Remote Desktop is a standard feature in Microsoft Windows Server 2003. It allows you to connect to your server remotely and actually view the desktop. This allows you to perform full administration of your server over the Internet. The Remote Desktop Client is the application used to connect and it is pre-installed on Microsoft Windows XP. This is currently the preferred method for administering Windows-based servers remotely.
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You will have the ability to reboot your server an unlimited amount of times at no additional charge. You can achieve this by using the Remote Desktop Client or the Windows Server 2003 Web Interface. If your server fails to respond and cannot be accessed by any means, you may request for one of our technicians to restart it for you.
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We periodically send technical e-mail notifications to all of our customers in order to inform them of technical maintenance windows, security vulnerabilities, virus alerts, or any current events that could affect their server(s). These notifications will give you the ability to implement preventative measures beforehand to avoid service disruption.
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Microsoft Windows Update is a standard feature of Microsoft Windows Server 2003. It is a service that analyzes your current configuration through a web browser and provides security fixes, product updates, and hardware device drivers for your Windows operating system and Internet Explorer browser.
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Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is a powerful Web server, available in all versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, which provides a highly reliable, manageable, scalable, and secure Web application infrastructure. IIS 6.0 enables organizations of all sizes to quickly and easily deploy Web sites and provides a high-performance platform for applications built using Microsoft ASP.NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
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The Microsoft® .NET Framework is an important new component of the Microsoft Windows® family of operating systems. It is the foundation of the next generation of Windows-based applications that are easier to build, deploy, and integrate with other networked systems.
The .NET Framework simplifies Windows software development. It provides developers with a single approach to build both desktop applications—sometimes called smart client applications—and Web-based applications. It also enables developers to use the same tools and skills to develop software for a variety of systems ranging from handheld smartphones to large server installations.
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ASP.NET is more than the next version of Active Server Pages (ASP); it is a unified Web development platform that provides the services necessary for developers to build enterprise-class Web applications. While ASP.NET is largely syntax compatible with ASP, it also provides a new programming model and infrastructure for more secure, scalable, and stable applications. You can feel free to augment your existing ASP applications by incrementally adding ASP.NET functionality to them.
ASP.NET is a compiled, .NET-based environment; you can author applications in any .NET compatible language, including Visual Basic .NET, C#, and JScript .NET. Additionally, the entire .NET Framework is available to any ASP.NET application. Developers can easily access the benefits of these technologies, which include the managed common language runtime environment, type safety, inheritance, and so on.
Learn more about ASP.NET: http://www.asp.net/learnmore
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Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) is a server-side scripting environment that you can use to create and run dynamic, interactive Web server applications. With ASP, you can combine HTML pages, script commands, and COM components to create interactive Web pages or powerful Web-based applications, which are easy to develop and modify.
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Microsoft DNS is included as part of Windows Server 2003 and has had many improvements over previous versions. With Microsoft DNS, you can run your own DNS server. This will give you full control over your domain names, however it is recommended to have at least two fast and reliable DNS Servers responding for your domains.
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Traditionally, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is used to transfer files and to upload Web content to service providers. The built-in FTP service in IIS 6.0 provides includes the ability to isolate users in their own directory, to prevent them from viewing or overwriting other users' Web content. The user's top-level directory appears as the root of the FTP service, so access is restricted because further navigation up the directory tree is not permitted. Within the user's specific site, the user has the ability to create, modify, or delete files and folders. IIS 6.0 FTP can be deployed across an arbitrary number of front-end and back-end servers, increasing reliability and availability, and can be scaled using virtual directories and servers without affecting the end users.
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 now includes a built in mail server. The mail server enables end users, applications and devices to use Post Office Protocol (POP3) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) services. If you plan to have clients connect to a POP3 server and download e-mail to local computers by using a POP3-capable mail client, you may configure your server as a mail server.
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Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix is a community-supported, easy-to-use WYSIWYG application and database development tool for ASP.NET. It provides Microsoft developers with a robust development environment for building ASP.NET applications. Features include: ASP.NET Page and HTML Designer, SQL Server and Access Database Management, XML Web Services Support, Mobile Application Support, and much more!
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XML Web services enable the exchange of data in client-server or server-server scenarios, using standards like HTTP and XML messaging to move data across firewalls. XML Web services do not tie to a particular component technology or object-calling convention. As a result, programs written in any language, using any component model, and running on any operating system can access XML Web services.
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The HTML-based IIS Remote Administration Tool enables system administrators to administer IIS 6.0 remotely across the Internet or intranet, through a Web browser. This feature allows you to create new sites, change site properties, manage users, configure server network settings, restart your server, and even setup custom alerts. Additionally, the web interface allows you to open a Remote Desktop connection using a Web browser.
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As part of Microsoft's Strategic Technology Protection Program, and in response to direct customer need for a streamlined method of identifying common security misconfigurations, Microsoft has developed the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA).
MBSA includes a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems. MBSA will scan for common system misconfigurations and will also scan for missing security updates on a wide variety of Microsoft applications.
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The Component Services administrative tool enables you to configure and administer COM components and COM+ applications. This Component Services Administration Help documentation provides the conceptual information and procedures you can use for the most common system administration tasks. This generally includes installing and configuring COM+ applications, setting security at the application level, and creating and maintaining COM+ partitions.
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The Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator manages database drivers and data sources on your server. Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is an interface that makes it possible for applications to access data from a variety of database management systems.
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Microsoft Management Console (MMC) hosts administrative tools that you can use to administer networks, computers, services, and other system components.
Microsoft has made great strides in evolving manageability. The new, task-based design in Windows Server 2003 makes it easier to find and carry out common tasks. Improvements to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) boost performance and make management easier.
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Microsoft FrontPage 2002 and earlier versions of FrontPage allow users to create intranet and Internet Web sites quickly and easily. When used in conjunction with Web servers running the FrontPage Server Extensions 2002, users can incorporate sophisticated server-side features in the Web sites they create. While not essential to hosting Web sites based on FrontPage, FrontPage Server Extensions can extend Web site functionality with features such as search capability, save form results to a database, multi-user authoring, and authoring live against a Web server.
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Indexing Service is a standard feature on Windows Server 2003 that extracts content from files and constructs an indexed catalog to facilitate efficient and rapid searching. This is useful for creating large informational web sites that require fast search capabilities.
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Every server will have the Backup Utility for Windows installed. Its backup and recovery features make it easy to backup data and then recover data in the event of a hard disk failure. For added redundancy, you may backup vital information from your primary partition to a second hard drive. You may also choose to download your backups to your local computer for extra protection.
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SmarterMail Professional Edition is a full featured mail server including
full SMTP, POP and IMAP capabilities. Also included in SmarterMail are a fully
featured list serv, domain and end-user level spam and content filtering, and a
powerful web interface for system administrators and end-users, complete with
address book, spell check and server/domain/user statistics.
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SmarterStats is a highly advanced log analysis package ideal for single users
up to enterprise-level hosting companies. Key features include over 130 report
items including full geographic reports, IP and domain exclusions, and a log
file compression system that reduces log space 85% or more.
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SmarterTicket provides streamlined support to your customers by including
features like an integrated Knowledge Base, complete history tracking,
intelligent routing, auditability, and full reporting. With SmarterTicket take
your customer support to the next level.
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InternetDynamo only uses the highest quality server-grade hardware components and backs them all by a 24 Hour Hardware Replacement Guarantee. If any hardware component is deemed defective or unstable, we will repair or replace it within 24 hours of notification.
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InternetDynamo guarantees the usability of your server's Operating System. If your server becomes unusable or unstable because of software corruption, we will perform an Operating System Restore and bring the server back to its initial state.
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InternetDynamo utilizes multiple tier 1 backbone providers along with 100% Cisco network equipment to ensure that your data is always readily available. Our hosting infrastructure was built from the ground up with two things in mind; speed and reliability. Not only do we believe in our infrastructure, but we also back it up with our 99.9% Network Uptime Guarantee.
If your uptime for any given month is deemed to be less than 99.9%, you will be rewarded a 10% credit for the next billing cycle. Network downtime is considered when you cannot communicate with your server by any means. The failure must be submitted to support with a trace route or other demonstration in order to be eligible for a credit. This guarantee covers all InternetDynamo network infrastructure including routers, switches, and cabling, but does not include services or applications running on your server.
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InternetDynamo can provision your server with Helm. This software automates all the aspects of web hosting and is ideal for shared hosting resellers.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.webhostautomation.com
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Depending on the plan you choose, your server is provisioned with either Web Edition or Standard Edition of Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Web Edition is solely for deploying Web pages, Web sites, Web applications, and Web services. Installations of non-Web serving applications are prohibited by Microsoft.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition includes additional functionality that is not included with Web Edition. For starters, you are given a “Manage Your Server” wizard that allows you to configure and manage various server roles on the fly. You are also able to run Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and other 3rd party applications that are not Web server related.
Other features include, but are not limited to:
- Windows Media Services
- Internet Connection Firewall
- Terminal Server
- Enterprise UDDI
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Benchmarked for scalability, speed, and performance, SQL Server is a fully enterprise-class database product, providing core support for Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Internet queries.
InternetDynamo can install Microsoft SQL Server on your server as long as you are running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
or above. This option is not supported on Web Edition.
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E-mail is the mission-critical communications tool that allows people to
produce the best results. Today, people look for rich, efficient access—to
e-mail, calendars, attachments, contacts, and more—no matter where they are or
what type of device they are using. All this while trying to maintain a secure
messaging and collaboration environment.
Microsoft Exchange Server has been designed specifically to meet these
challenges and needs. The new capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server deliver
the advanced protection your company demands, the anywhere access your people
want, and the operational efficiency you need.
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Since you are only given 1 IP address by default, it is recommended that you add additional IP addresses to your server. If ordered along with your server, the setup fee will be waived. You may add an unlimited number of IP addresses at a later date; however there will be a setup fee and we may ask that you provide information on your IP address usage for justification purposes.
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Memory
You may choose to add additional memory to your server; however it is usually more cost-effective to go with a higher plan. This is due to the cost associated with customizing a server. Part of the reason why we are able to offer such low priced solutions is because of standardization. This is handled on a case by case basis and is subject to availability.
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You may choose to add a second hard drive to your server. This could be useful for making backups of your server’s primary partition or simply for extra storage space. If this add-on is ordered along with your server, we will not charge a setup fee. If ordered at a later date, there will be a setup fee and your server will be offline during the hardware installation. This is handled on a case by case basis and is subject to availability.
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All of our server plans are equipped with plenty of bandwidth. Most of our customers never surpass their included allotments; however we offer competitive pricing on bandwidth overages. Guaranteed bandwidth circuits are also available for customers that will be using high rates of bandwidth on a "constant" basis. Bulk pricing may be available on a case by case basis. Please contact us for more details.
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With our advanced monitoring & alerting option, you may have more complex monitoring profiles in place. This is highly useful when you have the need to monitor a deeper layer of your server or application. Some common forms of advanced monitoring include ODBC/SQL queries, dynamic ASP/ASPX page responses, and even POP/SMTP based failure detection. This service allows for up to 5 basic and 3 advanced monitoring and alerting profiles.
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With this feature, you are given access to a web-based interface that allows you to actually turn on or off the power of your server’s power outlet. This is achieved by using genuine APC Master Switches with secure network access. This is useful if your server freezes or becomes unresponsive through regular means as it will allow you to perform a “power cycle” without having to contact support.
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