Windows NT computers can easily be integrated into a predominantly NetWare environment, making the benefits of an advanced operating system available to an existing network.
A network administrator contemplating a mixed network environment is naturally concerned about how the various components will be able to communicate with each other. In the case of a mixed Windows-based networking and NetWare environment, the network administrator wants to ensure that Windows NT Workstation computers added to the network are able to use file and print resources on existing NetWare servers, and that existing NetWare clients can access client-server applications running on Windows NT Servers. The following figure shows how the various components of the network relate to each other.
Figure 2.1 Mixed Windows-based and NetWare Environment
The following sections discuss how Windows NT computers can effectively function either as a client of NetWare servers or as an application server for NetWare clients.