Building on the strengths of Windows NT, Microsoft launched Windows 2000 to provide businesses with a single platform on which to run all business applications.

Windows 2000 can be used to run a web server as well as a personal computer and the network server on which it runs.

Notable features of the Windows 2000 products are:

A fully customizable administrative console that can be based on tasks rather than files, applications or users.

A file directory approach called Active Directory that lets the administrator and other users view every file and application in the network from a single point-of-view.

Dynamic Domain Name Server (DNS), which replicates changes in the network using the Active Directory Services, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) whenever a client is reconfigured.

The ability to create, extend or mirror a disk volume without having to shut down the system and to back up data to a variety of magnetic and optical storage media.

A Distributed File System (DFS) that lets users see a distributed set of files in a single file structure across departments, divisions or an entire enterprise.

Close integration with and support for Microsoft's Message Queue Server, Transaction Server and Internet Information Server (IIS).

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