Overview of Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

XOX 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.

XOX 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 XOX 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 XOX 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 XOX operating system. If you enable Web services, such as IIS, on a computer running XOX or XOX, 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.