I have accumulated a few more tidbits for anyone who is interested.

1) When doing file/folder shares, by default, W2K3 now assigns 'Everyone' read only access instead of full blown rights.

2) I have applied several custom INF security templates that I wrote for Win2000 and they all work without a hitch. No surprise here though. I didn't expect registry or LSA changes to be drastic.

3) Get used to the new 'netsh' command as it seems to take the place of several long standing CLI tools. We first saw this tool in XP but now we know it is here to stay.

Anyway, if there is something specific you want to see, just let me know. For now, I am moving on to AD because it seems that is where most of the development efforts went. Oh yeah, also in third-party authentication support and enhancements. I find that humorous seeing that most of the implementations will not use the functionality. I wonder what large customer requested it?


--Hope this helps

--TH13