Migrating from Windows NT 4 to Windows 2000

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 5

Prerequisites: Windows 2000 Professional and Server Administration Principals, Active Directory Implementation, or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Planning your migration

Topic A: 0 Goals and milestones

A-1: Setting migration priorities

Topic B: 0 Current environment evaluation

B-1: Defining upgrade requirements

Topic C: 0 Defining your target environment

C-1: Defining a domain model

Topic D: 0 Domain restructure vs. domain upgrade

D-1: Choosing a migration type

Topic E: 0 Establishing the migration order

E-1: Determining a migration strategy

Unit 2 : Testing migration scenarios

Topic A: 0 Test lab configuration

A-1: Designing a test lab for Fairco Manufacturing

Topic B: 0 Test plans

B-1: Designing a test case

Topic C: 0 Pilot migrations

C-1: Designing a pilot migration

Unit 3 : Upgrading the Primary Domain Controller

Topic A: 0 Namespace design

A-1: Defining namespace requirements

Topic B: 0 Recovery preparation

B-1: Planning for recovery

Topic C: 0 Primary Domain Controller upgrade

C-1: Upgrading the PDC

Unit 4 : Moving from mixed to native mode

Topic A: 0 Mixed-mode operations

A-1: Troubleshooting problems in mixed mode

Topic B: 0 Recovery

B-1: Preparing for recovery

Topic C: 0 Native mode

C-1: Converting to native mode

Unit 5 : User account configuration

Topic A: 0 Account policies

A-1: Migrating account policy

Topic B: 0 User rights

B-1: Migrating user rights

Topic C: 0 Logon restrictions

C-1: Migrating logon restrictions

Unit 6 : Profiles and policies

Topic A: 0 User profiles

A-1: Migrating user profiles

Topic B: 0 Logon scripts and home directories

B-1: Using home directories in Windows 2000

Topic C: 0 Policy

C-1: Migrating policy

Unit 7 : Replication

Topic A: 0 Windows NT replication

A-1: Changing the replication exporter

Topic B: 0 Windows 2000 replication

B-1: Understanding Windows 2000 replication

Topic C: 0 Replication in mixed mode

C-1: Configuring mixed-mode replication

Unit 8 : Configuring network services

Topic A: 0 Domain Name System (DNS)

A-1: Identifying Windows 2000 enhancements to DNS

A-2: Defining a DNS strategy

Topic B: 0 Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)

B-1: Designing a WINS strategy

Topic C: 0 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

C-1: Designing a DHCP strategy

Topic D: 0 Remote Access Service (RAS)

D-1: Determining an RRAS migration strategy

Unit 9 : Terminal Services

Topic A: 0 Terminal Services implementation

A-1: Installing and configuring Terminal Services

Topic B: 0 Client configuration

B-1: Installing and configuring clients

Topic C: 0 Remote administration mode

C-1: Using remote administration mode

Topic D: 0 Application mode

D-1: Supporting applications

Unit 10 : BackOffice products

Topic A: 0 Active Directory and Exchange 5.5

A-1: Installing and configuring the ADC

Topic B: 0 Upgrading other BackOffice servers

B-1: Upgrading BackOffice servers

Unit 11 : Certificate Services

Topic A: 0 Certificate Services design

A-1: Designing a Certificate Services strategy

Topic B: 0 Certificate Services implementation

B-1: Implementing Certificate Services

Unit 12 : Domain restructure

Topic A: 0 Restructuring strategies and tools

A-1: Determining a restructure strategy

Topic B: 0 Pristine environment

B-1: Creating a pristine target environment

Unit 13 : Interforest restructure preparation

Topic A: 0 Migration and resource access

A-1: Understanding resource access during migration

Topic B: 0 Restructure preparation

B-1: Preparing for account domain restructure

Unit 14 : User and group migration

Topic A: 0 Global group migration

A-1: Cloning global groups

Topic B: 0 User migration

B-1: Migrating users

Topic C: 0 User profile migration

C-1: Migrating user profiles

Unit 15 : Interforest restructure of a resource domain

Topic A: 0 Member server and workstation migration

A-1: Preparing to migrate computers

A-2: Migrating computers

Topic B: 0 Service account migration

B-1: Migrating service accounts

Topic C: 0 Redeploying and decommissioning

C-1: Decommissioning the source domain

Unit 16 : Sites

Topic A: 0 About sites

A-1: Defining sites

Topic B: 0 Site links

B-1: Defining site links and bridges

Topic C: 0 Site implementation

C-1: Implementing sites

Unit 17 : Intraforest restructure

Topic A: 0 Intraforest restructure overview

A-1: Planning an intraforest restructure

Topic B: 0 Computer migration

B-1: Moving computers

Topic C: 0 User and group migration

C-1: Migrating users and groups

Topic D: 0 Intraforest restructure recovery

D-1: Defining a recovery strategy

Unit 18 : Post-migration activities

Topic A: 0 Removing former SIDs

A-1: Deleting sIDHistory

Topic B: 0 NetBIOS

B-1: Removing NetBIOS

Appendix A : Windows 2000 naming conventions

Topic A: 0 Naming conventions