Mapping Windows 2000 Features to Your Business Needs

The prior sections have examined the features and benefits of the Windows 2000 platform from a high-level perspective of business needs, sample corporations and users, and product features. In this section, you will review specific technology features with the goal of determining which technologies are most important for your organization. Review these features while keeping in mind your organization's short-term, mid-term, and long-term plans. The chapters in this book that focus on design go into detail about how each technology is integrated with other Windows 2000 technologies and what the design dependencies are.

The following sections contain tables that list many of the Windows 2000 features that you will want to deploy and configure in your organization. Assess the benefits of the listed features and determine their relative priority for your organization. Then, you can develop a deployment plan that is both timely and cost effective.

All of the tables in this section are included in "Sample Planning Worksheets" in this book. The tables in the appendix are formatted so that you can enter your own comments about the potential role of these features within your organization. Use these worksheets to prepare a customized executive summary of the Windows 2000 features your organization requires.

Note

The following tables highlight the main benefits of Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional, and are not intended to be a complete description of all features. For more information about a particular feature, see the product Help files or the appropriate book and chapter in the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server Resource Kit.

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