PDiva
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Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:
Windows 98/2003 question |
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I will be doing an in-place upgrade on the NT4 PDC sometime in the near
future, and will be promoting a 2003 member server. Afterwards, I will be
running a mixed environment for a while with at least one NT4 BDC in each
office, plus 2 2003 AD domain controllers in the main office. We still have
a few Win98 workstations which will be replaced within the next few months.
Do I need to install the directory services client on the 98 machines, or
will they still be able to authenticate to the NT4 BDC's after the upgrade?
I don't care if they are able to perform any active directory functions, I
just want to make sure they can authenticate and access resources as they do
now. Thanks. |
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Ada Pan [MSFT]
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Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:51 am Post subject:
RE: Windows 98/2003 question |
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Hi PDiva,
I don't think it is required to install the Active Directory Client
Extensions on the Windows 98 clients if you don't care if those client
platforms to take advantage of features provided by the Windows 2003 Active
Directory service.
However, it is highly recommended to install Active Directory Client
Extensions on the Windows 98 clients because it brings many advantages.
The Active Directory client extension is an upgrade or patch for Windows
95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0, which enables the following Active
Directory features:
o Site awareness. This includes the ability to log on to the domain
controller that is closest to the client in the network and the ability to
change passwords on any Windows 2000-based domain controller, instead of
the primary domain controller (PDC).
Note: Active Directory Client for Windows NT4.0 does not change the NT4.0
WinLogon change password behavior. The WinLogon change password still
contacts the PDC. However, Active Directory Client extension provides
necessary APIs to change the password to any Windows 2000 based domain
controller.
o Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI). ADSI allows scripting to
Active Directory and provides a common programming API to Active Directory
programmers.
o DFS fault tolerance client. This provides access to Windows 2000
distributed file system (DFS) fault tolerant and fail-over file shares
specified in Active Directory.
o Active Directory Windows Address Book (WAB) property pages. These allow
users who have permission to change properties on user objects (for
example, phone number and address) by means of the user object pages, which
can be accessed by clicking the Start menu, and then pointing to Search and
For People. This also includes support for display specifiers that allow
rendering of new schema elements stored on the user object in Active
Directory.
o NTLM version 2 authentication. The client extensions take advantage of
the improved authentication features available in NTLM version 2.
Hope it helps!
Regards,
Ada Pan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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