Optimizing Windows Server 2003

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Optimizing Windows Server 2003
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Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 2 AppSense Management Suite for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Overview...................................... 3 AppSense Performance Manager ................................................................................................... 3 AppSense Environment Manager ................................................................................................... 3 AppSense Application Manager..................................................................................................... 3 How does AppSense Management Suite help improve the performance of Windows Server 2003?.... 4 Dynamically manage system performance, availability and capacity................................................ 4 Streamline User Logon................................................................................................................... 4 Self-heal essential elements of the system and user environment ................................................... 4 Eliminate 100% of unauthorized applications and control application access ................................. 5 Remove non-essential application content ..................................................................................... 5 Centralized configuration and deployment .................................................................................... 5 Summary............................................................................................................................................ 6
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Introduction
Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability. Microsoft has improved security and performance within Windows Server 2003. These improvements are valuable to organizations and Administrators trying to alleviate the problem of performance bottlenecks within the application set. The introduction of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 has also provided a host of new security features and unexpected performance enhancements. However, by utilizing the AppSense Management Suite for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, it is possible to fine-tune the operation of the application set supported by the server and deliver significant performance gains that not only provide faster and more responsive systems but also provide the basis for server consolidation. These benefits are derived through: . Enhancing workload management, . Streamlining system processes, and . Controlling and securing the corporate application set AppSense's additional security and performance improvements are an excellent way of encouraging existing Microsoft customers to migrate their systems to Windows Server 2003. Additionally, improved application and server performance benchmarks can help Microsoft battle customer migration to Linux and Unix-based systems.
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AppSense Management Suite for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Overview
The AppSense Management Suite for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 enables systems to deliver increased capacity and performance, while improving overall system security. This enables organizations using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to: . Proactively manage the processor, memory and network bandwidth utilization of the applications running on a system to ensure that user response times are not adversely affected and stability is not compromised. . Optimize the applications installed on the server, reducing virtual memory usage and disk paging, which provides increased system capacity and greater performance. . Streamline previously complex and labour intensive system administration tasks and concentrate r... [download for more]