Windows Server 2003 Gets a Few Tweaks

Microsoft Corp., trying to make up for the disappointing uptake of Windows Server 2000 and that software's headache-inducing Active Directory installation process, is expected to announce today tweaks to technology, programs and services for Windows Server 2003.

Bob Ellsworth, director of Microsoft's Windows Server Product Management Group, in Seattle, said that a key motivation for the reliability innovations is to convince Windows NT 4 customers to jump over Windows 2000 - which has had a disappointing record of customer uptake - and head straight for Windows Server 2003. "The messaging we're using is, 'Boy, if you're on NT 4 and you haven't yet moved to Windows 2000, now's the time,'" Ellsworth said. "It's ready for prime time."

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