Chapter 6. Upgrading to Windows Server 2003

Architectural Changes since Windows NT 4 109

Planning a Windows NT Domain Upgrade 118

Preparing Domains and Computers 138

Upgrading to Windows XP 143

Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 145

Forest and Domain Functional Levels 147

Summary 153

With tens of thousands of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows NT 4 servers deployed, upgrading to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is a topic of vital interest to most companies. This interest goes far beyond learning how to simply upgrade the operating system. Much more important is learning how to prepare Windows NT and Windows 2000 domains for the inclusion of Windows Server 2003 domain controllers, and learning how and when to convert a domain to one of the Windows ...

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