Windows Server 2003 R2 Benefits
Windows Server 2003 R2 extends connectivity and control to local and remote resources. Organizations can benefit from reduced costs and increased efficiencies gained through enhanced management and control over resources across the enterprise.
Branch Server Management
Branch Server management allows you to maintain the performance, availability, and productivity benefits of a local branch office server while avoiding issues typically associated with branch office server solutions such as connectivity limitation and management overhead.
Identity and Access Management
Identity and Access Management includes Active Directory Federation Services, which is designed to help administrator s address identity management challenges by making it possible for organizations to share a user’s identity information more securely across security boundaries. Windows Server 2003 R2 also provides UNIX password synchronization, which helps integrate servers running Windows and UNIX by simplifying the process of maintaining secure passwords.
Storage Management
Storage Management improvements include new tools designed to provide a centralized view of storage; simplified storage planning, provisioning and maintenance; and improved monitoring and reporting.
Web Platform
Web Platform extends business infrastructure over the Web while reducing development and management costs through enhancements delivered with Windows Server 2003 SP1, x64 Editions, Windows SharePoint® Services, .NET Framework 2.0, and Internet Information Services 6.0.
Cost-Effective Server Virtualization
Cost-Effective Server Virtualization Licensing policy changes now allow customers to run up to four virtual instances of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition on one licensed physical server or hardware partition. These same changes also allow for unlimited virtualized instances of Windows Server on one licensed copy of Datacenter Edition.
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