Windows 2000 Advanced Server, the logical extension and development
of Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition, includes all characteristics
of Windows 2000 Server and offers functionality for optimization,
availability and scalability. Windows 2000 Advanced Server represents
the server for business critical applications and central IT services.
Key Features
| Highest Availability |
Yes |
| Optimized graphical user interface |
Yes |
| PCI, ISA, PC-Card, USB 1394 and infra-red |
Yes |
| Extended Plug & Play |
Yes |
| Extensive driver availability |
Yes |
| Power Management |
Yes |
| Hibernate Mode (Standby Mode) |
Yes |
| Suitability for desktops and notebooks |
No |
| Network-/Applicationserver |
Yes |
| Active Directory Domain Server |
Yes |
| Cloning by Disk Mirroring |
Yes |
| Network Installation |
Yes |
| Administration through Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) |
Yes |
| Remote Management |
Yes |
| Highest security |
Yes |
| Integration with Netware and UNIX |
Yes |
| Bi-directionel synchronisation with Novell
NDS |
Yes |
| Terminal Services |
Yes |
| IP Load Balancing with up to 32 servers |
Yes |
| Failover-Clustering |
2 |
| Winsock Direct for higher performance |
No |
| Process control for Workload Management |
No |
| Maximum number of processors |
8 |
| Maximum memory support in GB |
8 |
Enterprise Server 
