
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
™
2003 White Paper
Windows NT 4.0 Server Upgrade Guide 3
Contents
Part 1: Planning Your Migration ................................................................................................... 1
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 2
Upgrade Roadmap ....................................................................................................................... 2
Why Upgrade?.............................................................................................................................. 3
Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade ........................................................................................................ 4
Preparing to Upgrade .................................................................................................................... 8
Determining the Supported Software Upgrades........................................................................... 8
Upgrading with Exchange 2000....................................................................................................9
Upgrading with Microsoft SQL Server™ 7.0................................................................................. 9
Hardware Considerations ............................................................................................................. 9
Windows Server 2003 Minimum System Requirements ............................................................ 12
Assessing and Documenting Server Upgrade Order ................................................................. 13
Server Upgrade Checklists......................................................................................................... 15
Assessing Application Compatibility ......................................................................................... 19
About ACT 3.0 ............................................................................................................................ 19
Installing ACT 3.0 ....................................................................................................................... 19
Making an Inventory with Collector............................................................................................. 20
Sample Application Inventory with Collector............................................................................... 21
Using Analyzer 1.0...................................................................................................................... 23
What’s Next? .............................................................................................................................. 29
Upgrading Windows NT 4.0 Servers .......................................................................................... 30
Upgrading Windows NT 4.0 Stand-alone Servers...................................................................... 30
Upgrading Windows NT 4.0 Member Servers............................................................................ 30
Sample In-Place Upgrade for a Windows NT PDC.................................................................... 35
Results of the Sample Windows NT Upgrade............................................................................ 41
Sample Product Activation ......................................................................................................... 43
Migrating to Active Directory ...................................................................................................... 45
Benefits of Active Directory......................................................................................................... 45
Improved Management with Group Policy.................................................................................. 46
Windows NT Server 4.0 Upgrade Design and Planning ............................................................ 47
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