Using a graphical user interface

Insert a Windows Server 2003 CD into the Windows 2000 domain controller or map a drive to the files contained on the CD. Run the following command from the \i386 directory:

	> winnt32 /checkupgradeonly

Using a command-line interface

To produce a compatibility report from the command line, first you need to create a text file containing the following information:

[Unattended]

Win9xUpgrade = Yes

[Win9xUpg]ReportOnly = Yes

SaveReportTo = "\\server1\upgradereports\"

Save this file as unattend.txt, and then run the following from the command-line:

	> winnt32 /checkupgradeonly /unattend:c:\unattend.txt

Windows supports auditing of various account- and system-related events, which can be invaluable when troubleshooting a security incident. You can enable auditing of nine different types of access on a local server. You can also configure these settings via an Active Directory group policy, which overrides any local settings that you’ve defined. After auditing has been configured, audit messages are created in the Security event log.

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The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is a freely available tool from Microsoft that let’s you scan computers for the latest security problems with Windows along with numerous Microsoft products. Some of these include Office, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Virtual Machine, and BizTalk. It can also check the configuration of Internet Configuration Firewall, Automatic Updates, and password settings.

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There will be times that you need to dismount a mailbox store on the fly. This could be for integrity checking, mailbox restorations, or to make email unavailable to some users for some reason. When you dismount a mailbox store, users with mailboxes in that store will be unable to retrieve their mail; users with mailboxes in other mailbox stores will be unaffected.

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Exchange is very dependent upon Active Directory domain controllers. The list of domain controllers currently being used by a server is usually one of the first pieces of information you should gather when you encounter an Exchange issue. While this can be done through the GUI, it is much easier to get the data through a script.

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