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Windows Server System Reference Architecture (WSSRA) delivers architectural guidance for the Windows Server 2003 environment. For design guidance for Windows Server 2008 environments, see the Infrastructure Planning and Design link on this page.

• Note: For Windows Server 2008 environments, see Infrastructure Planning and Design.
  
  Windows Server System Reference Architecture is a technology architecture that has been rigorously tested and proven in a partnered lab environment to provide exceptional planning and implementation guidance that addresses fundamental Windows Server 2003 infrastructure issues such as availability, security, scalability, and manageability of the platform.
  
  The Overview Documents provide the supporting information that will aid the understanding of the documentation set and ensure its most effective use.
  
  Architecture Blueprints provide IT professionals with a common understanding of overriding principles prior to leveraging guidance on specific IT services.
  
  The Implementation Guides provide fully integrated sets of service-specific guidance for each of the services covered as part of WSSRA. Each implementation guide package contains an introduction document, a service blueprint, a planning guide, a build guide, and an operations guide.
  
  The Deployment Toolkit provides all of the low-level scripts, plans, and configuration settings used to build the environment in which WSSRA was established and tested.
  
  Send questions or feedback to us directly at [email protected].

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	Size
WSSRA_All_In_One_Download.exe SHA1: cd2f88dcfb8c471df0058ae0e9623433dc7873a8	47.84 MB
WSSRA_An_Overview.exe SHA1: 310b062f252b031b8822d8d4a09634a7e2b82bd7	1.38 MB
WSSRA_Architecture_Blueprints.exe SHA1: 36fbee4280a3f0225a2c664a8697d31698451497	3.97 MB
WSSRA_Backup_and_Recovery_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: c1d3f23e8b8d049f5d17d5aaa18265e188de6686	805 KB
WSSRA_Certificate_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 0822ee3461a0bbd9d07d6c85e79e14cea943a33e	927 KB
WSSRA_Computing_Devices_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 570200b37dd75ac05bffa1abf7bd5cd736dabb01	402 KB
WSSRA_Data_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 7781a45094658ea5193bcef508ce7b203c9f0cb6	1.60 MB
WSSRA_Deployment_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 150ab69fbba532425d68c7684df52ee4c62f8472	509 KB
WSSRA_Deployment_Toolkit.msi SHA1: 89498165b38ca7976b328dab017baa0014a10c93	13.46 MB
WSSRA_Directory_Service_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 0d466de7971655ce2c936b3fd217bccf0b443d29	1.15 MB
WSSRA_File_and_Print_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: ab2008f811b60c6fe0a7629fc546c13a44ff425b	1.55 MB
WSSRA_Firewall_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 67b0b3dd2ede59725b7e242da7ed954702f2224a	4.38 MB
WSSRA_Infrastructure_Management_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 2d92bace1ef5ce3b5b0e0c8c6c4faba7fafc90b0	501 KB
WSSRA_Messaging_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 1d8f1b472282cd46425d29e220cb57021734ad08	7.12 MB
WSSRA_Middleware_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: f68449034551edb32c4c7d5a18de7c977b0ec673	921 KB
WSSRA_Network_Devices_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: cb51d860309b3346502cacd89ff83aa83b12cfbb	1.84 MB
WSSRA_Network_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 8cb1f60d32f5804896e64306eac693fa1620e16c	2.78 MB
WSSRA_Remote_Access_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: dabbdb2da3cbe4bbb6c0a872d5d49a4378d7a748	2.43 MB
WSSRA_Storage_Devices_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: 140990a49d60d57b894729f47af79d9cecaa7ed1	1.61 MB
WSSRA_Web_Application_Services_Implementation_Guides.exe SHA1: d5514d2abaab61a0dc3569235ff8766832b0eff9	1.21 MB

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