Services for NetWare v.5: The
resource for Microsoft Windows 2000 Interoperability
with NetWare
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Contents
The Microsoft� Windows� 2000 Server
operating system builds on the strengths of Windows NT�
technology, combining standards-based directory, Web,
application, communications, file, and print services with high
reliability, efficient management, and support for the latest
advances in networking hardware. All of this provides a superior
foundation for integrating your business with the Internet.
To bring these benefits to customers who have
chosen the Novell NetWare operating system and to help them
migrate to Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft developed Microsoft
Services for NetWare v.5 (SFNW5). SFNW5 provides customers with
a complete set of new interoperability services and tools for
integrating the Windows 2000 Server product family and Windows
NT Server 4.0 into their existing NetWare environments.
The new interoperability technologies of
Services for NetWare include the following:
 | Microsoft Directory Synchronization
Services.
| | File Migration Utility
| | File and Print Services for NetWare v.5. |
Services for NetWare also includes the
following interoperability technologies available in previous
versions:
| File and Print Services for NetWare v.4.
| | Directory Service Manager for NetWare. |
Microsoft Directory Synchronization
Services
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Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services (MSDSS)
enables customers to synchronize a wide variety of data stored
in the Active DirectoryTM service with Novell
Directory Service (NDS) and NetWare 3.x binderies.
MSDSS is a highly flexible service that helps
Novell customers reduce network management and simplify the
adoption of Windows 2000 Server in a NetWare environment. MSDSS
supports two-way synchronization with NDS and one-way
synchronization with NetWare 3.x binderies to provide a complete
directory interoperability solution. MSDSS also supports
password synchronization and provides a directory migration
service.
MSDSS allows NetWare customers to deploy
Active Directory in Windows 2000 Server without having to
replace existing directories or bear the cost of managing two
separate directories. As a result, customers have the
flexibility to consolidate directory management where multiple
directories are required, manage accounts from either directory,
and use directory-enabled applications, devices, and services
based on the Windows 2000 Active Directory service.
MSDSS supports all major NetWare platforms and
most Novell directories and binderies, and it includes support
for IPX/SPX and TCP/IP network protocols.
File Migration Utility (FMU) enables customers
to move large amounts of file data from all versions of NetWare
to Windows 2000, while preserving directory structures and
security permissions.
Integrated with MSDSS, FMU preserves
file-access control information so that security permissions are
not lost during the migration. Moreover, users can maintain
access to their files during the migration process, providing a
seamless and transparent migration experience. FMU can also be
used to perform gradual or direct migrations through a
wizard-based migration-management interface.
FMU supports all major NetWare file systems
and platforms and includes support for IPX/SPX and TCP/IP
network protocols.
File and Print Services for Netware
Version 5.0
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File and Print Services for NetWare 5 (FPNW5)
is an add-on product that allows customers using NetWare 2.x,
3.x, and 4.x (in bindery emulation mode) to enhance their
NetWare-based network with Windows 2000-based servers that look
like a NetWare server to NetWare clients, users, and
administrators. Many customers are interested in this kind of
coexistence, since Windows 2000 Server is a multipurpose server
operating system that offers excellent file and print,
application, communication, directory, terminal, and
Internet/intranet services.
FPNW5 emulates NetWare servers, which eases
the transition from NetWare to Windows 2000 by not interfering
with the NetWare network, by maintaining a single logon for the
clients, requiring no client configuration changes, and allowing
customers to benefit from the strengths of Windows 2000 Server
while maintaining their current investment and infrastructure.
File and Print Services for Netware
Version 4.0
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File and Print Services for NetWare v.4
(FPNW4) performs the exact same functions as FPNW5, but for
Windows NT Server 4.0 instead of Windows 2000.
Directory Service Manager for NetWare (DSMN)
can be used specifically to manage NetWare 2.x and 3.x binderies
with Windows NT Server 4.0 Directory Service. DSMN copies the
NetWare user accounts to the Windows NT Server 4.0 Directory
Service and then propagates any changes back to the NetWare
server.
NetWare 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x customers who are
managing their networks via the NetWare bindery have a huge
management burden because they have to manage each server and
its users separately from the rest of their servers. With
Windows NT Server 4.0 and DSMN, these NetWare customers can
centrally manage their mixed Windows NT- and NetWare-based
environments using Windows NT Server 4.0 Directory Services. All
this is done without the need to install any software on the
NetWare servers.
Microsoft Windows Services for Netware v.5
lets customers integrate the Windows 2000 Server platform into a
variety of existing NetWare environments. In conjunction with
the interoperability services included with Windows 2000 Server,
Services for NetWare provides interoperability services and
tools that help NetWare customers more easily coexist with, or
migrate to, the Windows 2000 Server platform.
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Directory Synchronization Services
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