Using Windows 2000

In today's competitive world, IT professionals are increasingly aware of the new emerging technology, as well as managing customer relationships and communicating their thoughts on effectively increasing an IT infrastructure in a Windows world. The following is a proposal for an upgrade of NT to Windows 2003 server within any organization. With the benefits of Windows 2000 it is part of the Microsoft Windows NT line of operating systems and was released on February 17, 2000. Windows 2000 is classed as a hybrid-kernel operating system divided into two modes, a user mode and a kernel mode. With the new security features it offered at the time, Windows 2000 had functionality similar to NT, but with new and improve tools and services.

With the new tools and services that were added for Windows 2000, including many system utilities such as the Single Sign-on, Kerberos v5 integration, Active Directory security, Delegation of authentication, Public key infrastructure, Encrypting file system, and SSL Client Authentication, Windows 2000 had enhanced functionality, including the ability to provide Active Directory services, Distributed file system and fault-redundant storage volumes. With all of these new advancements, most enterprises were ready to take it easy once the upgrade has been completed, but one must remember that technology, as well as Microsoft, keeps evolving.

As for the future of Windows 2000 Server coming to an end, support for both IE 5.01 SP3 and IE 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP3 will expire. Networks that are running Windows 2000 SP4, in order to continue to receive security updates, move from mainstream to extended support. On releasing IE7 for Windows 2000, some of the security work in IE7 relies on an operating system's functionality in XPSP2 that is non-trivial to port back to Windows 2000.

With this piece of information, as well as having Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with Windows 2000 Server and Windows NT Server. Primary improvements are reduced costs associated with server administration and lower downtime costs. From a TCO perspective, Web, file, print, security, and email. offer significant improvements.

References

Big business can postpone Windows 2003 Server upgrade (N.D) Retrieved December 9, 2004 from http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9238

No IE7 for Windows 2000