What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3?

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What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3? ..

Answer / suuuu

Difference between Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003
Server

1. In Windows 2000 server we cannot rename the Domain
whereas in Windows 2003 server we can rename Domain.
2. In win2k3 we have concept of Volume shadow copy service
which is used to create hard disk snap shot which is used
in Disaster Recovery and win2k doesn’t have this service.
3. In win2k we have cross domain trust relationship whereas
in win2k3 we have cross forest trust relationship.
4. Win2k supports IPv4 only whereas Win2k3 supports IPv4
and IPv6.
5. Win2k supports of 8 processors and 64GB RAM (in Advanced
Server) whereas in Win2k3 supports up to 64 processors and
max of 512GB RAM.
6. Win2k supports IIS5.0 whereas Win2k3 supports IIS6.0.
7. Win2k has basic concepts of DFS (Distributed File
Systems) with defined roots whereas Win2k3 has enhanced DFS
with multiple roots.
8. Win2k supports 4-node clustering and Win2k3 supports 8-
node clustering.
9. In win2k we can create 1 million users whereas in win2k3
we can create 1 billion users.
10. Win2k3 has a 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). In Win2k there is no such
service.

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What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3? ..

Answer / rajesh gowda

addition to Answer #3:-
11. When you make changes to an objects in AD.

Win2k replicates complete objects to another DC.
Whereas in Win2k3 only the changed attribute will be
replicated to its replication partners.

12. In win2k3, we have new concept in DNS "StubZone".
this feature is does not exist in win2k.
what is stub zone? refer to :-
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779197.aspx

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What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3? ..

Answer / guest

win 2k3 server for server

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What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3? ..

Answer / pupa

win 2k3 is a server

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What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3? ..

Answer / goose1233

In win2k there arnet any programs that run. In win2k3 all of them run

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What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3? ..

Answer / pawan kumar giri

both are the same

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