What is the difference between windows server 2003 and windows server 2000 and operating system ?

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Phani kumar sarma

  • Aug 11th, 2006
 

There is an important difference between win2000 and win2003. when installing terminal services for win2000 u r prompted to select application server functions or administrative functions sets can be installed sequently on one server but it performs only one function at one time.but in 2003 still distinguishes between application and administrative servicesbut installation and management are now consolidated

leni

  • Aug 24th, 2006
 

In Win 2000 server we can apply 620 group policies but in 2003 we can apply nearly 720 so Win2003 server is more secure than win 2000 server.

Bashur

  • Aug 25th, 2006
 

Hai Friends,The Main Difference Between Win 2000 Server and Win 2003 Server are1)Windows 2003 server is more secure than Windows 2000 sever.2)In win 2000 sever IIS version is 5.0, In win 2003 server IIS version is 6.0 so it contain some advanced features.3)In Win 2003 Server we can apply more Group policies.4)In Win 2003 Server Active Directory also contain more features.5)There are 4 types of Editions available in Win 2003 server 1.Windows 2003 server standard Edition. 2.Windows 2003 server Enterprise Edition. 3.Windows 2003 server Web Edition. 4.Windows 2003 server Datacenter Edition. ok any doubts mail me bashur@gmail.com Regards, Bashur....

karthik

  • Sep 7th, 2006
 

  1. In 2k3 We can Rename the Domain and Domain Controller name.

  2. Stub zone is available.

  3. Remote Desktop connection is there.

  4. Automated System Recovery(ASR) is there, but 2k only Emergency Repair   Disk(ERD) is there.

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raj

  • Oct 9th, 2006
 

give same new policy's name which is in 2003

and new service name which is 2003

thanks a ton for your help

khadar

  • Oct 10th, 2006
 

i want more details of difference between 2000 adv server and 2003 server

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indiansysengg

  • Dec 11th, 2006
 

A) In 2000 we cannot rename domain whereas in 2003 we can rename Domain

B) In 2000 it supports of 8 processors and 64 GB RAM (In 2000 Advance Server) whereas in 2003 supports up to 64 processors and max of 512GB RAM

C)2000 Supports IIS 5.0 and 2003 Supports IIS6.0

D) 2000 doesn’t support Dot net whereas 2003 Supports Microsoft .NET 2.0

E) 2000 has Server and Advance Server editions whereas 2003 has Standard, Enterprise, Datacentre and Web server Editions.

F) 2000 doesn’t have any 64 bit server operating system whereas 2003 has 64 bit server operating systems (Windows Server 2003 X64 Std and Enterprise Edition)

G) 2000 has basic concept of DFS (Distributed File systems) with defined roots whereas 2003 has Enhanced DFS support with multiple roots.

H) In 2000 there is complexality in administering Complex networks whereas 2003 is easy administration in all & Complex networks

I) In 2000 we can create 1 million users and in 2003 we can create 1 billion users.

J) In 2003 we have concept of Volume shadow copy service which is used to create hard disk snap shot which is used in Disaster recovery and 2000 doesn’t have this service.

K) In 2000 we don’t have end user policy management, whereas in 2003 we have a End user policy management which is done in GPMC (Group policy management console).

L) In 2000 we have cross domain trust relation ship and 2003 we have Cross forest trust relationship.

M) 2000 Supports 4-node clustering and 2003 supports 8-node clustering.

N) 2003 has High HCL Support (Hardware Compatibility List) issued by Microsoft

O) Code name of 2000 is Win NT 5.0 and Code name of 2003 is Win NT 5.1

P) 2003 has service called ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) which is used to communicate between branches with safe authentication.

Q) In 2003 their is improved storage management using service File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)

R) 2003 has service called Windows Share point Services (It is an integrated portfolio of collaboration and communication services designed to connect people, information, processes, and systems both within and beyond the organizational firewall.)

S) 2003 has Improved Print management compared to 2000 server

T) 2003 has telnet sessions available.

U) 2000 supports IPV4 whereas 2003 supports IPV4 and IPV6

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sriram.koyelada

  • Feb 9th, 2007
 

Hai Friends,The Main Difference Between Win 2000 Server and Win 2003 Server are In win2000 There is no concept of domail renaming Where as in 2003 domain renaming is possiable.&In win 2000 it will not support cross forest trust relationship Where as in 2003 we can.&In win 2000 IIS,NET FRAMEWORK installed manually But in 2003 IIS,.NET FRAMEWORK installed automatically& there is more updation on DFS.

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ne

  • Jun 22nd, 2007
 

can you tell me I have xeon processor RAID5 server &4HDD if one of the HDD id crashed is the server bootor not & how I take backup?

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sooraj k r

  • Jun 24th, 2007
 

Windows 2000:
1. We can apply 620 group policy
2  No restore option
3.
Simultaneously 10 users can access on network
4. We can make nearly 1 million users


Windows 2003:
1. We can apply 720 group policy
2. Restore option
3.
Simultaneously unlimited users can access on the network
4. We can make one billion users

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rajesh160776

  • Jun 27th, 2008
 

“Windows 2000” is also called as “Win2k” . It is an interruptible, business oriented and graphical operating system which was just designed to work along with the “uniprocessor” or “symmetric multi processor 32 bit Intel x86 computers”. It is a part of the “Microsoft Windows NT” series of operating systems. It was succeeded by “windows XP” in “windows server 2003”. The “Windows 2000 Server” has extra and additional functionality which includes the ability to provide the “Active Directory services”. Active directory services is a hierarchical framework of resources. Windows 2000 server also proved Distributed File System (it is a file system which supports file sharing) and storage volumes for fault redundancy. “Windows Server 2000” supports upto four processors, up to four GB of RAM. “Windows 2000 server” is designed to use for web applications, file servers, print servers etc.
Windows 2003 server is a “server operating system”. It is created by Microsoft. It is also called as successor of “Windows 2003 server”. It’s performance is much better than the “Win2k”. it can be used as “centralized management tool” for the printers and files. It gives “enhanced quota management”. “Windows 2003 server” also includes “compatibility modes” to allow the older applications to run and execute with larger stability.

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gsathish_42

  • Sep 13th, 2008
 

These are the primary diference between Windows 2002 and Windows 2003 server:

1) Win 2K has ERD(Emergency Repair Disk) for disaster recovery scenarios where in Win2K3 we have advanced ASR(Automated System Recovery)

2)In Win 2K only domain wide trust relatioships can be maintained. However in Win2K3 forest-wide trust is a new feature in active directory.

3)Win 2K uses IIS 5.0 version whereas Win 2k3 has IIS 6.0.

4)Win 2K3 has a new feature called volume shadow copy component. This feature allow to take a snapshot backups.

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seebiju

  • Sep 26th, 2008
 

Major Diffrences are below.

Windows 2003 has a new Directory Partion called Application Directory Partittion.
It  has a new feature called Universal membership Caching.
There is a provision of renaming DC's
Volume shadow copy is another feature.
Drag and drop in Active directory users and computers.
 Group policy mgmnt tool using GPMC.msc

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sanjiv kumar

  • Oct 25th, 2008
 

  • Window Server 2000 has 3 edition.
  • Window Server 2000 less security feature.
  • It doesn`t support IISv6.0.

  • Window Server 2003 has 4 edition.
  • More security feature.
  • It supports IISv6.0

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kapooranil14

  • Nov 10th, 2008
 

Windows Server 2000 has three editions and does not include managment snap-in
while Windows Server 2003 has 4 editions as follows
Standard edition
Web edition
Enterprise edition
Data center edition
It has manament snap-in too which can handle almost all queries.

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