New ways to do familiar Message Queuing tasks
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
New ways to do familiar tasks
These tables compare different user interfaces used for common tasks in Message Queuing in:
Windows Server 2003 family operating systems and Windows NT 4.0.
Windows Server 2003 family operating systems and Windows 2000.
For a table that lists terminology and architectural differences between previous versions and the current version of Message Queuing, see Upgrade overview.
Windows Server 2003 family operating systems and Windows NT 4.0
| If you want to | In Windows NT 4.0 use | In Windows Server 2003 family |
|---|---|---|
Set access control, set access auditing, or change ownership for Message Queuing |
MSMQ Explorer |
Open Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Message Queuing security overview. |
Change the Message Queuing service account |
Services in Control Panel |
Open Computer Management. For more information, see Change the Message Queuing service account. |
Configure routing links |
MSMQ Explorer |
Open Active Directory Sites and Services. For more information, see Routing links. |
For cross-platform messaging, create foreign sites or add foreign computers |
MSMQ Explorer |
Open Active Directory Sites and Services. For more information, see Foreign computers and sites. |
Configure Message Queuing computers and properties, or set computer quotas or properties |
MSMQ Explorer |
Open Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Administration overview. |
Set DNS properties for Message Queuing computers |
Network in Control Panel |
Open Network Connections in Control Panel. For more information, see Set DNS properties for Message Queuing. |
Create, delete, or configure queues, or set queue quotas or properties |
MSMQ Explorer |
Open Computer Management or open Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Administering Queues. |
View or delete messages, or view message properties |
MSMQ Explorer |
Open Computer Management or open Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Managing messages. |
Windows Server 2003 family operating systems and Windows 2000
| If you want to | In Windows 2000 use | In Windows Server 2003 family |
|---|---|---|
Specify a new site for mobile computers. |
Message Queuing in Control Panel |
Open Computer Management. For more information, see Specify a new site for mobile computers. |
Change the supporting server for a dependent client. Note that Message Queuing computers are not enabled by default to support dependent clients. |
Message Queuing in Control Panel |
Open Computer Management. For more information, see Enable a supporting server and Change the supporting server for a dependent client. |
Specify the drives and folders for storing message files, message logs, and transaction logs. |
Message Queuing in Control Panel |
Open Computer Management. For more information, see Store messages on multiple disk drives. |
Change, register, view, and remove certificates. |
Message Queuing in Control Panel |
Open Computer Management. For more information, see Authentication for Message Queuing. |
To renew cryptographic keys for Message Queuing. |
Message Queuing in Control Panel |
Open Computer Management. For more information, see Renew cryptographic keys for Message Queuing. |
Notes
Message Queuing 3.0 does not support a mixed-mode domain environment. That is, an environment where MSMQ 1.0 controller servers running on a Windows NT 4.0 computer exist in a Windows Server 2003 domain, together with Windows Server 2003 domain controllers. After you upgrade Windows NT 4.0 controller servers to the Windows Server 2003 family operating system, and follow the Message Queuing upgrade procedures, the result is a Windows Server 2003 domain environment, with no MQIS servers remaining, and no replication service.
Until this process is completed, and as long as the domain environment is in mixed-mode, Message Queuing directory service functionality (Downlevel Client Support component) cannot be added to Windows Server 2003 domain controllers. In Message Queuing 3.0, directory service functionality is only required to provide directory services for Message Queuing objects to Message Queuing client computers running MSMQ 1.0 and 2.0. Message Queuing 3.0 servers and independent clients running on Windows Server 2003 family computers can access Active Directory directly.
The Message Queuing directory service is not installed by default. To install it, you must select the Downlevel Client Support check box during Message Queuing 3.0 installation. You cannot add this functionality in a mixed-mode environment.
A mixed-mode Windows 2000 domain environment comprised of MSMQ 1.0 controller servers and Windows 2000 domain controllers can still exist. In such an environment, Windows Server 2003 domain controllers can exist, but the Downlevel Client Support component cannot be installed on them.
MSMQ Explorer does not run on Windows Server 2003 family or Windows 2000 computers.
There are no tools that allow you to manage an MSMQ 1.0 enterprise from a Windows Server 2003 family or Windows 2000 computer.