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Domain controller This role is used for authentication and installs ActiveDirectory on the server.

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File server This role is used to provide access to files stored on the server.

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Print server This role is used to provide network printing functionality.

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DHCP server This role allocates IP addresses and provides configuration infor-mation to clients.

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DNS server This role resolves IP addresses to domain names (and vice versa).

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WINS server This role resolves IP addresses to NetBIOS names (and vice versa).

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Mail server This role provides e-mail services.

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Application server This role makes distributed applications and Web applica-tions available to clients.

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Terminal server This role provides Terminal Services for clients to access appli-cations running on the server.

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Remote access/VPN server This role provides remote access to machinesthrough dial-up connections and virtual private networks (VPNs).

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Streaming media server This role provides Windows Media Services so thatclients can access streaming audio and video.After you select the role to add to the server, click Nextto step through the process ofsetting up that role. Each set of configuration windows is different for each server role. Also,although multiple roles can be installed on Windows Server 2003, only one role at a timecan be configured using the Configure Your Server Wizard.To install additional roles, youneed to run the Wizard again.

Manage Your Server

The Manage Your Server tool is new to Windows Server 2003. It is similar to theConfigure Your Server utility in Windows 2000 and provides a centralized locationfor administrators to access tools, view information, and launch programs used tomaintain specific roles. In addition, servers with Internet access can benefit fromthis tool, because it can be used to invoke Windows Update to apply securitypatches, service packs, new drivers, and other updates. Manage Your Server alsoprovides links to Web pages located on Microsoft’s site, which can assist adminis-trators in understanding how to deal with specific problems and obtaining thelatest information.Manage Your Server also provides a way to launch the Configure Your Server

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Wizard, where you can add roles to a server or remove existing ones. Because theroles installed on a server can be modified at any time, administrators are able tochange a server’s role on the network as needs within the organization change.https://traloihay.net