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Win2000 Server Vs. Win2003 Server

DougK62

DougK62

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What are the major differences between these two operating systems? Why would you choose one over the other?

If someone could point me to a good webpage explaining it, that'd be helpful too.

 
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/whyupgrade/top10best.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/se...aluation/business/overview/default.asp

One of the major advantages that I *know* of with 2003 is windows media services and a lot of updated server components that are somewhat limited / non-existant in 2000.

There's no way I could list them all, the best thing you can do is browse the product information on Microsoft.com and compare for yourself and also ask yourself what you really need.

edit: oh and, IIS on Win2K3 Server is a little more secure "out of the box" than IIS is on Windows 2000 Server but it's just configuration.

Overall 2003 does have a lot of major improvements for CERTAIN things, but if you're just running a simple file server with a web server and a bit of routing I would personally go with 2k.
 
Originally posted by: MrChad
2003 certainly boots up a lot faster.

Security settings are also much tighter in 2003 by default.
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Yeah was just adding that to my post, security is tighter like I said, 'out of the box' 🙂

I haven't noticed much of a difference in boot times though, my 2k server always used to boot just as fast 😕
 
Volume Shadow Copy is a huge plus for 2k3. If you have any sort of fileshares, there's no reason NOT to go with 2k3.

Not to mention Remote Web Workplace in 2k3 SBS. Hell 2k3 SBS is lightyears beyond 2k SBS.
 
Originally posted by: werk
Volume Shadow Copy is a huge plus for 2k3. If you have any sort of fileshares, there's no reason NOT to go with 2k3.

Not to mention Remote Web Workplace in 2k3 SBS. Hell 2k3 SBS is lightyears beyond 2k SBS.
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I don't have the SBS edition of 2k3 🙁
 
Originally posted by: DannyBoy
Originally posted by: werk
Volume Shadow Copy is a huge plus for 2k3. If you have any sort of fileshares, there's no reason NOT to go with 2k3.

Not to mention Remote Web Workplace in 2k3 SBS. Hell 2k3 SBS is lightyears beyond 2k SBS.
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I don't have the SBS edition of 2k3 🙁
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Shadow Copy is available in all flavors of 2k3. Not sure about Web Edition though, as I think it's kind of silly to shell out money for that limited functionality.

SBS2k3 is the best upgrade I've ever put into place for my clients <75 users. It's a snap to set up and administrate and the features and improvements in the OS and Exchange are freaking great! 😀
 
Well I like 2k more than 2k3 because my RAID card doesn't have "working" drivers for it, but 2k3 is far more better when it comes to features than 2k.
 
The upcoming SP1 for 2003 will have had a security overhaul aka XP SP2, so thats a plus point.

As for boot up times, well servers aren't generally rebooted that often, so that's a bit of a non issue IMO.
 
All that (good) information aside, Windows 2000 Server's mainstream support ends in about three months. So unless you have the (considerable) cash to fork over for a custom support agreement, on top of a required (and also expensive) Premier support contract, it would not be wise to choose 2000 Server.
 
If I may ask...

I currently have Win2K server w/ Exchange 2K and need to replace the current hardware.
I was considering moving to Exchange 2003 at this point but am wondering if anyone knows of any pitfalls in doing this and some benefits to doing it?

Thanks
 
Originally posted by: ITJunkie
If I may ask...

I currently have Win2K server w/ Exchange 2K and need to replace the current hardware.
I was considering moving to Exchange 2003 at this point but am wondering if anyone knows of any pitfalls in doing this and some benefits to doing it?

Thanks
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Not really pitfalls, but things to know before doing upgrade:
E2k must be sp3 before upgrade.
Must upgrade Exchange first, E2k can't run on Server2k3.
uh...that's about it. I've done about 5 server upgrades since the 2003 line came out with no major problems.

Benefits:
Improved OWA. Users love this.
Volume Shadow Copy, as mentioned.
IIS improvements, as mentioned.
Longer support lifetime, as mentioned.
Simpler administration, as mentioned.

oops, didn't see you were going with new hardware. Done lots of migrations over the past year as well. What sort of environment is this (user base, # of servers, etc)?

EDIT2: Damn, I totally misread your post.
 
Originally posted by: werk
Originally posted by: ITJunkie
If I may ask...

I currently have Win2K server w/ Exchange 2K and need to replace the current hardware.
I was considering moving to Exchange 2003 at this point but am wondering if anyone knows of any pitfalls in doing this and some benefits to doing it?

Thanks
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Not really pitfalls, but things to know before doing upgrade:
E2k must be sp3 before upgrade.
Must upgrade Exchange first, E2k can't run on Server2k3.
uh...that's about it. I've done about 5 server upgrades since the 2003 line came out with no major problems.

Benefits:
Improved OWA. Users love this.
Volume Shadow Copy, as mentioned.
IIS improvements, as mentioned.
Longer support lifetime, as mentioned.
Simpler administration, as mentioned.

oops, didn't see you were going with new hardware. Done lots of migrations over the past year as well. What sort of environment is this (user base, # of servers, etc)?

EDIT2: Damn, I totally misread your post.
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small shop, about 45 users and 3 servers. One specifically for Exchange....basically because I can 🙂

My plan was to bring in the new exchange server, move the mailboxes to it and when all looks good, take the old one offline and rebuild it to be an offline backup.
 
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