Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, R2 Edition

Introduction

Since its release in April 2003, the Windows Server 2003 operating system has undergone several updates and enhancements. However, unlike earlier versions of the Windows operating systems in which the updates were built into the Service Packs, with Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has released the updates as Feature Packs and most recently as the Windows 2003 R2 update. In addition to changes in how Windows 2003 would be designed, implemented, and supported with these new additions, there have been tips, tricks, and lessons learned from post-product release implementations that take advantage of these new enhancements to Windows.

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