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New ways to do familiar Message Queuing tasks

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

New ways to do familiar tasks

These tables compare different user interfaces used for common tasks in Message Queuing in:

  • Windows Server 2003 family operating systems and Windows NT 4.0.

  • Windows Server 2003 family operating systems and Windows 2000.

For a table that lists terminology and architectural differences between previous versions and the current version of Message Queuing, see Upgrade overview.

Windows Server 2003 family operating systems and Windows NT 4.0

If you want to In Windows NT 4.0 use In Windows Server 2003 family

Set access control, set access auditing, or change ownership for Message Queuing

MSMQ Explorer

Open Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Message Queuing security overview.

Change the Message Queuing service account

Services in Control Panel

Open Computer Management. For more information, see Change the Message Queuing service account.

Configure routing links

MSMQ Explorer

Open Active Directory Sites and Services. For more information, see Routing links.

For cross-platform messaging, create foreign sites or add foreign computers

MSMQ Explorer

Open Active Directory Sites and Services. For more information, see Foreign computers and sites.

Configure Message Queuing computers and properties, or set computer quotas or properties

MSMQ Explorer

Open Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Administration overview.

Set DNS properties for Message Queuing computers

Network in Control Panel

Open Network Connections in Control Panel. For more information, see Set DNS properties for Message Queuing.

Create, delete, or configure queues, or set queue quotas or properties

MSMQ Explorer

Open Computer Management or open Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Administering Queues.

View or delete messages, or view message properties

MSMQ Explorer

Open Computer Management or open Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Managing messages.

Windows Server 2003 family operating systems and Windows 2000

If you want to In Windows 2000 use In Windows Server 2003 family

Specify a new site for mobile computers.

Message Queuing in Control Panel

Open Computer Management. For more information, see Specify a new site for mobile computers.

Change the supporting server for a dependent client. Note that Message Queuing computers are not enabled by default to support dependent clients.

Message Queuing in Control Panel

Open Computer Management. For more information, see Enable a supporting server and Change the supporting server for a dependent client.

Specify the drives and folders for storing message files, message logs, and transaction logs.

Message Queuing in Control Panel

Open Computer Management. For more information, see Store messages on multiple disk drives.

Change, register, view, and remove certificates.

Message Queuing in Control Panel

Open Computer Management. For more information, see Authentication for Message Queuing.

To renew cryptographic keys for Message Queuing.

Message Queuing in Control Panel

Open Computer Management. For more information, see Renew cryptographic keys for Message Queuing.

Notes

  • Message Queuing 3.0 does not support a mixed-mode domain environment. That is, an environment where MSMQ 1.0 controller servers running on a Windows NT 4.0 computer exist in a Windows Server 2003 domain, together with Windows Server 2003 domain controllers. After you upgrade Windows NT 4.0 controller servers to the Windows Server 2003 family operating system, and follow the Message Queuing upgrade procedures, the result is a Windows Server 2003 domain environment, with no MQIS servers remaining, and no replication service.

  • Until this process is completed, and as long as the domain environment is in mixed-mode, Message Queuing directory service functionality (Downlevel Client Support component) cannot be added to Windows Server 2003 domain controllers. In Message Queuing 3.0, directory service functionality is only required to provide directory services for Message Queuing objects to Message Queuing client computers running MSMQ 1.0 and 2.0. Message Queuing 3.0 servers and independent clients running on Windows Server 2003 family computers can access Active Directory directly.

  • The Message Queuing directory service is not installed by default. To install it, you must select the Downlevel Client Support check box during Message Queuing 3.0 installation. You cannot add this functionality in a mixed-mode environment.

  • A mixed-mode Windows 2000 domain environment comprised of MSMQ 1.0 controller servers and Windows 2000 domain controllers can still exist. In such an environment, Windows Server 2003 domain controllers can exist, but the Downlevel Client Support component cannot be installed on them.

  • MSMQ Explorer does not run on Windows Server 2003 family or Windows 2000 computers.

  • There are no tools that allow you to manage an MSMQ 1.0 enterprise from a Windows Server 2003 family or Windows 2000 computer.