New ways to do familiar Security tasks
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
New ways to do familiar tasks
The following table lists common tasks for managing domain security. For most tasks, the user interface is different in Windows Server 2003 family than in Windows NT 4.0.
Note
- There are no significant user interface differences between Windows 2000, Windows XP, and the Windows Server 2003 family for this component.
| If you want to | In Windows NT 4.0, use | In this version of Windows, use |
|---|---|---|
Edit user rights for domain groups and users that apply to domain controllers |
User Manager for Domains |
Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Define a security template. |
Edit account policies for users in a domain |
User Manager for Domains |
Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Define a security template. |
Edit audit policies for groups and users that apply to domain controllers or specific computers |
User Manager for Domains |
Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Define or modify auditing policy settings for an event category. |
Establish domain trust relationships |
User Manager for Domains |
Active Directory Domains and Trusts. |
Promote member server to a domain controller |
Not available |
Active Directory Installation Wizard |
Assign permissions to files, folders, and registry keys |
Appropriate object manager and Properties page |
Appropriate object manager and Properties page. For more information, see the Access Control How To... page for Access Control. |
Audit security events |
User Manager for Domains |
Appropriate object manager and Properties page. For more information, see Apply or modify auditing policy settings for a local file or folder. |
View security log |
Event Viewer |
Event Viewer. For more information, see View the security log. |
Create users and groups |
User Manager for Domains |
Active Directory Users and Computers. For more information, see Create a new user account and Create a new group. |
Manage a Windows NT 4.0 domain |
User Manager for Domains |
User Manager for Domains |