New Features in Windows Server 2003

Microsoft has added a considerable number of policies to Windows Server 2003 along with new policy features that improve flexibility and troubleshooting. Here are the specific enhancements:

  • Over 160 new policies that help control dynamic DNS registration, roaming profiles, terminal servers, and Control Panel operation.

  • A fully integrated Resultant Set of Policies (RSoP) calculator. This calculator simplifies planning and troubleshooting group policies in organizations that have many tiers of containers and many policies linked to those containers. The RSoP calculations can be done from the user interface (UI) via a wizard or from the command line.

  • A complete log of the RSoP calculation performed at each computer ...

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