Windows Server 2003 has been published for almost two years now, in this period of time with the system related to the security loopholes are also a lot, so installed the system after the installation of a variety of patches became the administrator of the required course; At the same time, according to Microsoft's practice, every year or so after the operating system is released, You will be releasing a corresponding Service pack patch package. But Windows Serve 2003 has been released for so long, but there has been no news about SP1.
Microsoft has finally started to test the SP1 of Windows Server 2003, and everyone can download the RC1 version of SP1 at the following address:
Note: This software is still beta, so please do not use it for formal usage. In addition, the current beta version is available only in English and German, so it can only be installed in English and German versions of Windows Server 2003.
Want to know what new features SP1 brings to Windows Server 2003? Keep watching. (The system below as an example is a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise standalone server that has IIS installed, asp.net and FrontPage Server Extensions enabled, and also configured to be a file server, print server, DNS servers, DHCP servers).
Because it was published after the SP2 of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 SP1 see a lot of Windows XP SP2, such as security improvements to IE and OE, Enhancements to the Internet Connection Firewall, and so on. You can refer to the instructions for Windows XP SP2, and the Security Configuration Wizard is briefly described below for a new and important feature in Windows Server 2003 that is installed after SP1.
For maximum security, the Windows Server 2003 services and settings are more restrictive by default after the SP1 is installed, ensuring that the server is as secure as possible. So this feature is not installed by default and we need to install the wizard through the Add Remove Program feature in Control Panel. Select Security Configuration Wizard in the Windows Components Wizard and click Next to complete the installation.
A Security Configuration Wizard shortcut will then be added to the admin tool, and you'll see an interface in Figure one after clicking on it. Click Next to display the interface of Figure II, where you can create a security policy, or use an existing security policy. We chose to create a new security policy, so leave the default setting and click Next. Then we will select the configured server, enter the name of the server, and click Next. The system will then configure the default security configuration database, and clicking the "View Configuration D atabase" button after the configuration is complete opens the interface in figure three, which you can see on the server role, the client role, system services, ports, applications, Also has the management option and so on content configures. Click Next to exit the wizard.
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