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can you put Windows 2000 Server to work in your organization? These documents describe how the new operating system addresses specific business situations.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/overview/default.asp"><B>Windows 2000 Server Overview</B></A><BR />
The successor to Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Server offers four major areas of improvement. This overview introduces these improvements.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/overview/internet/default.asp"><B>Windows 2000 Server Overview: Internet-Enable Your Business</B></A><BR />
The Internet technologies in Windows 2000 Server let organizations use the Web to connect employees, customers, and suppliers; build internal line-of-business applications; share select information without compromising confidential data; and allow a traveling workforce to connect securely to corporate resources.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/overview/reliable/default.asp"><B>Windows 2000 Server Overview: Reliable</B></A><BR />
Windows 2000 Server provides enhanced reliability. An improved software development process and a focus on reducing the causes of planned and unplanned downtime help prevent server outages. In addition, improved software development and testing tools help prevent system failures caused by faulty code.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/overview/manage/default.asp"><B>Windows 2000 Server Overview: Manageable</B></A><BR />
Windows 2000 Server is easier to deploy, configure, and use. The operating system provides centralized, customizable management services that work with existing management solutions and mixed-platform distributed networks. This overview introduces key Windows 2000 management features, including Windows Scripting Host, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Group Policy, and the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/overview/devices/default.asp"><B>Windows 2000 Server Overview: Best for New Devices</B></A><BR />
Windows 2000 supports a wide range of the latest hardware technologies and peripherals. These include multi-processor hardware, plug-and-play devices, USB devices, network adapters, QoS-enabled switches and routers, wireless devices, smart cards, IEEE 1394 (Firewire) devices, and infrared devices.
<TD WIDTH="16"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/appsvcs.asp"><IMG SRC="/windows2000/images/icoDoc4.gif" WIDTH="11" HEIGHT="11" ALT="Go to Extending Your Business with Advanced Web and Application Services" BORDER="0" VSPACE="2" /></A><!--mstheme--></font></TD>
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/appsvcs.asp"><B>Extending Your Business with Advanced Web and Application Services</B></A><BR />
Windows 2000 includes the services you need to build a fully Internet-enabled business. From creating basic Internet or intranet sites to building a full-blown e-commerce operation, this article describes the many ways you can put the operating system?s Web and Application services to work in your company.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/certified.asp"><B>How Applications Certified for Windows 2000 Simplify Desktop Management</B></A><BR />
Find out how applications certified for Windows 2000 can help you make the most of your Windows 2000 investment.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/communications.asp"><B>Expanding Your Business with Network Services</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/internet.asp"><B>Connecting to the Internet</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/remote.asp"><B>Connecting Telecommuters and Remote Employees</B></A><BR />
This short overview paper explains how the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system connects local and remote networks through routing and virtual private networking (VPN).
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/link.asp"><B>Connecting Networks Together</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/integrate.asp"><B>Integrating Voice, Video, and Data Networks</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/basic.asp"><B>Creating Networks with Windows 2000</B></A><BR />
Traditional networks provide simple fast access to information, improve information management, and increase employee productivity through better internal communications. By connecting to the Internet, businesses can extend their networks to connect customers and business partners to streamline business-to-business communications and transactions. Businesses of all sizes can benefit when the operating system makes creating networks and Internet connections simple, fast, secure, and reliable. This paper provides a short overview of Microsoft Windows 2000-based networking features.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/vpnperf.asp"><B>Windows 2000 VPN: Enterprise Performance with Server-Based Flexibility</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/fileandprint.asp"><B>Managing Resources with the Latest File and Print Technologies</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/managementintro.asp"><B>Cutting TCO-An introduction to Windows 2000 Management</B></A><BR />
This article is an introduction to the management technologies in the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system. It describes the major ways Windows 2000 can help organizations reduce the cost of managing desktop and server systems and provides links to articles that describe the management technologies in greater detail.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/scalability.asp"><B>Scalability in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Family</B></A><BR />
Windows 2000 Server satisfies 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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/infrastructure.asp"><B>Simplifying Network Management with Integrated Infrastructure Services</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/EIM.asp"><B>Enterprise Identity Management within the Digital Nervous System</B></A><BR />
This white paper introduces enterprise identity management, a framework for managing identity.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/managechange.asp"><B>Manage Change with the Windows 2000 Platform</B></A><BR />
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.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/management.asp"><B>IntelliMirror Lets Your Information "Follow" You</B></A><BR />
This strategy paper shows how Windows 2000 allows administrators to focus on managing people, not computers.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/valueim.asp"><B>Understanding the Value of IntelliMirror, Remote OS Installation, and Systems Management Server</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/sfu.asp"><B>Windows Services for UNIX</B></A><BR />
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.
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/interix.asp"><B>Microsoft Interix 2.2</B></A><BR />
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.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/netware.asp"><B>Services for NetWare v.5: The resource for Microsoft Windows 2000 Interoperability with NetWare </B></A><BR />
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).
<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/terminal.asp"><B>Terminal Services: Providing the Benefits of Remote Application Execution</B></A><BR />
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.
