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NT 4.0 Servers with 2000 workstations

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by qultptry 1 view

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Help. I understand that with the new win 2000 - in a network all servers must be 2000. No mixed servers in the network. If I have NT 4.0 servers can I have win 2000 workstations?

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by dc1

Absolutely. This is what alot of organizations are doing first is upgrading the workstations first and then the servers.

by calves

Yes yuou can have W2K workstations as well as Windows 2000 servers. They are functional in a NT environment. Some of the features will not be functionasl until all the server are Windows 2000. But, Windows 2000 servers and workstations casn participate on NT network.

C. Alves

by zinnix

You understand wrong. Very wrong.
You can install win2000 network in "mixed" mode,
slowely to upgrade your rest network to win2000,
and then move to "native" mode.
you can also make win2000 server to be a pdc emulator.
you can make many things.
and yes, you can have a winnt4 network with
win2000 pro laptops/desktops/servers.

Good Luck.

by sdfgsdf

It goes like this. NT server 4 will host 2000 clients no problem. You can NOT, however deploy the new active directory. That is where you are a little grey. To run active directory, all stations and servers must be of 2000 family. My advice (incidentally also what i am doing for my network as we speak) is to upgrade all workstations to 2000 professional, then upgrade all BDC's and finally your PDC. When your network is finally pure, install and deply active directory on your domain. here's a great (over 1000 page) free guide direct from microsoft. it will answer everything you want to know...
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWS2000/library/resources/reskit/dpg/default.asp

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