trust any other domains.
Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server is limited to 75 users or devices depending on which type of CAL.
Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server is limited to 4GB of RAM
A Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server domain cannot have any child domains.

Terminal Services only operates in remote administration mode on the server running SBS 2003, and only two simultaneous RDP sessions are allowed. this is very benificial feature in windows server.

Web Edition
Microsoft makes Windows Server 2003, mainly Web Edition is mainly hosting Web applications, Web pages, and XML Web services. It is designed to be used primarily as an IIS 6.0 Web server and provides a platform for rapidly developing and deploying XML Web services and applications that use ASP.NET technology, a key part of the .NET Framework. This edition does not require Client Access Licenses and Terminal Server mode is not included on Web Edition. However, Remote Desktop for Administration is available on Windows Server 2003, Web Edition. Only 10 concurrent file-sharing connections are allowed at any moment. It is not possible to install Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange software in this edition. However MSDE and SQL Server 2005 Express are fully supported after service pack 1 is installed. Despite supporting XML Web services and ASP.NET, UDDI cannot be deployed on Windows Server 2003, Web Edition. The .NET Framework version 2.0 is not included with Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, but can be installed as a separate update from Windows Update


Standard Edition
Microsoft makes Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition is aimed towards small to medium sized businesses. Standard Edition supports file and printer sharing, offers secure Internet connectivity, and allows centralized desktop application deployment. the release of Windows Server 2003 was available solely for 32-bit processors; a 64-bit version supporting the x86-64 architecture (AMD64 and EM64T, called collectively x64 by Microsoft) was released in April 2005. The 32-bit version will run on up to 4 processors with up to 4 GB RAM; the 64-bit version is capable of addressing up to 32 GB of RAM. something the 32-bit version does not do. The 32-bit version is available for students to download free of charge as part of Microsoft's DreamSpark program.


Enterprise Edition
Microsoft makes Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition is aimed towards medium to large businesses. It is a full-function server operating system that supports up to eight processors and provides enterprise-class features such as eight-node clustering using Microsoft Cluster Server software and support for up to 32 GB of memory through PAE. Enterprise Edition also comes in 64-bit versions for the Itanium and x64 architectures. The 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition are capable of addressing up to 1 TB of memory. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions support Non-Uniform Memory Access . It also provides the ability to hot-add supported hardware. Enterprise Edition is also required to issue custom certificate templates.


Datacenter Edition
Microsoft makes Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition is designed[8] for infrastructures demanding high security and reliability. Windows Server 2003 is available for x86, Itanium, and x86_64 processors. It supports a maximum of up to 32 processors on 32-bit or 64 processors on 64-bit hardware. 32-bit architecture also limits memory addressability to 64 GB, while the 64-bit versions support up to 1 TB. Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, also allows limiting processor and memory this is depend upon application uges.