Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Web Edition, is a part of the Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 family. It is an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-manage server operating system that is optimized to be a complete Web hosting package.

Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, includes the following features:

• Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, which provides a robust architecture for building and publishing secure Web applications
  
• Revolutionary Microsoft ASP.NET, for deploying Web services and applications rapidly
  
• Remotely administered management, with an easy-to-use, task-driven, internationalized Web user interface (UI)
  
• Remote Desktop for Administration, which provides remote access to the desktop of any computer running a product in the Windows Server 2003 family
  
• Web Interface for Remote Administration, for configuring and managing a server from a remote client, including creating and deleting Web sites, configuring network settings, setting disk quotas, managing local user accounts, and restarting the Web server
  
• Flexibility to use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and scripting, using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) for detailed control and management
  
• Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), so that users can easily publish, manage, and share information over the Web
  
• Additional wizards to make it easier for administrators to set up and manage secure authentication and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security
  
• Improved CPU throttling, which helps organizations to allocate CPU resources on a per-site basis
  
• Scalability through Network Load Balancing
  
• Reliability and security improvements for the entire Windows Server 2003 family
  

Because Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, is optimized for Web serving and hosting, the following features are not included:

• Server clusters
  
• Terminal Server (Note that Remote Desktop for Administration is available.)
  
• File Server for Macintosh and Print Server for Macintosh
  
• Infrared (IR) support
  
• Printer and fax sharing
  
• Internet Authentication Service (IAS)
  
• Remote Storage
  
• Remote Installation Services (RIS)
  
• Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) services
  
• Windows Media Services
  

A server running Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, cannot be established as a domain controller, and it cannot be configured as a host for other server applications, such as Certificate Services, Microsoft Exchange Server, or Microsoft SQL Server.

Virtual private network (VPN) connections are limited to one per media type: local area network (LAN), remote access (dial-up), and direct cable connection. Server Message Block (SMB) connections are limited to 10 simultaneous connections.

Notes

• The feature limitations in this topic apply only to computers running the Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, operating system. If you enable Web services, such as IIS, on a computer running Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Standard Edition, or Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Enterprise Edition, the feature limitations in this topic do not apply.
  
• For the latest product information, see Windows Update at the Microsoft Web site. Windows Update is a catalog of items, such as drivers, patches, the latest Help files, and Internet products, that you can download to keep your computer up to date.