| About This Book |
xvii |
| Intended Audience |
xviii |
| Prerequisites |
xviii |
| Reference Materials |
xviii |
| About the CD-ROMs |
xix |
| Features of This Book |
xx |
| Chapter and Appendix Overview |
xxii |
| Finding the Best Starting Point For You |
xxv |
| Getting Started |
xxx |
| About the Electronic Book |
xxxvi |
| The Microsoft Certified Professional Program |
xxxvii |
| Technical Support |
xlii |
| CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Windows 2000 Migration |
1 |
| About This Chapter |
1 |
| Before You Begin |
1 |
| Lesson 1: Project Life Cycle |
2 |
| Migration-An Overview |
2 |
| Practice: Categorizing Migration Issues |
3 |
| Lesson Summary |
5 |
| Lesson 2: Migration Terminology |
6 |
| An Upgrade |
7 |
| An Upgrade and Restructure |
10 |
| A Restructure Followed by an Upgrade |
11 |
| A Partial Upgrade/Partial Restructure |
11 |
| Practice: Scenario Analysis |
12 |
| Lesson Summary |
14 |
| Lesson 3: Migration Environments |
15 |
| Migration Endpoints |
15 |
| Lesson Summary |
17 |
| Lesson 4: Windows 2000 Products |
18 |
| Windows 2000 Professional |
18 |
| Windows 2000 Server |
19 |
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
19 |
| Windows 2000 Datacenter Server |
19 |
| Lesson Summary |
19 |
| Review |
20 |
| CHAPTER 2 Project Planning |
21 |
| About This Chapter |
21 |
| Before You Begin |
21 |
| Lesson 1: The Migration Project |
22 |
| The Migration Drive to Windows 2000 |
22 |
| Business and Migration Goals |
22 |
| Practice 1: Goals and Priorities |
23 |
| Setting Goals |
23 |
| The Migration as a Project |
24 |
| Practice 2: Vision and Scope |
27 |
| Lesson Summary |
27 |
| Lesson 2: Project Planning Documents |
28 |
| Functional Specification |
28 |
| Administrative Documents |
29 |
| Deployment Documents |
30 |
| Lesson Summary |
31 |
| Lesson 3: Migration Considerations |
32 |
| Migration Requirements and Opportunities |
32 |
| Lesson Summary |
35 |
| Lesson 4: The Testing Phase |
36 |
| Setting up a Test Facility |
36 |
| Lesson Summary |
40 |
| Lesson 5: Building a Support and Maintenance Team |
41 |
| Required Roles |
41 |
| Lesson Summary |
43 |
| Review |
44 |
| CHAPTER 3 Assessing Your Current Infrastructure |
45 |
| About This Chapter |
45 |
| Before You Begin |
45 |
| Lesson 1: Hardware Assessment |
46 |
| Hardware Inventory |
46 |
| Practice: Assessing Hardware |
48 |
| Lesson Summary |
50 |
| Lesson 2: Application Assessment |
51 |
| Application Inventory and Compatibility |
51 |
| Practice: Analyzing Application Compatibility |
54 |
| Lesson Summary |
56 |
| Lesson 3: Security Assessment |
57 |
| Physical Security |
57 |
| Software Security |
57 |
| Certificate Services |
57 |
| Biometric Devices and Smart Cards |
58 |
| DACLs, Rights, and Group Control |
58 |
| Microsoft Security Configuration Manager |
59 |
| User and Group Account Security |
59 |
| Practice: Checking Windows NT User Accounts |
60 |
| Lesson Summary |
62 |
| Lesson 4: Personnel Assessment |
63 |
| The Right Personnel |
64 |
| The Need for Qualified Staff |
64 |
| Lesson Summary |
65 |
| Review |
66 |
| CHAPTER 4 Assessing Your Network Infrastructure |
67 |
| About This Chapter |
67 |
| Before You Begin |
67 |
| Lesson 1: Assessing Network Services |
68 |
| Network Documentation |
68 |
| Lesson Summary |
73 |
| Lesson 2: Assessing TCP/IP Services |
74 |
| Assessing the DHCP Service |
74 |
| Examining WINS and NetBIOS Services |
75 |
| Practice: Evaluating TCP/IP Services |
76 |
| Lesson Summary |
84 |
| Lesson 3: Assessing DNS |
85 |
| DNS Basics |
85 |
| Practice: Installing and Configuring DNS |
87 |
| Lesson Summary |
92 |
| Lesson 4: Assessing Directory Replicator Service and RRAS |
93 |
| Directory Replicator Service |
93 |
| Routing and Remote Access Service |
93 |
| Lesson Summary |
94 |
| Review |
95 |
| CHAPTER 5 Active Directory Design and Migration |
97 |
| About This Chapter |
97 |
| Before You Begin |
97 |
| Lesson 1: Windows NT and Trusts |
98 |
| Practice: Issues in Planning the Migration |
98 |
| Windows NT Domains and Trusts |
100 |
| Lesson Summary |
102 |
| Lesson 2: Active Directory Concepts |
103 |
| Active Directory Principles |
103 |
| Organizational Units and Active Directory |
103 |
| Active Directory Namespace |
104 |
| Active Directory Objects in Domains |
105 |
| Trees and Trust in Active Directory |
106 |
| Linking Domains Across Forests |
107 |
| Explicit One-Way Trusts |
108 |
| Lesson Summary |
108 |
| Lesson 3: Windows 2000 Sites and Migration |
109 |
| Windows NT 4.0 Logon and Replication Problems |
109 |
| Active Directory Sites |
109 |
| Site Design |
110 |
| Lesson Summary |
111 |
| Lesson 4: Analyzing an Active Directory Design |
112 |
| Active Directory and Planning |
112 |
| The Active Directory Design as a Goal |
114 |
| Forest and Domain Arrangement |
114 |
| Administration and Security During a Migration |
115 |
| Lesson Summary |
117 |
| Lesson 5: Consolidating and Restructuring Domains |
118 |
| Restructure and Consolidation |
118 |
| Creating a Pristine Forest |
118 |
| Restructuring Administration in Active Directory |
119 |
| Lesson Summary |
121 |
| Lesson 6: Planning and Prioritizing the Migration of Domains |
122 |
| Upgrading Account and Resource Domains |
122 |
| Order of Upgrade |
123 |
| Practice: Evaluating Migration Scenarios |
124 |
| Lesson Summary |
133 |
| Review |
134 |
| CHAPTER 6 Performing an Upgrade |
135 |
| About This Chapter |
135 |
| Before You Begin |
136 |
| Lesson 1: Developing an Upgrade Strategy |
137 |
| Upgrade vs. Restructure |
137 |
| Planning the Upgrade Phases |
137 |
| Lesson Summary |
142 |
| Lesson 2: Upgrading a Primary Domain Controller |
143 |
| Practice 1: Upgrading the MIGKIT Primary Domain Controller |
143 |
| Practice 2: Verifying the Upgrade |
157 |
| Lesson Summary |
159 |
| Lesson 3: Maintaining File Replication During the Migration |
160 |
| Practice: Using Lbridge.cmd |
164 |
| Lesson Summary |
168 |
| Review |
169 |
| CHAPTER 7 Transitioning an Upgrade to Native Mode |
171 |
| About This Chapter |
171 |
| Before You Begin |
171 |
| Lesson 1: User Profiles in an Upgrade |
172 |
| Effect of an Upgrade on Profiles |
172 |
| Practice: Testing User Profiles |
173 |
| Lesson Summary |
174 |
| Lesson 2: Windows NT and Windows 2000 Policies |
175 |
| Windows NT Policies |
175 |
| Windows 2000 Group Policy Objects |
176 |
| Practice: Working with Group Policies |
179 |
| Lesson Summary |
181 |
| Lesson 3: Policy Transition and Migration Phases |
182 |
| Policies in Mixed Environments |
182 |
| Tattooing of Windows NT System Policies |
182 |
| Policy Scenarios |
183 |
| Organizational Units |
188 |
| Practice: Investigating Ntconfig.pol and Group Policy Objects |
188 |
| Lesson Summary |
192 |
| Lesson 4: Finalizing the Upgrade |
193 |
| Server Upgrades |
193 |
| Pre-Upgrade Procedures |
194 |
| Practice: Upgrading a Backup Domain Controller |
195 |
| Lesson Summary |
198 |
| Lesson 5: Moving to Native Mode |
199 |
| Practice: Converting a Mixed-Mode Domain to Native Mode |
199 |
| Review |
202 |
| CHAPTER 8 Developing a Domain Restructure Strategy |
203 |
| About This Chapter |
203 |
| Before You Begin |
204 |
| Lesson 1: Planning the Restructure Process |
205 |
| Reasons to Perform a Restructure |
205 |
| Restructure Challenges |
206 |
| Lesson Summary |
207 |
| Lesson 2: Planning the Pristine Environment |
208 |
| Considerations for Planning the Restructure |
208 |
| Installing Windows 2000 for a Pristine Environment |
210 |
| Practice: Create and Configure a Pristine Environment |
211 |
| Lesson Summary |
217 |
| Lesson 3: Types of Restructure |
218 |
| Inter- and Intra-Forest Restructures |
218 |
| SIDhistory Property in Windows 2000 |
220 |
| Restructure Tools |
223 |
| Lesson Summary |
223 |
| Lesson 4: Inter-Forest Restructure |
224 |
| When to Use an Inter-Forest Restructure |
224 |
| Inter-Forest Restructure Prerequisites |
224 |
| Challenges of Inter-Forest Restructure |
226 |
| Inter-Forest Cloning |
226 |
| Lesson Summary |
227 |
| Lesson 5: Intra-Forest Restructure |
228 |
| When to Use an Intra-Forest Restructure |
228 |
| Intra-Forest Restructure Prerequisites |
228 |
| Challenges of an Intra-Forest Migration |
229 |
| Closed Sets of Users and Global Groups |
230 |
| Practice: Examining Closed Sets |
231 |
| Closed Sets and Domain Local Groups |
233 |
| Closed Sets and Migration Planning |
234 |
| Tools for Intra-Forest Migration |
235 |
| Lesson Summary |
235 |
| Lesson 6: Final Components in a Restructure |
236 |
| Moving Member Servers and Workstations |
236 |
| Moving Backup Domain Controllers |
238 |
| Lesson Summary |
239 |
| Lesson 7: Profiles in a Restructure |
240 |
| Moving Profiles |
240 |
| Profiles in Windows 2000 |
241 |
| Profiles and Migration |
241 |
| Lesson Summary |
241 |
| Lesson 8: Planning the Restructure Phases |
242 |
| Practice: Create and Configure a Windows NT Source Environment |
244 |
| Lesson Summary |
245 |
| Review |
246 |
