24k users, 40k desktops: many W2k, most NTW4 and some mino

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Business Value of Windows 2000Microsoft
Corporation
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The Real World so far . . .

• Microsoft now running Windows 2000 Active
  Directory
• three weeks of planning
• 48 hours to shift, full native mode
• resource domain consolidation
• gt24k users, gt40k desktops many W2k, most NTW4
  and some minor W9x
• User base migrating to Windows 2000

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The Real World so far . . .
The Boeing Company Continental Airlines Chevron
Compaq Compaq Services Enterprise Partner) Credit
Suisse First Boston (UK) Ernst Young
International Fujitsu Limited Sprint Hewlett
Packard (Enterprise Partner) ICL (Enterprise
Partner) Inacom (Enterprise Partner) INS
(Enterprise Partner) Intel Intesa Microsoft ITG
Johnson Johnson Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lucent Technologies Merrill Lynch Philip orris
NASA Nedcor Bank (South Africa) NEC Corporation
Nortel Networks Prudential Peoplesoft, Inc. Qwest
Reuters Charles Schwab Siemens Timex Travelers
Insurance Texaco U.S. Air Force University of
Texas Voicestream Wang Global WestPac WorldCom
Advanced Networks Warburg Dillon Read (UBS)
Wells Fargo Bank
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Windows 2000 Family
Desktop
Server
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Windows 2000 Family

• Windows 2000 Professional
• NT Workstation with most-advanced Plugn Play and
  Power Management
• Active Directory client
• Windows 2000 Server
• 4-way SMP
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Formerly NTS/EE
• 8-way SMP, 3 GB, MSCS, IP load balancing
• Windows 2000 Datacenter Server (new!)
• 32-way SMP 64 GB Ram capable

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Five Business Values of Windows 2000

• Lower TCO Management and Administration Advances
  for Server and Desktop
• Fastest Data When You Need It Improved Server
  Performance, Scalability, Reliability
• User Productivity When and Where You Most Need
  It Offline Folders and Terminal Services
• One Stop Shopping with Active Directory
  Interoperability and the Metadirectory Story
• Strategic Development Platform for BackOffice and
  LOB Applications

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Windows 2000Lowering TCO

• AdministrationAdministration by role, delegation
  as needed (Active Directory!)
• Software installation and management Install,
  configure, repair, remove (Intellimirror!)
• User settings managementControl the desktop
  applications and look/feel via Active
  Directory/Group Policy (Intellimirror!)

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Group Policy
Headquarters
Engineering
Accounting
IT Staff
San Antonio
Houston
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Windows 2000Fastest Data When You Need It

• Application Performance Very Large Memory (VLM)
  is supported
• High Availability Clustering and IP Load
  Balancing

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Clustering in Windows 2000
Application High Availability Clustering (
Cluster Service)
Component Load Balancing (COM)
Clients
Network Load Balancing
COM Components
Application Servers SQL, Exchange, File
IIS Web Server ( Any IP based services)
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Windows 2000User Productivity When and Where You
Most Need It

• Offline Folders (Intellimirror!)
• Redirect My Documents to the network
• Control the volume of user data NTFS v5 user
  quotas!
• Make users productive on network data with or
  without a network connection using Offline
  Folders
• Mobile users can access network data on a
  plane!
• Terminal Services

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Terminal Services for Apps . . .
Server has apps ...
Windows 2000 Terminal Server
RAS
IIS
Internetvia ActiveX Client
Mac
Modem
PPTP
UNIX
Corporate Intranet
POS / Remote Sites / Branch Offices
That Clients Run Anywhere!
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Windows 2000One Stop Shopping with Active
Directory

• What is Active Directory?
• Directory Service is a database of objects on a
  LAN.
• Where is my printer? What rights does Jon Smith
  have? Etc.
• Active Directory is Windows 2000s Directory
  Service
• replaces and greatly advances the Windows NT4.0
  SAM

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Windows 2000 Active Directory

• Windows Clients
• Mgmt profile
• Network info
• Policy

• Windows Servers
• Mgmt profile
• Network info
• Services
• Printers
• File shares
• Policy

• Windows Users
• Account info
• Privileges
• Profiles
• Policy

Active Directory

• A Focal Point for
• Manageability
• Security
• Interoperability

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Windows 2000 and the Metadirectory
Interoperability!

• Microsoft is integrating technologies from recent
  acquisition of Zoomit Corp.
• Provides advanced connectivity for varied
  directory data (including NDS!)

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Windows 2000Strategic Development Platform

• Backoffice applications leverage Windows 2000
  kernel job-protection for reliability and VLM for
  performance.
• Microsoft Transaction Server and Message Queue
  Services provide reliable, consistent n-tier
  application support.
• Windows 2000 E-Commerce Platform--IPSEC, VPN,
  Kerberos, SSL, IIS5, Proxy Server. The tools and
  foundation for great E-Commerce are there!

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Five Business Values of Windows 2000

• Lower TCO Management and Administration Advances
  for Server and Desktop
• Fastest Data When You Need It Improved Server
  Performance, Scalability, Reliability
• User Productivity When and Where You Most Need
  It Offline Folders and Terminal Services
• One Stop Shopping with Active Directory
  Interoperability and the Metadirectory Story
• Strategic Development Platform for BackOffice and
  LOB Applications

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Windows 2000Questions And Answers