Chapter 6. Communications

   

This chapter is a technical description of the networking and communications enhancements in the Windows Server 2003 family ”improvements that make networks easier to set up, configure, and deploy. It explains how you can take advantage of improved network connectivity, changes to protocols, and better network device support. For example, mobile users in particular have new options for connecting to the network, such as being able to use the Windows Server 2003 family to gain secure Internet access via wireless or Ethernet connections while waiting in an airport. And now infrared-enabled cellular phones can be used just like any other modem to create a network connection.

With Windows Server 2003, IT professionals have more options, and more flexible options, for managing networking infrastructure, through new capabilities such as configuring secure access to a wireless LAN, specifying Group Policy settings to control networking features for certain types of users, and creating a Connection Manager profile that lets traveling users select the optimal VPN server, depending on their location. These are just .a few of the many new capabilities described in this chapter.


   
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Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Introducing Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003
ISBN: 0735615705
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 153

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