Planning for Windows 2000

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.

• Introduction
  
  • Who This Book Is For
    
  • How This Book Is Organized
    
  • Conventions Used
    
  
  

Part I - Preparing for Windows 2000

• Chapter 1 - Windows 2000 Overview
  
  • Active Directory
    
  • Security
    
  • Storage
    
  • Networking
    
  • Enterprise Management
    
  
  
• Chapter 2 - Restructuring Downlevel Domains
  
  • Typical Downlevel Domain Models
    
  • Understanding Your Restructuring Options
    
  • Choosing the Right Tools for Combining Domains
    
  • Combining Domains Before Your Upgrade
    
  • Combining Domains After Your Upgrade
    
  
  
• Chapter 3 - Implementing Standards
  
  • Why Standardize?
    
  • Standardization Process Overview
    
  • Step 1: Discovering Current Status
    
  • Step 2: Establishing a Standard
    
  • Step 3: Documenting the Standard
    
  • Step 4: Bringing the Environment into Compliance
    
  • Step 5: Maintaining and Reviewing the Standard
    
  
  
• Chapter 4 - Assessing Critical Applications
  
  • Identifying Critical Applications
    
  • Potential Pitfalls
    
  • Leveraging Inventory
    
  • Discovering Problem Applications
    
  • Upgrade, Replace, or Retire?
    
  
  
• Chapter 5 - Removing NetBIOS
  
  • NetBIOS Overview
    
  • Windows 2000 and NetBIOS
    
  • Transitioning Away from NetBIOS and WINS
    
  
  

Part II - Designing Windows 2000 Networks

• Chapter 6 - Designing the Active Directory
  
  • Planning a Domain Structure
    
  • Planning an OU Structure
    
  • Planning a Site Structure
    
  
  
• Chapter 7 - Planning a Dynamic DNS Structure
  
  • History of DNS and the Internet
    
  • Problems with HOSTS.TXT
    
  • The Introduction of DNS
    
  • DNS in Microsoft Networks
    
  • How the Domain Name System Works
    
  • Role of Dynamic DNS in Windows 2000
    
  • Designing a Dynamic DNS Structure
    
  • WINS and DDNS Integration
    
  • Planning DHCP Services
    
  
  
• Chapter 8 - Forming TCP/IP Standards
  
  • IP Addressing Overview
    
  • IP Addressing Design
    
  • New IP Services
    
  
  
• Chapter 9 - Estimating Hardware Needs
  
  • Analyzing Current Systems
    
  • Upgrading Components or Replacing Machines
    
  • Ideal Systems
    
  
  
• Chapter 10 - Creating a Security Plan
  
  • Providing Secure Authentication Services
    
  • Protecting the File System
    
  • Understanding User Rights
    
  • Securing Active Directory
    
  • Leveraging Certificate Services
    
  • Windows 2000 Default Security Configurations
    
  
  
• Chapter 11 - Simplifying Administration
  
  • Group Policy
    
  • IntelliMirror
    
  • The Distributed File System (DFS)
    
  • Automatic System Recovery (ASR)
    
  • Windows Scripting Host (WSH)
    
  • Auditing Events
    
  • Resource Kit Utilities
    
  • Operating System Features
    
  
  

Part III - Deploying Windows 2000

• Chapter 12 - Windows 2000 Upgrade and Migration
  
  • Upgrading to Windows 2000
    
  • Migrating to Windows 2000 Using the Directory Services Migration Tool
    
  
  
• Chapter 13 - Removing Resource Domains
  
  • Determining Which Resource Domains to Eliminate
    
  • Developing a Domain Upgrade Recovery Plan
    
  • Preparing for Post-Upgrade Administration
    
  • Eliminating a Resource Domain
    
  
  
• Chapter 14 - Putting It All Together
  
  • Part I: Preparing for Windows 2000
    
  • Part II: Designing Windows 2000 Networks
    
  • Part III: Deploying Windows 2000
    
  
  
• Glossary
  
• Index