Managing remotely with the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack tools
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Managing remotely with the tools
System Administration
Task | Tool | In a Convenience Console? |
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Support on-demand, image-based, operating system installations over a network connection from a RIS server to a client computer to simplify the management of operating systems and applications, and to improve failure recovery. |
No |
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Provide application developers a flexible framework for integrating role-based access control into their applications and administrators who use those applications access in a natural, intuitive way: through assigned user roles relating to job function. |
No |
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Issue certificates to individuals, computers, or organizations that affirm the identity and other attributes of the certificate subject to other entities |
Public Key Management |
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Track the licenses that have been issued to many terminal servers concurrently. |
No |
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Manage and monitor users, sessions, and processes on any server running Terminal Services on the network. |
No |
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Manage Web Services directly through standards-based XML Web service for development tools and business applications. |
No |
Network Administration
Task | Tool | In a Convenience Console? |
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Define features for remote access clients so that customers can connect to your service. |
No |
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Manage centrally IP addresses and other related configuration details used on your network. |
IP Address Management |
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Manage files distributed across multiple servers to appear to users as if they reside in one place on the network. |
No |
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Manage TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet, to locate computers and services through user-friendly names. |
Active Directory Management and IP Address Management |
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Manage exchange with NNTP snap-in. |
Choosing components to install Microsoft NNTP Service (Requires installing the NNTP service first). |
No |
Manage telecommunications with the computer to communicate over direct connections to local computers, phone lines, LANs, WANs, and the Internet. |
No |
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Map NetBIOS names to IP addresses , particularly for NetBIOS name resolution in routed networks that use NetBIOS over TCP/IP. |
IP Address Management |
Storage Management
Task | Tool | In a Convenience Console? |
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Manage a group of independent computer systems working together as a single system to ensure that mission-critical applications and resources remain available to clients. |
No |
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Manage all hosts of a Network Load Balancing cluster from a single computer. |
No |
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Manage server disk volumes and automatically copy infrequently-used files to a tape or disk library. |
No |
Directory services administration
Task | Tool | In a Convenience Console? |
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Manage the trust relationships between domains. |
Active Directory Management |
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Manage users, computers, security groups and other objects in the Active Directory. |
Active Directory Management |
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Replicate Active Directory information. |
Active Directory Management |
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Manage stored object information in Active Directory schemas from the command line (schmmgmt.msc). |
No |
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Delegate control to select users or groups, organizational units and objects. |
No |
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Manage Active Directory information via the command line. |
No |
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Manage the Active Directory database from the command line. |
No |
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Manage Group Policy from the command line (gpedit.msc) |
No |