Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Migration Strategy Training Class

Lesson 1: Introduction to Developing a Migration Strategy

Introduction to Developing a Migration Strategy
Upgrading Versus Restructuring
The Importance of Planning

Lesson 2: Choosing a Migration Path to Windows 2000 Active Directory

Introduction to Choosing a Migration Path
Identifying the Existing Domain Environment
Gathering Information About the Current Network Environment
Defining Goals for Migration
Examining the Active Directory Design
Determining Possible Migration Paths
Evaluating Upgrade Decision Points
Evaluating Restructure Decision Points

Lesson 3: Developing a Domain Upgrade Strategy

Introduction to Developing a Domain Upgrade Strategy
Analyzing an Active Directory Design
Single Versus Multiple Forests
Site Design
Administration and Security Plans
Planning a Domain Upgrade
Determining an Upgrade Path
Developing a Recovery Plan
Determining the Order for Upgrading Domains
Determining a Strategy for Upgrading Domain Controllers
Determining When to Switch to Native Mode
Identifying Post-Upgrade Tasks

Lesson 4: Minimizing the Impact on Network Operations During an Upgrade

Maintaining Network Services During an Upgrade
Providing Reliable NetBIOS Resolution Services
Providing Reliable DHCP Server Services
Supporting LAN Manager Replication
Supporting Remote Access Services
Planning for Interaction Between Group Policy and System Policies
Migrating and Applying Logon Scripts
Maintaining Security During an Upgrade
Migrating Resource Access Components
Migrating Trust Relationships
Planning for Security Policy Application
How user Profiles are Affected by Domain Upgrade
Client Support
Determining the Impact of an Upgrade on Applications
Leveraging Existing Directory Information
Maintaining Network Performance During an Upgrade
Planning for Upgrade Related Replication Traffic
Planning for Authentication Traffic

Lesson 5: Restructuring Domains

Introduction to Domain Restructuring
Understanding Domain Security
Inter-Forest Restructuring
Inter-Forest Restructure Scenarios
Requirements for Inter-Forest Restructuring
Cloning Security Principals in an Inter-Forest Scenario
Cloning Users
Cloning Global and Universal Groups
Migrating Computers and Local Group Accounts
Cloning Local Groups on Domain Controllers
Moving Domain Controllers
Intra-Forest Restructuring
Intra-Forest Restructuring Scenarios
Requirements for Intra-Forest Restructuring
Restrictions for Intra-Forest Restructuring
Moving Security Principals
Using Closed Sets to Move Users and Global Groups
Using Closed Sets to Move Domain Local Groups
Alternatives to Moving with Closed Sets
Moving Computers and Local Accounts
Moving Domain Controllers
Domain Restructure Tools
Active Directory Migration Tool
Additional Restructure Tools

Lesson 6: Developing a Domain Restructure Strategy

Introduction to Developing a Domain Restructure Strategy
Identifying Domain Pre-restructuring Tasks
Examining Existing Domain Environment for Restructure
Choosing a Domain Restructure Methodology
Preparing to Deploy the Target Environment
Developing a Domain Restructure Recovery Plan
Selecting Appropriate Migration Tools
Identifying and Documenting Source Security Principal Details
Determining How to Migrate Security Principal Details
Determining the Order of Restructuring Within a Domain
Identifying Domain Post-Restructure Tasks
Planning for Redefining DACLs
Planning for Cleaning up sIDHistory
Determining When to Convert the Target Domain to Production
Planning for Decommissioning

Lesson 7: Minimizing the Impact on Network Operations During a Domain Restructure

Maintaining Reliability of Network Services During a Domain Restructure
Providing Reliable DNS Services
Providing Reliable NetBIOS Resolution Services
Providing Reliable DHCP Server Services
Providing Remote Access Services in a Mixed Environment
Supporting LAN Manager Replication
Migrating Logon Scripts to Group Policy
Migrating System Policies to Group Policies
Preparing for Account Migration Issues
Minimizing Authentication Issues During Restructure
Providing Reliable Service Account Operation
Migrating Hard-Coded Account Mappings
Migrating User Rights Assignments
Migrating User Profiles
Leveraging Existing Directory Information During a Domain Restructure

Lesson 8: Planning to Deploy a Migration Strategy

Creating a Migration Project Plan
Defining Migration Vision and Scope
Identifying Personnel Requirements and Migration Teams
Creating a Functional Specification
Creating Project Planning Documents
Choosing an Installation Strategy
Testing the Migration Plan
Piloting the Migration Plan
Planning for a Smooth Transition to Windows 2000
Best Practices