Reviewing Legacy Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Improvements

It is important to understand that AD DS is a product that has been in constant development since its release with Windows 2000. From humble beginnings, Active Directory as a product has developed and improved over the years. The first major set of improvements to AD was released with the Windows Server 2003 product. Many of the improvements made with Windows Server 2003 AD still exist today in Windows Server 2012 AD DS. Therefore, it is important to understand what functionality in AD was born from Windows Server 2003. The following key improvements were made in this time frame:

Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain Rename Tool—Windows Server 2003 originally introduced ...

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