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===Servers=== * '''Windows NT 4.0 Server''', released in 1996, was designed for small-scale business server systems.<ref name=":0" /> * '''Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition''', released in 1997, is the precursor to the ''Enterprise'' line of the Windows server family (''Advanced Server'' in [[Windows 2000]]). Enterprise Server was designed for high-demand, high-traffic networks. Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition includes Service Pack 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc767919.aspx|title=Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition Administrator's Guide and Release Notes|publisher=Microsoft|work=microsoft.com|date=February 20, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826183501/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc767919.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The Enterprise Edition saw the introduction of the {{mono|/3GB}} boot flag, which changed the default virtual address space mapping from 2 GB kernel and 2 GB [[user space]] to 1 GB kernel and 3 GB userland.<ref name="xerver">{{cite book|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/kr/resources/systems_kr_x_techsupport_Tuning_xSeries_for_Performance.pdf|title=Tuning IBM xSeries Servers for Performance|publisher=IBM SG24-5287-02|edition=3rd|date=June 2002|pages=92β93|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-date=March 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303011729/http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/kr/resources/systems_kr_x_techsupport_Tuning_xSeries_for_Performance.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> This version also sees the first introduction of [[Microsoft Cluster Server|cluster service]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/digital-clusters-windows-nt|title=Digital Clusters for Windows NT|date=July 31, 1996|website=IT Pro|language=en|access-date=September 19, 2019|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225074923/https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/digital-clusters-windows-nt|url-status=live}}</ref> * '''Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition''', (known as '''Windows-based Terminal Server 4.0''' and '''Windows Terminal Server 4.0''' in beta builds) released on June 16, 1998, allows the users to log on remotely.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/1998/06/16/microsoft-releases-windows-nt-server-4-0-terminal-server-edition/|title=Microsoft Releases Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition|date=June 16, 1998|website=Stories|language=en-US|access-date=September 19, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214213205/https://news.microsoft.com/1998/06/16/microsoft-releases-windows-nt-server-4-0-terminal-server-edition/|url-status=live}}</ref> The same functionality was called ''[[Terminal Services]]'' in Windows 2000 and later server releases, and also powers the ''[[Remote Desktop Connection|Remote Desktop]]'' feature that first appeared in [[Windows XP]] and later versions of Windows. Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, like Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition, includes Service Pack 3.
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