Active directory,Windows and ADS services

Active directory,Windows and ADS services

Dear C-salazar,

Most of the features in Active Directory NT/2000 and 2003 are same. And of course 2003 supports all 2000 features including the new ones. The enhanced features in 2003 are listed below.

• Directory partition Backup event.
• Enhanced replication security resulting in less replication errors.
• DNS replication automatically managed in Directory replication.
• Supports running Domain Controller on virtual machine.
• Storage of deleted objects for 180 days.
• Improved removal of server meta data.

There are some added features which makes 2003 more user friendly mentioned below.

• Modification of common attributes of by Multiple selection objects.
• Modify common attributes of multiple user objects at one time.
• Drag-and-drop functionality.
• Efficient searching.
• Saves commonly used search queries.
• Command-line configuration tools.
• Secure LDAP traffic.

Regarding group policies following features are added.

• Universal group membership caching.
• Active Directory quotas.
• InetOrgPerson class.