Windows Server 2003 Deployment Guide

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

The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Guide provides guidelines and recommended processes for designing and deploying Windows Server 2003 family technologies to meet your business needs and IT goals.

This guide includes the following books:

Planning, Testing, and Piloting Deployment Projects

Deploying Network Services

Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services

Planning Server Deployments

Automating and Customizing Installations

Designing a Managed Environment

This guide includes the following technical references:

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Registry Reference

Windows Server 2003 Performance Counters Reference

You must install the following resources from the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD or download them from the Microsoft Web site:

Resource Kit Tools for Windows Server 2003 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=20334)

Deploying Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, in the Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Resource Kit (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=22803)

Note

  • The Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit is only available in English, regardless of the language of your operating system. If you are running the kit on a non-English operating system or an operating system with a Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI), you will see some English content mixed with non-English content in the Help and Support Center table of contents.