Today Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for the operating systems listed below.
- Windows Server 2003, x64 Editions
- Windows Server 2003 R2, x64 Editions
- Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition with Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 Storage Server R2, x64 Editions
- Windows XP Professional, x64 Edition
Please let us know any thoughts on Service Pack 2, (performance, stability, etc...)
Whats new:
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Starting with this version of Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Remote Installation Services is replaced by Windows Deployment Services
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This version of Windows Server 2003 SP2 includes an update that enables you to simplify the creation and maintenance of Internet Protocol security (IPsec) policy
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Group Policy support for non-broadcasting networks and Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) settings has been added to the Windows wireless client in Windows Server 2003 SP2
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The Windows wireless client now supports WPA2, which enables you to take advantage of high levels of standards-based connection and encryption security
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Icacls.exe is an upgrade of the Cacls.exe tool in Windows Server 2003 SP2
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New options have been added to the Dcdiag.exe Domain Name System (DNS) tests
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XmlLite is new with Windows Server 2003 SP2. XmlLite is a fast, low-level, native XML parser with a small memory footprint.
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A new event log event has been created to address certain situations in which the Cluster service account becomes excessively restricted by domain policy
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