Getting the most out of the
Platform
Louis Kahn
Program Manager
Personal and Business Systems
Agenda
Tools to help you migrate (UNIX to NT)
 Development tools
 Resource Kits
 Other resources
 Open discussion
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UNIX to NT
GNU utilities (Texas Microlib)
 Toolbuster (Congruent Software)
 MKS Toolkit
 NT Commandline
 NT Resource Kit
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UNIX to NT
X Window servers, NFS Servers and
Clients (and Gateway)
 Many compilers available for C, C++,
Java, FORTRAN, etc.
 Softway Systems (OpenNT) X libs
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Visual Studio 97 Enterprise
Visual C++
 Visual Basic
 Visual J++
 Visual Interdev
 Microsoft Transaction Server
 SQL Server
 Visual Foxpro
 Visual SourceSafe
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Other Development Tools
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Win32 SDK
– Application level development (user mode)
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DDK
– System services, device drivers, etc (kernel
mode)
– Kernel level Debugger
– NT Symbols
The Resource Kits
Windows NT Workstation
 Windows NT Server
 Server RK Supplements I, II, and III
(coming soon)
 BackOffice ResKit Part I, II, and III
(coming soon)
 Resource Kits Online
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Other resources
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MSDN
– Universal subscription is what you want
(includes OS, Dev tools, beta’s, etc)
TechNet
 Knowledge Base
 White Papers
 MSJ, MIND, Windows NT Magazine
 Professional Developers Conferences
(next one Sept 22-26 in San Diego)
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Microsoft Developer Network
Software Dev. Kits
 Device Driver Dev. Kits
 OS (including betas)
 Server Apps. (SQL, Exchange, Viper,
etc) in Enterprises and higher
 All dev. Tools in Universal edition,
including Vis. Studio 97
 Whitepapers, KB, tech notes,
manuals/programming books, resource
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Path to solve a problem
Use the ResKits
 Use the KB (searchable on the web at
www.microsoft.com/kb)
 Use SDK/DDK documentation
 Call Microsoft Technical Services/PSS
 Usenet News groups comp.os.mswindows.nt….
 MS news server
news://msnews.microsoft.com
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Websites of Interest
www.microsoft.com/ntserver/tools/
 ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winntpublic/fixes/usa/nt40/
 www.bhs.com & www.ntseek.com
 www.microsoft.com/management
(includes WSH)
 www.microsoft.com/mspress
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Futures

Management (MMC)
– Single GUI tool for admin of systems
– Access from command line via MMC COM
interfaces