Windows 2000 Platforms

Introduction to windows 2000

Windows 2000 has made significant strides over windows NT4 offering a number of new hardware and environmental features including clustering , SMP , power management features, Internet features and active directory .
Windows 2000 also offers considerable scalability by providing four different platforms, which are Windows Professional , Windows Server, Windows Advanced Server, and Windows Datacenter Server.

Key Topics

Windows 2000 installation
Windows 2000 and Windows NT
Network state of Windows 2000
Windows 2000 Platforms
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows Professional Hardware

Introduction to Windows 2000 Server
Introduction to Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Comparison of features
Active Directory
Windows 2000 Security

Introduction To Windows 2000

Windows 2000 is an operating system designed to meet all your networks needs whatever the scale and requirement of the network providing security, robustness, and speed.

Windows 2000 Installation

It is fully compatible with other windows environments and can be installed by a variety of methods, including upgrading other windows environments and clean installation .

Windows 2000 And Windows NT

The Windows 2000 serious of operating systems are designed to replace the Windows NT environment.
These operating systems OS contain a similar 32 bit core to the Windows NT OS offering the speed, security, reliability of a robust OS.

Windows 2000 And Windows 98

Although windows 2000 and windows 98 may look to be similar to each other on the desktop and have common features such as plug and play, support for FAT and FAT32 , internet ready, multitasking, etc the core of the two operating systems are completely different and they are designed essentially for different tasks.
Windows 98 is designed for the home environment where as windows 2000 is designed for the professional office environment.

Network State Of Windows 2000

Windows 2000 has a platform for all size networks from a peer to peer network to client server network servicing thousands of people offering greater security, scalability, and interactivity than windows NT.

Windows 2000 Platforms

There are four separate Windows 2000 editions: Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Data center server each serving a different component of this scalable operating system .

Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Data Center Server.

Server Installation Compared With NT

Within Windows NT a single CD is sold for server but the installation choices made decide if we install PDC , BDC , or application server.
Windows 2000 has a different CD sold for each one of its server editions with slightly different installation options, different files installed and different capabilities associated with each version of windows 2000.

Windows NT Windows 2000

Windows Professional

Windows 2000 professional was produced as an upgrade to windows NT4 workstation client side networking operating system .
Windows professional contains the security and robustness of windows NT4 with the added ease of use and Internet readiness of windows 98.

Windows Professional Enhancements

Windows 2000 Professional has enhanced features over all other previous windows client side environments which include internet features, simplicity, power management features, reliability , security, plug and play ability, scalability etc.

Windows Professional Hardware

Windows 2000 Professional has support for 2 way Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP ) systems
Windows 2000 Professional can cater for up to 4 gigabytes (GB ) of physicals RAM .
Windows Professional is fully plug and playable with support for the new USB and 1394 ports and devices .

Windows Professional Web Features

Contains a Personal Web Server (PWS ) for creating an Internet site locally or experimenting with Microsoft specific Internet components (e.g. ASP) before transferring the site to a web server.
The PWS also has a basic FTP service available.
It has built in support for TCP /IP , IPX /SPX, DLC and Apple Talk communication protocols allowing communication with Apple System Novell servers, Unix Servers, and other windows operating systems.
Windows professional Supports 1 inbound dial up networking session.

Introduction To Windows 2000 Server

Windows 2000 server contains all the functionality of windows professional combined with server features rendering it ideal for small to medium sized business applications .
Windows 2000 Server has been designed for functions such as a file, print server, application server, web server etc, for applications including acting server for branch offices within departments.

Windows 2000 Server Hardware

Windows 2000 Server can support both single processor and 4 way Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP ) systems.
Windows 2000 Server can cater for up to 4 gigabytes (GB ) of physicals RAM .

Windows 2000 Server Web Features

Windows 2000 server supports up to 256 inbound dial up networking session.
Windows 2000 server contains Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS ), which is a robust web server capable of handling thousands of concurrent Internet sessions designed for hasting web sites on the Internet or an intranet.
The IIS server can also be used to publish printer on the active directory over the internet and setup FTP sites, newsgroups, chat rooms, and to run all Active Server Pages (ASP) programs on the internet.

Introduction to Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Windows 2000 advanced server is a more powerful server than the standard windows 2000 server with improved availability and scalability that will cater for medium to large sized server enterprise environments.

Advanced Server

Advanced server has support for unto 8 way Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP ) systems
Advanced server is able to take advantage of 8GB of RAM when installed on hardware designed around the Intel Physical Address Extensions (PAE ).
Advanced Server supports two ways clustering which means that processing can be distributed among servers.

Windows Datacenter Server

Windows 2000 Data Center Server is designed for high-end server intensive environments, which deal with large quantities of data for large numbers of clients.
The sort of applications that the Data Center Server can be applied to include heavy data base applications, data warehouses, heavy duty web server ISP dealing with e-commerce , etc.
Designed around the Intel Physical Address Extensions (PAE ) allowing it to use more RAM .

Windows Datacenter Hardware

Data Center Server has support for 16 way Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP ) systems and 32 ways SMP on its OEM version.
Data Center Server is able to take advantage of 64GB of RAM when installed on hardware
Data Center Server supports 4 way clustering and load balancing among the servers

Comparison Of Features

PDC Conversion To Domain Controller

Windows 2000 has made a significant enhancement on windows NT 4 by changing the way objects are defined within the enterprise environments and ultimately doing away with the PDC , BDC and replacing them with the domain controller.

Active Directory

All domain controllers share the same active directory database which contains information about all the objects on the domain including users, resources , applications and identifies them uniquely which makes searching for the objects easy and quick throughout the entire organization within the domain.

Windows 2000 Security

NTFS has security built in as part of the filing system. When you format your hard drive with NTFS, its permissions can be utilized which are list , read , write , read and execute , modify , full control .
A user account defines the current user with the user name and password , the groups they belong to, and finally their permissions in accessing folders and resources within the users database.

Questions

What are the similarities of Windows 98 and Window 2000? (Choose all that apply)

Support for plug and play
Similar active desktop
Support for FAT32
Support for NTFS
32 bit Kernel
Security

What are the similarities of Windows NT and Window 2000? (Choose all that apply)

Support for plug and play
Similar active desktop
Support for FAT32
Support for NTFS
32 bit Kernel
Security

What are the different platforms of windows 2000? (Choose all that apply)

Windows Advanced server
Windows member server
PDC server
Windows professional
Data center

What are the features of windows professional

Supports 2 way symmetric processing
Supports 4 way symmetric processing
Supports 8 way symmetric processing
Supports 16 way symmetric processing
Supports 32 way symmetric processing

How much memory does windows professional support

128MB
1GB
4GB
8GB
64GB

What are the features of windows Advanced Server

Supports 2 way symmetric processing
Supports 4 way symmetric processing
Supports 8 way symmetric processing
Supports 16 way symmetric processing
Supports 32 way symmetric processing

How much memory does windows Data center support

128MB
1GB
4GB
8GB
64GB

What are the features of windows professional? (Choose all that apply)

Contains the IIS server
Contains the PWS
Supports 256 incoming connections
Supports 1 incoming connections
Support 10 concurrent printer connections
Supports unlimited printer connections

What are the features of windows 2000 server? (Choose all that apply)

Contains the IIS server
Contains the PWS
Supports 256 incoming connections
Supports 1 incoming connections
Support 10 concurrent printer connections
Supports unlimited printer connections

What are the features of active directory? (Choose all that apply)

Domain controllers are required containing the active directory
Primary Domain controllers are required containing the active directory
Contains information about all domain objects
Uses DNS
Contains information about users only

Answers

1. A,B,C,E

2. D,E,F

3. A,D,E

4. A

5. C

6. C

7. E

8. B,D,E

9. A,C,F

10. A,C,D