Comparing Sun Solaris 7, Windows nt server 0, and Windows 2000 Server

Table 1. Comparing 64-Bit and 32-Bit Windows 2000

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  File and Print Sharing – The file and print sharing features in Windows 2000 Server provide customers with an advanced solution, offering a distributed file system, Internet printing, content indexing, dynamic volume management, and Plug-and-Play support.
  
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  Networking and Communications – Networking infrastructure is complete and manageable – it offers true dynamic configuration, integrated dial-up and virtual private networking (VPN) with support for the latest Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) VPN protocol suite, telephony and a quality of service (QoS) solution to guarantee bandwidth and network availability.
  
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  Application Services – Windows 2000 Server provides customers with a scalable solution in terms of CPU and memory support. The combination of Clustering Services, component load balancing, and the Windows Load Balancing Service provides a comprehensive solution to increase scalability and reliability. Terminal Services provide a thin-client solution. And in Windows 2000, distributed file system (DFS) support has been added to Terminal Services.
  
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  Internet Services – The Windows 2000 Internet services also offer a complete solution. Windows 2000 Server includes unrivaled Internet services for management, publishing, streaming media, and performance enhancement.
  
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  Management Services – The Active Directory service in Windows 2000 Server is built completely around Internet-standards and offers extensibility and scalability. This makes it a solution on which to build enterprise-level directory-enabled applications. Microsoft Management Console (MMC) provides customers with a single, customizable interface for managing networking services and applications. The combination of IntelliMirror™ management technologies, Windows Installer, and Group Policy Services easily provides a comprehensive solution for software distribution and desktop management. For security, Windows 2000 Server supports Kerberos V5, smart card authentication, fully integrated public key infrastructure, and encrypted file system (EFS) services. Windows Management Infrastructure (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of the Common Information Model (CIM), a public standard supported by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). The WMI technology enables management applications to produce reports of network inventory, display system information, respond to events, start or stop system services, and send an eject command to a disk drive with replaceable media.