The windows 2000 server operating system integrated Internet technologies across all services, from File and Print to advanced line-of-business application services. This helps ensure organizations can more effectively exchange information with customers, partners, and employees worldwide.
Windows 2000 Server meets the needs of a brand spectrum of users, from corporate intranets to Internet Services Providers hosting Web sites receiving millions of hits per day. Because Internet Information Server 5.0 IIS) is fully integrated at the operating system level, windows 2000 Server lets organizations add Internet capabilities that weave directly into the rest of their computing infrastructure.
Specifically, Windows 2000 Server lets organizations:
Share Information More Efficiently Using the Web
In the past, performing standard file operations on a network file share was much easier than performing similar operations on a remote Web site. Now, Windows 2000 Server technologies such as Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) make it as easy to carry out standard file operations on a Web share. The key features of sharing information are listed below:
Support for the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)