New Features in Windows Server 2003

Here are the Windows Server 2003 features that have the most dramatic influence on replication:

  • Scalable site architectures. The algorithm used by the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) to calculate inter-site topology was streamlined. This resolves a problem in Windows 2000 where large organizations with many sites are forced to configure connections manually because the KCC cannot finish its calculations.

  • Group membership replication. Linked values, such as group members, now replicate as discrete entities rather than replicating the entire attribute. This resolves a problem in Windows 2000 where updates made to the same group membership during the same replication interval conflict and overwrite each other. ...

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