Windows 2000 Server @ CSUN
The following request made by Spero Bowman, Chief Information Office and
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, at the recommendation of
the Technical Support Advisory Group (TSAG) has been approved by
Provost Louanne Kennedy and President Jolene Koester on September 27, 2001.
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September 26, 2001 |
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Louanne Kennedy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs |
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Spero Bowman, CIO and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs |
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Recommendation of Windows 2000 Server |
Last summer, a subcommittee of the Technology Support Advising Group
(TSAG) reviewed Windows 2000 Server operating system for use by the campus.
Based upon the unanimous recommendation of the subcommittee, I am proposing
that the ban on the campus’ installation of Windows 2000 Server be lifted,
and the operating system be allowed to run in “mixed mode” for the following
reasons:
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Support for Windows NT/95/98/98SE/ME will no longer be provided by the
Microsoft Corporation within the following year. Service Packs and
bug fixes will not be provided if potential problems/security holes are
found.
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The Windows 2000 Server offers a more stable and robust platform for Enterprise
and Department level servers than Windows NT4/3.51 Server.
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The NTFS5 file system of the Windows 2000 Server offers increased administrative
control through permission enhancements, group policies, and disk quotas.
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The use of the Windows 2000 Server along with associated technologies,
will allow for the continued advancement of University technician skills,
allowing them to contribute more to overall campus information technology.
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Support for some third party server software will no longer be made available
for the Windows NT4/3.51 Server, only for the Windows 2000 Server.
The lifting of the ban would allow the various IT units on campus to run
the Windows 2000 Server only under mixed mode within a “production” environment.
A new subcommittee has been formed to create installation guidelines for
deploying and running Windows 2000 Server in mixed mode.
I am also recommending that Windows 2000 under native mode be allowed
only for testing purposes within a controlled environment. ITR anticipates
that one outcome of this testing will be a better understanding of the
issues associated with Active Directory, IIS server, and Dynamic DNS.
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