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How can you put Windows 2000 Server to work in your organization? These documents describe how the new operating system addresses specific business situations.



File & Print Services

Go to Managing Resources with the Latest File and Print Technologies Managing Resources with the Latest File and Print Technologies
Windows 2000 Server delivers file and print services features and improvements that allow businesses to take advantage of the latest networking and hardware technologies, while controlling costs and making users more productive. You can make it easier for employees to find and share information, improve storage management, and gain the full benefit of new storage and printer hardware.

 

Application Services

Go to Extending Your Business with Advanced Web and Application Services Extending Your Business with Advanced Web and Application Services
If your business is online, you probably want to do even more online. Only a few years ago, the challenge was simply to post content; then came the struggle to interact with your users. Now, the ability to host content and interact is a given�you can only differentiate yourself by having a site that is interesting, dynamic, and delivers services and applications to users in innovative ways. Windows 2000 Server provides the Web and applications services that you need to not only catch up, but to get ahead.

Go to How Applications Certified for Windows 2000 Simplify Desktop Management How Applications Certified for Windows 2000 Simplify Desktop Management
Find out how applications certified for Windows 2000 can help you make the most of your Windows 2000 investment.

 

Communications & Networking Services

Go to Expanding Your Business with Network Services Expanding Your Business with Network Services
This short overview paper shows how the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system lets businesses build new�or enhance existing�services that take better advantage of internal networks and the Internet.

Go to Windows 2000 VPN: Enterprise Performance with Server-Based Flexibility Windows 2000 VPN: Enterprise Performance with Server-Based Flexibility
This paper shows how Windows 2000 enables a high performance virtual private network (VPN) solution at a fraction of the cost of other server-based vendor solutions.

Go to Connecting to the Internet Connecting to the Internet
The Internet has become the conduit for business and creates an opportunity for new opportunities. Today, being connected to the net can be the difference between existing or thriving. This short overview paper explains how Windows 2000 Server makes it easy for organizations to connect to the Internet.

Go to Connecting Telecommuters and Remote Employees Connecting Telecommuters and Remote Employees
This short overview paper explains how the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system connects local and remote networks through routing and virtual private networking (VPN).

Go to Connecting Networks Together Connecting Networks Together
As businesses grow networking demands increase: Departments consolidate, partner relationships become more integrated, and isolated networks need to be connected. This short overview paper examines ways of connecting networks together using Windows 2000-based networking technologies.

Go to Integrating Voice, Video, and Data Networks Integrating Voice, Video, and Data Networks
Today, organizations typically use separate equipment, wiring, and personnel for voice and data networking. This is changing as widespread adoption of Internet technologies is making it practical and compelling to run voice and video communication solutions on data networks. This convergence of voice and data networking can help companies reduce operating costs, increase productivity, and enable new business solutions. This paper provides a short overview of Windows 2000-based technology for integrating voice, video, and data networks.

 

Terminal Services

Go to Terminal Services: Providing the Benefits of Remote Application Execution Terminal Services: Providing the Benefits of Remote Application Execution
Do you have older personal computers deployed in your business? The Terminal Services component of Windows 2000 Server can deliver the Windows 2000 desktop, as well as the latest Windows-based applications, to virtually any desktop computing device, including those that cannot run Windows. Terminal Services allows you to provide a consistent desktop environment to more people in your organization.

 

Infrastructure

Go to Scalability in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Family Scalability in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Family
Windows 2000 Serversatisfies the overwhelming majority of large businesses' needs, demonstrating scalability through symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and clustering in a wide variety of database, application, Web, and messaging workloads, as measured by industry standards and independently audited benchmarks.

Go to Simplifying Network Management with Integrated Infrastructure Services Simplifying Network Management with Integrated Infrastructure Services
Windows 2000 Server lets you create, manage, secure, and adapt your computing infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of your business, while reducing maintenance costs. By simplifying network resource integration and management, the improved infrastructure services within Windows 2000 Server let you build flexible, sophisticated networks that function seamlessly, without requiring complex management processes.

Go to Enterprise Identity Management within the Digital Nervous System Enterprise Identity Management within the Digital Nervous System
This white paper introduces enterprise identity management, a framework for managing identity.

Go to Group Policy Simplifies Administration Group Policy Simplifies Administration
Group Policy allows administrators to do everything they could do with user profiles and policies in Windows NT, but even more effectively.

Go to Manage Change with the Windows 2000 Platform Manage Change with the Windows 2000 Platform
This strategy paper shows how the change and configuration management features that are built into the Windows 2000 operating system help network administrators manage day-to-day tasks.

Go to IntelliMirror Lets Your Information "Follow" You IntelliMirror Lets Your Information "Follow" You
This strategy paper shows how Windows 2000 allows administrators to focus on managing people, not computers.

Go to Understanding the Value of IntelliMirror, Remote OS Installation, and Systems Management Server Understanding the Value of IntelliMirror, Remote OS Installation, and Systems Management Server
This strategy paper shows how IntelliMirror, Remote OS Installation, and Microsoft Systems Management Server work together to offer a full complement of change and configuration management features for Windows-based systems. This article is a guide designed to help administrators select the right combined solution to configure and maintain users' desktops in their corporate computing environments.

 

Interoperability

Go to Windows Services for UNIX Windows Services for UNIX
Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 2.0 provides a set of additional features to Windows NT and Windows 2000 that allow for greater interoperability with existing UNIX-based systems in the enterprise.

Go to Microsoft Interix 2.2 Microsoft Interix 2.2
This paper shows the benefits of Microsoft Interix 2.2: the easiest way to take advantage of previous investments in UNIX legacy applications while moving to the Windows platform.

Go to Services for NetWare v.5:  The resource for Microsoft Windows 2000 Interoperability with NetWare Services for NetWare v.5: The resource for Microsoft Windows 2000 Interoperability with NetWare
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. 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).

 



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