Checklists Provided in Windows Server 2003 Help

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Checklists

A checklist describes the steps required to set up, configure, or implement a Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, component. Each step refers you to background information or instructions that are needed to complete the step. To perform a task, find the component in the following table and click the checklist.

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, offers all the features of Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, as well as enhanced memory support, support for additional processors, and clustering. To learn more about memory support, see Enterprise Memory Architecture. To find checklists for Network Load Balancing clusters and server clusters, see Clustering in the following table.

Component	Checklist
Active Directory	Active Directory Checklists
Backing up and restoring data	Checklists for Backing Up and Restoring Data
Certificate Services	Checklist: Creating a certification hierarchy with an offline root certification authority Checklist: Configuring certificate autoenrollment
Clustering	Checklist: Enabling and configuring Network Load Balancing Checklists: Creating Server Clusters Checklists: Installing Server Cluster Resources Checklist: Preparation for upgrading a cluster Checklist: Preparation for installing a cluster
Configuring your server	Checklist: Configuring the typical setup for a first server
Connection Point Services (CPS)	Connection Point Services Checklists
DHCP	DHCP Checklists
Disk Defragmenter	Checklist: Defragmenting volumes
Disk Management	Checklist: Adding a new disk
Disk quotas	Checklist: Setting up disk quotas
Distributed File System (DFS)	Checklist: Creating a distributed file system
DNS	DNS Checklists
enterprise Memory Architecture	Checklist: Enabling application memory tuning Checklist: Enabling Physical Address Extension (PAE)
Installing and upgrading	Checklist: Performing an upgrade Checklist: Performing a new installation Checklist: Preparation for upgrading a cluster Checklist: Preparation for installing a cluster
Internet Authentication Service (IAS)	IAS checklists
IP version 6	Checklist: Installing and configuring IPv6
Licensing	Licensing Checklists
Managing security templates	Checklist: Securing computers using Security Configuration Manager
Message Queuing	Checklist: Installing a Message Queuing resource
Modems	Checklist: Installing and configuring modems
Network Connections	Checklist: Configuring network connections Checklist: Setting up a home or small office network
Network Load Balancing clusters	Checklist: Enabling and configuring Network Load Balancing
Network Monitor	Checklist: Monitoring network traffic on your local computer
Printing	Checklist: Setting up a printer
Remote Installation Services (RIS)	Checklist: Installing Remote Installation Services
Remote Storage	Checklist: Setting up Remote Storage
Removable Storage	Checklist: Configure Removable Storage
Routing and Remote Access	Checklist: Installing and configuring the remote access server Checklist: Installing and configuring the router
Security	Checklist: Securing computers using Security Configuration Manager Checklist: Setting up object access auditing
server clusters	Checklist: Preparation for installing a cluster Checklist: Preparation for upgrading a cluster Checklist: Planning and creating a server cluster Checklist: Validating your clustering system Checklist: Creating a new group Checklist: Creating a new resource Checklist: Creating a server cluster application server Checklist: Creating a server cluster file server Checklist: Creating a server cluster print server Checklist: Creating a server cluster virtual server Checklist: Creating a clustered IIS Web or FTP service Checklist: Installing a DHCP Service resource Checklist: Installing a Distributed File System (DFS) root resource Checklist: Installing a Distributed Transaction Coordinator resource Checklist: Installing a File Share resource Checklist: Installing a Generic Application resource Checklist: Installing a Generic Script resource Checklist: Installing a Generic Service resource Checklist: Installing an IP Address resource Checklist: Installing a Local Quorum resource Checklist: Installing a Majority Node Set resource Checklist: Installing a Message Queuing resource Checklist: Installing a Network Name resource Checklist: Installing a Physical Disk resource Checklist: Installing a Print Spooler resource Checklist: Installing a Volume Shadow Copy Service Task resource Checklist: Installing a WINS Service resource
Services for Macintosh	Services for Macintosh Checklists
Smart card setup	Checklist: Deploying smart cards for logging on to Windows
SNMP service	Checklist: Implementing the SNMP service
Software restriction policies	Checklist: Using software restriction policies to help protect your computer against an e-mail virus
Stored User Names and Passwords	Checklist: Using Stored User Names and Passwords safely
System recovery	Checklist: Safeguarding your system Checklist: Recovering a system that will not start Checklist: Restoring data
TCP/IP	Checklist: Configuring TCP/IP
Telephony	Telephony Checklists
Terminal server	Checklists: Setting up Terminal Server
Virtual private networks (VPNs)	VPN Checklists
Windows ATM services	Checklist: Installing ATM services
WINS service	Checklist: Installing a WINS server