Microsoft Windows Services for Netware 5.0 makes it easier for customers
to integrate the Windows 2000 operating system into existing NetWare-based
environments. The new Windows Services for NetWare Version 5.0 (SFN5) includes
components that streamline coexistence with or migration to the Microsoft
Windows 2000 platform. SFN5 allows customers to build on existing technology
investments by leveraging NetWare resources and expertise. The two-way data
synchronization capability between Active Directory and NDS enabled by Services
for NetWare Version 5.0 significantly reduces directory management and
simplifies adoption of Windows 2000. Synchronization and/or migration of NDS and
NetWare bindery information to Active Directory through Microsoft Directory
Synchronization Services reduces directory management to a single point of
administration. MSDSS also provides password synchronization capabilities,
including a Web-based password administration utility that allows network
administrators to change passwords in either Active Directory or NDS for fast
and effective password administration. Using Windows Services for NetWare
Version 5.0, data migration to Windows 2000 will be easily transmitted,
maintaining a central point of administration for multiple volume and multiple
destinations. Directory structures and security permissions of large data files
will be maintained when migrating from any version of NetWare to Windows 2000
through the File Migration Utility (FMU) component of Windows Services for
NetWare Version 5.0. The NetWare file and print server emulation software
provided in Windows Services for NetWare Version 5.0 reduces the cost and impact
of migration by ensuring that Windows 2000 Server will appear like a NetWare
file and print server to clients, users and administrators. The resultant
consolidated hardware support, simplified field and print server administration
and reduced migration cost will provide significant benefits to
customers
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