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<td CLASS="small" VALIGN="top"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman">The Windows« 2000 Server Family builds on the strengths of Windows NT« technology, integrating standards-based directory, Web, application, communications, file and print services with high reliability, efficient management, and support for the latest advances in networking hardware to provide the best foundation for integrating your business with the Internet.<!--mstheme--></font></td><TD WIDTH=15><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><IMG WIDTH="15" HEIGHT="1" ALT="" SRC="/windows2000/images/1ptrans.gif" /><!--mstheme--></font></TD>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS)</b><br>Integrated Web services enable users to easily host and manage Web sites to share information, create Web-based business applications, and extend file, print, media and communication services to the Web.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Active Server Pages (ASP) Programming Environment</b><br>Active Server Pages is consistently rated the easiest, highest performance web server-scripting environment available.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>XML Parser</b><br>Create applications that enable the Web server to exchange XML-formatted data with both Microsoft Internet Explorer and any server capable of parsing XML.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Windows DNA 2000</b><br>With the Windows Distributed interNet Applications Architecture (Windows DNA 2000) û the Microsoft platform for developing Web applications û you can build secure, reliable, highly scalable solutions that ease the integration of heterogeneous systems and applications.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Component Object Model + (COM+)</b><br>COM+ builds on COM's integrated services and features, making it easier for developers to create and use software components in any language, using any tool. COM+ includes Transaction Services and Message Queuing Services for reliable distributed applications.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Multimedia Platform</b><br>With integrated Windows MediaTM Services, configure and manage high-quality digital media content across the Internet and intranets ù delivering live and on-demand content to the maximum number of users.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Directory-Enabled Applications</b><br>Developers can use a number of standard interfaces to write applications that utilize information stored in the Active DirectoryTM service about users, other application and devices. This enables rich, dynamic applications that are simpler to develop and easier to manage. All Active Directory functions are available through LDAP, ADSI and MAPI for extending and integrating with other applications, directories, and devices.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Web Folders</b><br>Web Folders bring the richness of Windows to the Web, by using Web Document Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) to enable drag and drop Web publishing.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Web Telephony Engine</b><br>Now you can use Web technologies and tools to create and run telephony solutions, such as Interactive Voice Response (IVR), for new levels of economy and operational efficiency. You can also use this service to turn your Web site into a dual-access Web site, so content can be experienced via a standard Web browser OR over the telephone using the telephone dialpad or speech commands for navigation and text-to-speech for content rendering. Web Telephony Engine is available in the Platform SDK with a royalty-free re-distribution license.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Internet Printing</b><br>Send print jobs across the Internet to a URL.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>8-way Symmetric Multi-Processor Support</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>Scale up by using the latest 8-way SMP servers for more processing power. Windows 2000 Server delivers support for up to 4-way SMP servers.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>8 GB Memory Support</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>Take advantage of larger amounts of memory to improve performance and handle the most demanding applications, with support for up to 8 gigabytes (GB) of RAM with Intel's Physical Address Extension (PAE). Windows 2000 Server delivers support for up to 4 GB of RAM.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Enhanced ASP Performance</b><br>More scalable Active Server Page (ASP) processing, improved ASP flow control, and ASP Fast Path for scriptless ASP files enable faster Web page processing.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Multi site Hosting</b><br>Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 allows you to host more Web sites per server with high performance.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>IIS CPU Throttling</b><br>Limit the amount of CPU time a Web application or site can use to ensure that processor time ù and therefore better performance ù is available to other Web sites or to non-Web applications.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>High throughput and bandwidth utilization</b><br>With support for up to 1 GB networks, Windows 2000 Server delivers high performance processing on high performance networks. Increased throughput increases performance without having to increase network bandwidth.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Kernel-Mode Write Protection</b><br>Helps prevent errant code from interfering with system operations.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Windows File Protection</b><br>Prevents new software installations from replacing essential system files.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Driver Certification</b><br>Identifies device drivers that have passed the Windows Hardware Quality Labs test and warns users if they are about to install an uncertified driver.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>IIS Application Protection</b><br>Application protection keeps Web applications running separately from the Web server itself, preventing an application from crashing the Web server.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Job Object API</b><br>The Job Object API, with its ability to setup processor affinity, establish time limits, control process priorities, and limit memory utilization for a group of related processes, allows an application to manage and control dependent system resources. This additional level of control means the Job Object API can prevent an application from negatively impacting overall system scalability.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Application Certification & DLL Protection</b><br>Applications certified to run on Windows 2000 Server are tested by Microsoft to ensure high quality and reliability. Protects DLLs installed by applications from conflicts that can cause application failure.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Latest Server Hardware</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>Support for the latest advanced 8-way SMP servers running Intel's Profusion chipset and architecture, and up to 8 GB of memory support with Intel's Physical Address Extension (PAE).<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Peripherals</b><br>Windows 2000 Server works with the newest peripherals such as storage management hardware, USB printers, network adapters, keyboards and mouse devices. It delivers advanced printer driver support, as well as support for 1394, PCMCIA, infra-red and digital devices.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Active Directory Integration</b><br>Active Directory integration with the underlying security infrastructure provides a focal point of security management of users, computers and devices making Windows 2000 easier to manage.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Multi-master Replication</b><br>Active Directory uses multi-master replication to ensure high scalability and availability in distributed network configurations. "Multi-master" means that each directory replica in the network is a peer of all other replicas; changes can be made to any replica and will be reflected across all of them.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Integrated Directory Services</b><br>Windows 2000 introduces Active Directory, a scalable, standard-compliant directory service that makes Windows 2000 easier to manage, more secure, and more interoperable with existing investments. Active Directoryácentrally manages Windows-based clients, and servers through a single consistent management interface, reducing redundancy and maintenance costs.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Directory interoperability</b><br>Meta directory technologies enable companies to use Active Directory to manage identity information stored in heterogeneous directory services.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Directory synchronization tools</b><br>Maintain and synchronize data between Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange and Novell NDS directories.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Network Load Balancing</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>Scale out quickly and easily by distributing incoming IP traffic across a farm of load-balanced servers. Incrementally expand capacity by adding additional servers to the farm using Network Load Balancing (NLB).<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Cluster Service</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>Two-node Cluster service supports fail-over, caused by hardware or software failure, of critical applications, including databases, knowledge management, ERP, and file & print services.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Network Load Balancing</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>On Web or Terminal Services server farms, re-distribute workload among remaining servers in the event of a server hardware or software failure in less than 10 seconds.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Rolling Upgrade Support</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>Using Cluster service and NLB, avoid downtime caused by planned maintenance or upgrades using rolling upgrades. Migrate your applications or IP workload to one node, upgrading the first node, and then migrating them back. You can roll out hardware, software, and even operating systems upgrades without taking the application offline. Both Windows Clustering technologies are backwards compatible with their Windows NT Server 4.0 predecessors.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Cluster Service Setup</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>Quickly configure clusters with the improved and streamlined Cluster service setup wizard. Perform remote installations using SysPrep support for Cluster service.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Integrated Network Load Balancing Configuration</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>NLB is now an integrated part of the Windows 2000 Advanced Server networking stack, allowing rapid configuration without the need for separate installation or system reboots.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Cluster Administrator</b><br><font COLOR="#FF3300"><i CLASS="advanced">In Advanced Server</i></font><br>Run Cluster Administrator from any Windows NT or Windows 2000 system to remotely control multiple clusters from a single location.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Support for the Latest Security Standards</b><br>Build secure intranet, extranet and Internet sites using the latest standards, including: 56-bit and 128-bit SSL/TLS, IPSec, Server Gated Cryptography; Digest Authentication, Kerberos v5 authentication, and Fortezza.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Kerberos Authentication</b><br>Full support for Kerberos version 5 protocol provides fast, single sign-on to Windows resources, as well as other environments that support this protocol.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)</b><br>The Certificate Server is a critical part of a public key infrastructure that allows customers to issue their own x.509 certificates to their users for PKI functionality such as certificate-based authentication, IPSec, secure email, etc. Integration with Active Directory simplifies user enrollment.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Smart-card Support</b><br>Supports logon via smart cards "out-of-the-box" for strong authentication to sensitive resources.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Encrypting File System</b><br>Increase security of data on the hard disk by encrypting it. This data remains encrypted even when backed up or archived.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Security Configuration Toolset (SCTS)</b><br>Reduce costs associated with security configuration and analysis of Windows-based networks. In Windows 2000, use Group Policy to set and periodically update security configurations of computers.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>PKI Group Policy Management</b><br>Centrally manage Domain wide-PKI policies. Specify which Certificate Authorities a client will trust, distribute new root certificates, adjust IPSec policy or determine if a user will be required to use smart cards to long onto a particular system.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Secure network communications</b><br>End-to-end encrypted communications across your company network using the IPSec standard. Great for protecting sensitive internal communications from intentional or accidental viewing. Active Directory provides central policy control for its use to make it deployable.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Routing and Remote Access Service</b><br>Connects remote workers, telecommuters, and branch offices to the corporate network through dial-up, leased line and Internet links.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Virtual private networking (VPN)</b><br>A full-featured gateway that encrypts communications to securely connect remote users and satellite offices over the Internet. Now with an updated PPTP support and advanced security with Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol encrypted by IPSec.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Dynamic DNS</b><br>The Active Directory integrated, Internet standards-based Domain Name System (DNS) service simplifies object naming and location through Internet protocols, and improves scalability, performance and interoperability. Systems that receive addresses from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server are automatically registered in DNS. Replication options with legacy DNS systems and through Active Directory can simplify and strengthen name replication infrastructure.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Microsoft Connection Manager Administration Kit and Connection Point Services</b><br>These wizard-driven tools let administrators centrally configure and deploy customized remote access dialers that can integrate automatic-update phonebooks, custom connect actions (like firewall authentication and client virus inspection), driver updates and more.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Internet Connection Sharing</b><br>Enables multiple users within small business or workgroups to share a single external Internet connection, making connection to the Internet easier.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Windows Telephony Applications Programming Interface (TAPI) 3.0</b><br>TAPI is a software abstraction layer that allows software applications from one vendor to work with a wide variety of telephone systems for great customer choice and flexibility. TAPI 3.0 adds media streaming and better IP telephony support with built-in H.323 and IP Multicast features, building on its existing support for traditional, client-server telephony applications, such as call centers, Interactive Voice Response, and more. And with TAPI's new Component Object Model architecture, you can telephony-enable your application using a variety of programming languages.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Networking</b><br>Windows 2000 Server works with networking devices that support the latest networking technologies, including Plug and Play, DSL, VPN, routing, NAT, DHCP, Quality of Services switches and routers, Directory-Enabled Networking devices, IPSec, SSL, and Asynchronous Transfer Mode.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Safe Mode Boot</b><br>Booting in Safe Mode allows users to troubleshoot the system during start up by changing the default settings or removing a newly installed driver that is causing a problem.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Automatic Restart</b><br>Configure services across the operating system, including IIS, to restart automatically if they fail.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Kill Process Tree</b><br>Stop all processes related to an errant process or application without rebooting the system.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Configuration Wizard</b><br>Automatically set up file, print, Web, communications, networking, Active Directory and DNS services with the Configure Your Server Wizard.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>System Preparation Tool</b><br>Save deployment time by using SysPrep to create an image of a computer's hard drive, including the operating system and applications, that you can then duplicate onto other computers.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Windows Installer</b><br>Windows Installer monitors application installations and cleanly performs uninstall/removal tasks.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Plug and Play</b><br>Automatically detect and recognize newly installed components, simplifying network system configuration and reducing service down time.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Service Pack Slipstreaming</b><br>Simplify operating system updates by marinating one master image of the operating system on the network.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Search for and Connect to Printers from a desktop</b><br>Publish printers in the Active Directory service, enabling users to locate and connect to printers based on criteria such as location, ability to print color, or speed.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Windows Management Instrumentation</b><br>A uniform model through which management data from any source can be managed in a standard way. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provides this for software, such as applications, while WMI extensions for the Windows Driver Model (WDM) provide this for hardware or hardware device drivers. WMI in Windows 2000 enables management of even more functions.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Delegated Administration</b><br>Active Directory enables administrators to delegate a selected set of administrative privileges to appropriate individuals within the organization to distribute the management and improve accuracy of administration. Delegation also helps companies reduce the number of domains they need to support a large organization with multiple geographical locations.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Microsoft Management Console</b><br>Unify and simplify system management tasks through a central, customizable console that allows control, monitoring, and administration of widespread network resources. All management functions in Windows 2000 are available through the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Remote Management with Terminal Services</b><br>Safely enable Terminal Services for remote administration purposes. Up to two concurrent sessions are supported, with no impact on performance or application compatibility.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Windows Script Host (WSH)</b><br>Administer the server and automate tasks via the command line instead of graphical user interface tools with scripts.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Group Policy</b><br>Group policy allows central management of collections of users, computers, applications, and network resources instead of managing entities on a one-by-one basis. Integration with Active Directory delivers more granular and flexible control.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Centralized Desktop Management</b><br>Manage usersÆ desktop resources by applying policies based on the business needs and location of users. IntelliMirrorTM management technologies install and maintain software, apply correct computer and user settings, and ensure that usersÆ data is always available.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Windows NT 4.0 Domain migration tools</b><br>Simplify the upgrade process to a Windows 2000 domain.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>High interoperability with client computers</b><br>Supports Windows NT Workstation, Windows 9x, Windows 3.x, Macintosh, and Unix operating systems. TCP/IP Appleshare support improves resource sharing for the Macintosh operating system.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Applications & Directory interoperability</b><br>Windows 2000 compatible applications will install and upgrade onto the Windows 2000 operating system. Active Directory can interoperate or synchronize data with other directory services using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Meta directory technologies, Microsoft Directory Service Synchronization, or Active Directory Connector. Integration with existing management applications and framework via Windows Management Services.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Server & Mainframe interoperability</b><br>Message Queuing enables the exchange of information between applications running on mainframe platforms. Kerberos authentication protocol support enables interoperability with other systems using this industry standard authentication protocol. Services for NetWare is an add-on product that increases interoperability with NetWare servers and clients with Windows-based servers and clients. Services for Unix is an add-on product that makes it easier to integrate Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 into a UNIX environment.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Terminal Services</b><br>Run Windows-based applications on the server, and access from a remote PC, Windows-based Terminal or non-Windows device over LANs, WANs or low-bandwidth connections, through terminal emulation software. In Windows 2000, Terminal Services are up to 20 percent more scalable and have dramatically improved performance for both high and low-bandwidth connections.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Distributed File System (DFS)</b><br>Build a single, hierarchical view of multiple file servers and file server shares on a network. Dfs makes files easier for users to locate, and increases availability by maintaining multiple file copies across distributed servers.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Disk Quotas</b><br>Set quotas on disk space usage per user and per volume to provide increased availability of disk space and help capacity planning efforts.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Hierarchical Storage Management</b><br>Automatically migrate data that hasn't been recently accessed to less expensive storage media, maximizing disk space for the most heavily accessed data on the disk.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Dynamic Volume Management</b><br>Add new volumes, extend existing volumes, break or add a mirror, or repair a RAID 5 array, while the server is online, withoutáaffecting the end user.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Disk Defragmentation</b><br>Over time, fragmentation can have a severe impact on the performance of a busy file or Web server. These tools increase disks availability and performance.<br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
<tr><td class="small"><!--mstheme--><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b>Backup and Recovery</b><br>Backup and recovery features make it easier to backup data and then recover data in the event of a hard disk failure. Windows 2000 allows back up to a single file on a hard disk and tape media.<br><br><!--mstheme--></font></td></tr>
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