What is Incremental Migration and Why Consider It?

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Incremental migration to Windows 2000 means deploying the operating system on individual workstations and workstations and member servers (such as file servers, print servers, and Web servers) without installing Active Directory on the network. A company choosing this option can either replace machines as they become obsolete with new ones running Windows 2000 or upgrade computers in particular departments, or both. Throughout incremental migration, the company keeps its Windows NT 4.0 domain structure and domain controllers; it is effectively operating NT 4.0 domains that include some Windows 2000 machines.

Incremental migration to Windows 2000 gives a company some immediate benefits, without large investments in training and infrastructure and without jeopardizing a fuller migration later (See “Windows 2000: The Case for Incremental Migration” on page 3 of the Apr. 2000 Update.) To summarize these benefits, Windows 2000:

Is more reliable than Windows 9x
Supports recent hardware standards

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