NT Server

I can only speak from one experience of doing a direct upgrade from NT Server to Win2K. The server was a PDC running WINS, RAS and DHCP, and also had some 3rd party apps like network faxing, modem sharing and non-NT backup software. I removed all 3rd party software first and reinstalled it afterward - they all had to be upgraded anyway, so it made sense to do it this way. Other than that, the server upgraded without a hitch - all services were there, all shares and security settings, etc., etc., were upgraded appropriately. I will say this was a very small domain (only 10-15 users), so the original setup wasn't too complex. It even ran DCPROMO automatically to become a domain controller. The only thing I had to do later was to upgrade the (software mirrored) hard drives from basic to dynamic and then re-mirror them (I didn't actually HAVE to do this, but I wanted to - the mirror was still there as a "legacy" mirror, but I wanted to upgrade it anyway). The worst problems I had were with Proxy Server 2.0 and DNS. I added Proxy after the fact by running the MS "Proxy Server for Win2K" upgrade. I had a lot of problems with this, had to install it twice and I still don't think it really works right. I also had a lot of problems setting up DNS, at least some of which I think were from my own inexperience with DNS. But again, this was not part of the upgrade, as I did not have DNS running under NT 4.0 (maybe would have been better if I had!). Good luck - hope this helps!

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