Building a Windows 2000 Test Lab

Determining the Lab Strategy

You might already have a lab that you plan to use for Windows 2000 testing, or maybe you hope to build a new lab for the project. Regardless of your current situation, it is valuable to think through your goals for the lab and its long-term purpose. You might decide that now is the time to upgrade a lab created for another purpose so that you can use it in the future for change management in your Windows 2000 environment.

If you already have a permanent lab that you plan to use for testing your Windows 2000 design, you might want to go directly to "Designing the Lab" later in this chapter.