1.The Windows Server 2003 Family
Web Edition: Use for Web servers
Standard Edition: Use for small business and departments as domain controllers and member servers
Enterprise Edition: Use for medium and large organizations as application servers and domain controlls,and for clustering
Datacenter Edition: Use for mission-critical solutions for databases,enterprise resource planning software,hight-volume real-time transaction processing,and server consolidation
2.Active Directory Terms (术语)
Domain The core unit of the logical structure in Active Directory is the domain.A domain is a collection of computers,
defined by an administrator,that share common directory database. A domain has a unique name and provides access to the centralized user accounts and group accounts maintained by the domain administrator.
Organizational unit An organizational unit is a type of container object that you use to organize objects within a domain.An organizational unit may contain objects,such as user accounts,groups,computers,printers,and other organizational units.
Forest A forest is one or more domain that share a common configuration schema,and globle catalog.
Tree A tree consists of domain in a forest that share a contiguous DNS namespace.
3.How to Resolve Problems with Installing and Configuring Administative Tools
if you have problems installing or configuring administative tools in Windows Server 2003 ,verify (核实\检查) that you have administative permissions on the locale computer.
Another reason you may not able to install the administative tools is that the incorrect operating system is installed .You can only install the windows Server 2000 Administrative tools pack on conputers running windows xp professional or windows server 2003.
4.Organizational Unit Hierachical Models
Function-based hierarchy
Organization-based hierarchy
Location-based hierachy
Hybrid-based hierarchy
5.Names Associated with Organizational Units
LDAP relative distinguished name OU=MyOrganizationalUnit
LDAP distinguished name OU=MyOrganizationalUnit,DC=microsoft,DC=com
Canonical name Microsoft.com/My OrganizationUnit
6.Moving Domain Objects
The follwing items can be moved withint the Active Directory structure:
User account
Contact account
Group
Share folder
Printer
Computer
Domain controller
Organization unit