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SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS
Prepare Windows 2000 clients for a Windows Server Longhorn migration
Jonathan Hassell, Contributor
04.16.2007
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Windows Server "Longhorn" presents an interesting set of features that can provide both you and your customers with tangible benefits, so it's never to early to begin preparing your Windows 2000 clients for a Longhorn Server migration. Here I'll explain some of the benefits, and help you determine what to do with your pipeline while Longhorn is still baking.
Longhorn's Server Core is perhaps the most useful new edition of Windows in quite a while, and it's appropriate for use in many situations where rock-solid servers are required. If your clients have server farms hosting network-intensive applications, you will find the changes to the TCP/IP stack and other network performance improvements tantalizing. Hardware assistance also makes network scaling much more cost effective by requiring fewer physical servers than before. Security is, of course, paramount importance, and network access protection (NAP) alone is worth investing in Longhorn Server. Management capabilities are improved as well.
For shops that are still running Windows 2000, the new version is significant apart from just the feature set improvements. Windows 2
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000 Server's mainstream support ended June 30, 2005. While extended support will be available until July 13, 2010, it's smart to consider a move. Longhorn Server, a fundamentally major release, provides a good jump up in new features, although it will likely require a hardware refresh if your customer runs Windows NT or Windows 2000 in production.
Here are some tips to help convince Windows 2000 clients that now's the time to prepare for a Longhorn migration.
So take some time, acquire the beta code, and test Longhorn Server out. It's a most appropriate upgrade for your Windows 2000 clients, and they'll need your help sooner rather than later.
About the author: Jonathan Hassell is an author, consultant and speaker residing in Charlotte, North Carolina. Jonathan's books include RADIUS, Learning Windows Server 2003, Hardening Windows and most recently Windows Vista: Beyond the Manual. His work is seen regularly in popular periodicals such as Windows IT Pro Magazine, SecurityFocus, PC Pro and Microsoft TechNet Magazine. He speaks around the world on topics including Windows administration, networking and security.
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