Windows Server 2003 The operating system was published as a successor of Windows server 2000 in April 2003. Windows Server 2003 carries the internal version number 5.2. The 32-bit version of the Datacenter Edition can supported by the Physical Address Extension (PAE) up to 32 processors and 64 gbyte RAM in a server.
This operating system is used on IBM servers of the series x445 and x455, for example. The following are started after the installation of the Enterprise Edition.Microsoft introduced the 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 on the WinHEC 2005 event in Seattle in April 2005. The service pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 is already integrated, the operating system is available in the variants Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter edition. The advantages in the 64 bit variant lie int othe architecture obtained security functions for the increase of the safety in the running operating system on hardware level. The Patch Guard is a function for the protection of the system components from applications be able to destabilize the system. For the addressing of the main memory at present are used only 40-bits for a virtual addressable storage of 16-tbyte. ScreenshotsWindows Server 2003 - opened start menu with administration toolsServer administration - add Services (no services started till now)Server administration - Overview of the configurable services e.g.