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web server beachboy 09-11-2006
Posted by beachboy on September 11, 2006, 12:52 am
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 i am building a web server on windows 2003 rc2 server, do anyone think web
server need to install a "active directory"?
as i always image web server equal to application server (standlone
machine).

any comment and advise. Thanks in advanced.



Posted by S. Pidgorny on September 11, 2006, 4:53 am
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 No, Active Directory is a directory service plus network authentication
system with integrated management tools. It is not required for Web server
functionality. It may however simplify achieving single sign-on and/or
distributed authentication in Web farms.

Windows 2003 RC2 (release candidate 2) is long past. The server product was
released in 2002, and it now hase a service pack.

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Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
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>i am building a web server on windows 2003 rc2 server, do anyone think web
> server need to install a "active directory"?
> as i always image web server equal to application server (standlone
> machine).
>
> any comment and advise. Thanks in advanced.
>
>



Posted by MayDay on September 11, 2006, 9:00 am
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S. Pidgorny <MVP> wrote:
> No, Active Directory is a directory service plus network authentication
> system with integrated management tools. It is not required for Web server
> functionality. It may however simplify achieving single sign-on and/or
> distributed authentication in Web farms.
>
> Windows 2003 RC2 (release candidate 2) is long past. The server product was
> released in 2002, and it now hase a service pack.
>

Beachboy, did you mean R2 instead of RC2? R2 is the current version RC2
probably has timed out by now.

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Travis
MayDay Computers

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