Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Disk Kit, HU MVL

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Disk Kit, HU MVL + Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, differs from Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, primarily in its support for high-performance servers and its ability to cluster servers for greater load handling. These capabilities provide reliability that helps ensure systems remain available even if problems arise.

At a high level, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, provides support for:
- Eight-way symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) To increase server performance and capacity, you can add processors, an approach to increasing your network capacity is known as scaling up. The enhanced support for SMP allows you to add processors that work together—that is, multiprocessor servers. Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, supports up to eight processors in a single system or partition.
- Eight-node clustering Server clusters up to eight nodes are available only in Windows 2003, Enterprise Edition, and Windows 2003, Datacenter Edition.

<b>Run Your Business on the Most Solid Server Operating System Microsoft Has Ever Released</b>
Today's businesses expect technology to be a consistent enabler of business value. They want systems that are always up and always responsive, and they demand a level of security able to meet today's challenges.

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, includes new features and improvements that render it the most dependable, enterprise-ready server operating system Microsoft has ever created. Key technologies introduced in Windows 2000 Server have been enhanced, including network load balancing, server clusters, and the Active Directory service. Active Directory is now faster and more robust over unreliable wide area network (WAN) connections, thanks to more efficient synchronization and replication as well as credential caching in branch office domain controllers.

In addition, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, introduces new technologies, such as a common language runtime that safeguards networks from malicious or poorly designed code. Moreover, the operating system reflects the Microsoft commitment to trustworthy computing, with leaps forward in security functionality, including improved security for Internet Information Services (IIS), public key infrastructure (PKI), and Kerberos, as well as new support for smart cards and biometrics.

<b>Improve IT Effectiveness and Employee Communication and Collaboration Across Your Business</b>
Organizations look to computing technology to improve productivity across their businesses, from information workers who want powerful tools that are easier to use to administrators who want services that are quicker to deploy and easier and more flexible to manage.

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, and other members of the Windows Server 2003 family share many features that help make your organization and employees more productive. The Windows Server 2003 family enables greater productivity for both IT administrators and users through its enhanced capabilities in system management and storage. Microsoft has made great strides in evolving manageability. The new task-based design in the Windows Server 2003 family makes it easier to find and carry out common tasks. Improvements to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and Active Directory improve performance and make management easier.

The Windows Server 2003 family contains several important new automated management tools including Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) and server configuration wizards to help automate deployment. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations to better use Active Directory and take advantage of its powerful cost-saving features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform most tasks from the command console.

Other new management and administration features in the Windows Server 2003 family include domain renaming, cross-domain and cross-forest management, and Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) settings. Enhanced Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) providers and command-line tools give administrators greater granular control of server tasks.

Windows Server 2003 also makes storage and backup easier while significantly reducing the demands on system administrators. New and improved file services include the Volume Copy Shadow Service, which provides point-in-time backups of networked shares. This unique technology extends to users, who can now retrieve old copies of files or deleted files. In addition, file and print services have been improved with the addition of the Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) remote document sharing technology. Enhancements to the Distributed File System (DFS) and Encrypting File System (EFS) allow for powerful, flexible file sharing and storage.

<b>Securely Connect with Your Customers</b>
Today's networks are connecting intranets, extranets, and the Web. More and more companies are using the Internet to communicate with their customers and partners everyday. Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, and other members of the Windows Server 2003 family share many features that help your organization and employees stay connected.

Networking improvements and new features in the Windows Server 2003 family extend the versatility, manageability, and dependability of network infrastructures. The Windows Server 2003 family makes it easier than ever for users to stay connected to network resources from anywhere and on any device. To make this possible, Microsoft has built significant networking enhancements in Windows Server 2003, including Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPoE), and Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) over network address translation (NAT).

Microsoft Windows Media Services in the Windows Server 2003 family provide a reliable, scalable means to deliver and manage dynamic content quickly and in a cost-effective way. Windows Media Services make the Windows Server 2003 family an ideal platform for distributing streaming audio and video over corporate intranets and the Internet.

Optimized, native support of Microsoft .NET and XML in Windows Server 2003 provides the ideal platform to develop, distribute, and host XML Web services created with the .NET Framework.

<b>Maximize Business Value by Leveraging the Largest Partner Solution Ecosystem</b>
PC technology provides the most cost-effective chip platform, a considerable economic incentive for adopting Windows Server 2003. But that is only the beginning of the story. Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, is a cost-efficient choice for both scale-up or scale-out purposes. With multiple essential services and components already included in Windows Server 2003, organizations can quickly benefit from an integrated platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use.

When you adopt Windows Server 2003, you become a part of the global network that has helped make the Windows platform so productive.

This network of global services and support provides the following benefits:
- Extensive ISV ecosystem. Microsoft software has a huge number of independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide who support Microsoft applications and build certified custom applications on the Windows platform.
- Worldwide services. Microsoft is supported by over 450,000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) worldwide, plus vendors and partners.
- Training options. Microsoft offers a wide range of IT training, enabling IT staff to continue developing their skills at a reasonable price.
- Certified solutions. Windows has thousands of certified hardware drivers and software applications from third-party ISVs, making it easy to add new devices and applications. In addition, prescriptive guidance from Microsoft Solutions Offerings (MSOs) helps organizations build proven solutions that help solve difficult business challenges.