Planning for Windows 2000 provides detailed descriptions of what the real upgrade hurdles are and shows you how to clear them. Time and labor saving tips on inventory and reconfiguration will simplify migration to Windows 2000. Topics include the restructuring of domains, assessment of critical applications, and the cleanup of NetBIOS-based applications and operating systems. The book also guides you through effective Active Directory design, DNS service design, TCP/IP standards, and security configurations. Tips for hardware planning and simplifying everyday administration are included.
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The arrival of Windows 2000 will surely mean new opportunities and challenges for the enterprise. To make the most of new features like Active Directory and the promise of reduced administration costs, organizations need to plan appropriately. Aimed squarely at the administrator or IS manager, Planning for Windows 2000 provides a worthwhile resource for easing the transition to Microsoft's next-generation operating system.
Planning for Windows 2000 succeeds on several levels. First, it provides an excellent tour of the most important new capabilities of Windows 2000 (such as Active Directory, Dynamic DNS and TCP/IP, and IntelliMirror) and what they mean for the administrator. More importantly, this book provides a guide to defining strategies and in-house policies that will benefit an organization as it transitions to Windows 2000. Included here are mini-tutorials on taking inventory of hardware and software in your shop, developing a security plan, and planning for new Windows 2000 organizational units (OUs) used to model your business systems.
This book also includes a number of step-by-step guides to carrying out important tasks within Windows 2000, such as safely reorganizing domains. There are no screen shots in this book (probably because the OS interface was still under development at the time of writing), but these checklists are still valuable guides to carrying out important administrative tasks and decisions.
Armed with Planning for Windows 2000, any administrator or IS manager can more accurately gauge the impact of Windows 2000 for their organizations, reduce the costs associated with this transition, and take full advantage of this new operating system when it arrives. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: Windows 2000 overview, Active Directory basics, restructuring network domains, software and hardware inventories and in-house standards, Dynamic DNS (DDNS), DHCP, TCP/IP, developing security plans, group policies, organizational units (OUs), IntelliMirror, upgrading to Windows 2000.
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This manual is for managers who must deal with the headaches of hardware/ software upgrades after their organizations move to the next-generation Windows NT operating system. Written by a member of the Windows 2000 Rapid Deployment Program, it discusses Windows 2000 in general; implementing standards with DNS and TCP/IP; hardware; security; and deployment.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting mix of theory and specific deployment practices,
This review is from: Planning For Windows 2000 (New Riders Professional Library) (Paperback)
I like this book. I recommend it to anyone that needs to consult on deploying Windows 2000, and especially if you must work with migration from Windows NT 4.0. It's a combination of theory and practice. It is clear that the writers have already worked out several issues in their own company for consulting on Windows 2000. The Active Directory (AD) modeling is great. The writers give good examples of implementing AD and provide sound. There are several instances where the authors review migration software that should be considered in moving to Windows 2000. They cover in good detail the issues involved in migrating existing domains and file systems to Windows 2000. While there are sections on most key areas of Windows 2000, Active Directory deployment and methods of migrating from Windows NT 4.0 get the bulk of the detail. The book does contain some theory, especially on AD, but it is not a theory book. It's target is the real consultant that needs to think through the processes and issues of migrating. If you already have processes for consulting you may find the later section a little boring, but I think it's valid for the scope of the book. I recommend this book along side a more comprehensive Windows 2000 "Bible".
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Read this if you're planning for Windows 2000 !,
By NikkoTheBookSeller (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Planning For Windows 2000 (New Riders Professional Library) (Paperback)
This book is a must-have for anyone in a position requiring them to plan for a migration to Windows 2000 products. It contains detailed notes on the best way to prepare for and plan a Windows 2000 deployment. Topics such as maintaining standards, designing the Active Directory, hardware considerations, designing a security plan, and how to simplify administration are addressed. I read this book in 2 days. It was easy to read, informative,thorough, and well written. The final chapter, "Putting it all together" was an awesome way to end the book. In this chapter there were checklists for all of the topics listed above,as well as worksheets for estimating hardware needs and designing the network. I would recommend this book as a must-read for administrators and the first book on the agenda prior to planning a migration.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mostly covers domain planning in my opinion.,
By R. Brown "R. B." (Atlanta, GA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Planning For Windows 2000 (New Riders Professional Library) (Paperback)
The title of the book is Planning for Windows 2000 and that's partially true, except it mostly talks about the domain structures and DNS. Not too much info about Windows 2000 Server and Workstation and what you'll have to do differently than NT.
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