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Microsoft's services vary enormously in their complexity. In this section I have deliberately chosen services such as DNS and DHCP which are quite tricky to setup. Each
service has step-by-step
tutorials to help you find the most important settings for Windows Services. With the exception of Volume Shadow Copy, you find these services on both Windows Server 2003 and 2000. However, the later
operating system usually has a few more sub-menus.
I designed this page to be a mini sitemap with pointers to the selected services.
More Information. As an MCT trainer, I can thoroughly endorse TrainSignal because they
deliver practical hands on training. In particular, I like the way that TrainSignal cover all learning methods, instructor lead, video and of course text material. You can either take one module,
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See more about Windows 2003 training here
Windows Server 2003 Services
Right from their early versions of Windows, Microsoft have implemented their operating system through a
series of services. The equivalent in DOS would have been TSR, or in other operating systems Daemon or Netware Loadable modules. Some names, such as WINS and SUS you immediately think of as services, whilst others
like Volume Shadow Copy or Alerter are just 'there' and you don't really think of them as operating services.
To get a full list of Windows Server 2003 services, launch the snap-in and examine the list.
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