What features and services are provided?
- Its an entry-level server designed for use in small and midsize businesses as a file, print, intranet and infrastructure server.
- Windows Server 2000 is used for workgroup file, print and communication servers. Among Windows Server 2000's application services are Component Object Model+ (COM+), message and transaction queuing and support for Extensible Mark-up Language (XML).
- It incorporates Kerberos v.5, Internet Protocol security (IPSec) and public key infrastructure (PKI) security.
- With the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), administrators can manage operating system and Web components through a single consistent interface.
- Microsoft's directory service, Active Directory, which serves as a centralized repository for user log-in, group, network resource, security and user management information, can be made available to other applications, directories and devices through LDAP, ADSI and MAPI.
- The "Features and Functions" table lists the major features and functions of the Windows 2000 family of servers.
How are network resources accessed?
- When you map a network resource to a local drive, the resource appears in My Computer, and you can access it just like any local drive.
- You can launch Netcons.exe from the Desktop Tools group in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools help file and in the \Program Files\Resource Kit folder, if you have several network shares mapped.
- The Net Connections window lists the local drive letters that are mapped to network resources. To open a network resource, double-click on its icon in the Net Connections window. Net Connections can open the resource in either a console window or an Explorer window.
- To specify the startup mode, click Startup and choose either Explorer or Console Window, depending on which you prefer.
- If you choose the Explorer startup option, double-clicking a drive in Net Connections more than once will not open multiple instances of the resource. Instead, Net Connections simply brings the folder to the front.
- If you choose the Console Window startup option, however, double-clicking a resource more than once opens a new console window rooted at the specified share.
- By default, the Net Connections window stays on top of other windows. To change this behaviour, choose View | Always On Top.
