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Section(s): Network , Network
Published on Jul 27, 2005.
Last Modified on Jul 27, 2005.
Last Modified by Mitch Tulloch.
Rated 3.3 out of 5 based on 11 votes.

There's an important difference in how W2K and W2K3 store DHCP information.

There's an important difference in how W2K and W2K3 store DHCP information. W2K DHCP server store their scope configuration information in the Registry, but W2K3 DHCP servers store this information in the DHCP database located in %SystemRoot%\System32\Dhcp. That means scope configurations are automatically backed up in W2K3 when the DHCP database is backed up, which makes it easier to recover from DHCP corruption on the new platform.

Which is another good reason to upgrade from W2K to W2K3. Besides the fact that since W2K has been around for 5 years, so it's now moving to Extended Support which means you have to pay for anything except critical security updates.

About Mitch Tulloch

Mitch Tulloch was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press, which is the book for IT pros who want to deploy, maintain and support Windows Vista in mid- and large-sized network environments. Mitch was also the author of Introducing Windows Server 2008 and technical project lead for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, both books also from Microsoft Press. For more information on these and other books by Mitch, see www.mtit.com .