Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional

Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic offers full support for the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 and includes significant improvements for device development. Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic also provides full support for the .NET Compact Framework, allowing seamless development for mobile and embedded devices such as the Pocket PC and Pocket PC phone edition, as well as other devices powered by the Windows CE .NET operating system. Web Services Enhancements(WSE) in Visual Studio .NET 2003 adds support for the latest Web services standards, including routing, attachment and security. Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic also includes an improved Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Wizard as well as C++ enhancements that lead to greater ANSI/ISO compliance. With Windows Server 2003 and VS .NET 2003 Academic students can learn to rapidly develop and deploy dependable, connected applications.

This version of Visual Studio .NET 2003 does not require a product key.

Windows Server 2003 Web Edition:

Overview of Windows Server 2003, Web Edition Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Web Edition, is a part of the Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 family. It is an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-manage server operating system that is optimized to be a complete Web hosting package.

Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, includes the following features:

Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, which provides a robust architecture for building and publishing secure Web applications
Revolutionary Microsoft ASP.NET, for deploying Web services and applications rapidly
Remotely administered management, with an easy-to-use, task-driven, internationalized Web user interface (UI)
Remote Desktop for Administration, which provides remote access to the desktop of any computer running a product in the Windows Server 2003 family
Web Interface for Remote Administration, for configuring and managing a server from a remote client, including creating and deleting Web sites, configuring network settings, setting disk quotas, managing local user accounts, and restarting the Web server
Flexibility to use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and scripting, using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) for detailed control and management
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), so that users can easily publish, manage, and share information over the Web
Additional wizards to make it easier for administrators to set up and manage secure authentication and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security
Improved CPU throttling, which helps organizations to allocate CPU resources on a per-site basis
Scalability through Network Load Balancing
Reliability and security improvements for the entire Windows Server 2003 family
Because Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, is optimized for Web serving and hosting, the following features are not included:

Server clusters
Terminal Server (Note that Remote Desktop for Administration is available.)
File Server for Macintosh and Print Server for Macintosh
Infrared (IR) support
Printer and fax sharing
Internet Authentication Service (IAS)
Remote Storage
Remote Installation Services (RIS)
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) services
Windows Media Services
A server running Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, cannot be established as a domain controller, and it cannot be configured as a host for other server applications, such as Certificate Services, Microsoft Exchange Server, or Microsoft SQL Server.

Virtual private network (VPN) connections are limited to one per media type: local area network (LAN), remote access (dial-up), and direct cable connection. Server Message Block (SMB) connections are limited to 10 simultaneous connections.

Notes

The feature limitations in this topic apply only to computers running the Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, operating system. If you enable Web services, such as IIS, on a computer running Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Standard Edition, or Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, the feature limitations in this topic do not apply.
For the latest product information, see Windows Update at the Microsoft Web site(http://www.microsoft.com/). Windows Update is a catalog of items, such as drivers, patches, the latest Help files, and Internet products, that you can download to keep your computer up to date.

The Windows Server 2003 family Server roles:

The Windows Server 2003 family provides several server roles. To configure a server role, install the server role by using the Configure Your Server Wizard and manage your server roles by using Manage Your Server. After you finish installing a server role, Manage Your Server starts automatically.

To determine which server role is appropriate for you, review the following information about the server roles that are available with the Windows Server 2003 family:

File server role overview

Print server role overview

Application server role overview

Mail server role overview

Terminal server role overview

Remote access/VPN server role overview

Domain controller role overview

DNS server role overview

DHCP server role overview

Streaming media server role overview

WINS server role overview

File server role overview
File servers provide and manage access to files. If you plan to use disk space on this computer to store, manage, and share information such as files and network-accessible applications, configure this computer as a file server.

After configuring the file server role, you can do the following:

Use disk quotas on volumes formatted with the NTFS file system to monitor and limit the amount of disk space available to individual users. You can also specify whether to log an event when a user exceeds the specified disk space limit or when a user exceeds the specified disk space warning level (that is, the point at which a user is nearing his or her quota limit).
Use Indexing Service to quickly and securely search for information, either locally or on the network.
Search in files that are in different formats and languages, either through the Search command on the Start menu or through HTML pages that users view in a browser.
For more information about implementing this server role, see File server role: Configuring a file server.

Print server role overview
Print servers provide and manage access to printers. If you plan to manage printers remotely, manage printers by using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), or print from a server or client computer to a print server by using a URL, configure this computer as a print server.

After configuring the print server role, you can do the following:

Use a browser to manage printers. You can pause, resume, or delete a print job, and view the printer and print job's status.
Use the new standard port monitor, which simplifies installation of most TCP/IP printers on your network.
Use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), which is the management API created by Microsoft that enables you to monitor and control all system components, either locally or remotely. The WMI Print Provider enables you to manage print servers, print devices, and other printing-related objects from the command line. With WMI Print Provider, you can use Visual Basic (VB) scripts to perform administrative printer functions. For more information, see Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool.
Print from Windows XP clients to print servers running Windows Server 2003 by using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
Connect to printers on your network by using Web point-and-print for single-click installation of a shared printer. You can also install drivers from a Web site.
For more information about implementing this server role, see Print server role: Configuring a print server.

Application server role overview
An application server is a core technology that provides key infrastructure and services to applications hosted on a system. Typical application servers include the following services:

Resource pooling (for example, database connection pooling and object pooling)
Distributed transaction management
Asynchronous program communication, typically through message queuing
A just-in-time object activation model
Automatic XML Web Service interfaces to access business objects
Failover and application health detection services
Integrated security
The Windows Server 2003 family includes an application server that contains all of this functionality and other services for development, deployment, and runtime management of XML Web services, Web applications, and distributed applications.

When you configure this server as an application server you will be installing Internet Information Services (IIS) along with other optional technologies and services such as COM+ and ASP.NET. Together, IIS and the Windows Server 2003 family provide integrated, reliable, scalable, secure, and manageable Web server capabilities over an intranet, the Internet, or through an extranet. IIS is a tool for creating a strong communications platform of dynamic network applications.

For more information about implementing this server role, see Application server role: Configuring an application server.

Mail server role overview
To provide e-mail services to users, you can use the Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) components included with the Windows Server 2003 family. The POP3 service implements the standard POP3 protocol for mail retrieval, and you can pair it with the SMTP service to enable mail transfer. If you plan to have clients connect to this POP3 server and download e-mail to local computers by using a POP3 capable mail client, configure this server as a mail server.

After configuring the mail server role, you can do the following:

Use the POP3 service to store and manage e-mail accounts on the mail server.
Enable user access to the mail server so that users can retrieve e-mail from their local computer by using an e-mail client that supports the POP3 protocol (for example, Microsoft Outlook).
For more information about implementing this server role, see Mail server role: Configuring a mail server.

Terminal server role overview
With Terminal Server, you can provide a single point of installation that gives multiple users access to any computer that is running a Windows Server 2003 operating system. Users can run programs, save files, and use network resources all from a remote location, as if these resources were installed on their own computer.

After configuring the terminal server role, you can do the following:

Confirm Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration settings.
Centralize the deployment of programs on one computer.
Ensure that all clients use the same version of a program.
Important

In addition to configuring a terminal server, you must install Terminal Server Licensing and configure a Terminal Server License Server. Otherwise, your terminal server will stop accepting connections from unlicensed clients when the evaluation period ends 120 days after the first client logon. For more information about Terminal Server Licensing, see Terminal Server Licensing.
For more information about implementing this server role, see Terminal server role: Configuring a terminal server.

Remote access/VPN server role overview
Routing and Remote Access provides a full-featured software router and both dial-up and virtual private network (VPN) connectivity for remote computers. It offers routing services for local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) environments. It also enables remote or mobile workers to access corporate networks as if they were directly connected, either through dial-up connection services or over the Internet by using VPN connections. If you plan to connect remote workers to business networks, configure this server as a remote access/VPN server.

Remote access connections enable all of the services that are typically available to a LAN-connected user, including file and print sharing, Web server access, and messaging.

After configuring the remote access/VPN server role, you can do the following:

Control how and when remote users access your network.
Provide network address translation (NAT) services for the computers on your network.
Create custom networking solutions using application programming interfaces (APIs).
For more information about implementing this server role, see Remote access/VPN server role: Configuring a remote access/VPN server.

Domain controller role overview
Domain controllers store directory data and manage communication between users and domains, including user logon processes, authentication, and directory searches. If you plan to provide the Active Directory directory service to manage users and computers, configure this server as a domain controller.

Notes

You cannot add the domain controller role to a certification authority (CA). If your computer is already a CA, the domain controller role is not available in the Configure Your Server Wizard.
Computers running Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, cannot function as domain controllers. For more information about Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, see Overview of Windows Server 2003, Web Edition.
After configuring the domain controller role, you can do the following:

Store directory data and make this data available to network users and administrators. Active Directory stores information about user accounts (for example, names, passwords, phone numbers, and so on), and enables other authorized users on the same network to access this information.
Add additional domain controllers to an existing domain to improve the availability and reliability of network services.
Improve network performance between sites by placing a domain controller in each site. With a domain controller in each site, you can handle client logon processes within the site without using the slower network connection between sites.
For more information about implementing this server role, see Domain controller role: Configuring a domain controller.

DNS server role overview
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the TCP/IP name resolution service that is used on the Internet. The DNS service enables client computers on your network to register and resolve user-friendly DNS names. If you plan to make resources in your network available on the Internet, configure this server as a DNS server.

Important

If you plan to include computers on the Internet on your network, use a unique DNS domain name. For more information about DNS namespace planning, see Namespace planning for DNS.
After configuring the DNS server role, you can do the following:

Host records of a distributed DNS database and use these records to answer DNS queries sent by DNS client computers, such as queries for the names of Web sites or computers in your network or on the Internet.
Name and locate network resources using user–friendly names.
Control name resolution for each network segment and replicate changes to either the entire network or globally on the Internet.
Reduce DNS administration by dynamically updating DNS information.
For more information about implementing this server role, see DNS server role: Configuring a DNS server.

DHCP server role overview
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an IP standard designed to reduce the complexity of administering address configurations by using a server computer to centrally manage IP addresses and other related configuration details used on your network. If you plan to perform multicast address allocation, and obtain client IP address and related configuration parameters dynamically, configure this server as a DHCP server.

After configuring the DHCP server role, you can do the following:

Centrally manage IP addresses and related information.
Use DHCP to prevent address conflicts by preventing a previously assigned IP address from being used again to configure a new computer on the network.
Configure your DHCP server to supply a full range of additional configuration values when assigning address leases. This will greatly decrease the time you spend configuring and reconfiguring computers on your network.
Use the DHCP lease renewal process to ensure that client configurations that need to be updated often (such as users with mobile or portable computers that change locations frequently) can be updated efficiently and automatically by clients communicating directly with DHCP servers.
For more information about implementing this server role, see DHCP server role: Configuring a DHCP server.

Streaming media server role overview
Streaming media servers provide Windows Media Services to your organization. Windows Media Services manages, delivers, and archives Windows Media content, including streaming audio and video, over an intranet or the Internet. If you plan to use digital media in real time over dial-up Internet connections or local area networks (LANs), configure this server as a streaming media server.

After configuring the streaming media server role, you can do the following:

Provide digital video in real time over networks that range from low-bandwidth, dial-up Internet connections to high-bandwidth, local area networks (LANs).
Provide streaming digital audio to clients and other servers across the Internet or your intranet.
For more information about implementing this server role, see Streaming media server role: Configuring a streaming media server.

WINS server role overview
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) servers map IP addresses to NetBIOS computer names and NetBIOS computer names back to IP addresses. With WINS servers in your organization, you can search for resources by computer name instead of IP address, which can be easier to remember. If you plan to map NetBIOS names to IP addresses or centrally manage the name-to-address database, configure this server as a WINS server.

After configuring the WINS server role, you can do the following:

Reduce NetBIOS–based broadcast traffic on subnets by permitting clients to query WINS servers to directly locate remote systems.
Support earlier Windows and NetBIOS–based clients on your network by permitting these types of clients to browse lists for remote Windows domains without requiring a local domain controller to be present on each subnet.
Support DNS–based clients by enabling those clients to locate NetBIOS resources when WINS lookup integration is implemented. For more information, see WINS lookup integration.
For more information about implementing this server role, see WINS server role: Configuring a WINS server.