1. Getting the most out of the Platform Louis Kahn Program Manager Personal and Business Systems

2. Agenda n Tools to help you migrate (UNIX to NT) n Development tools n Resource Kits n Other resources n Open discussion

3. UNIX to NT n GNU utilities (Texas Microlib) n Toolbuster (Congruent Software) n MKS Toolkit n NT Commandline n NT Resource Kit

4. UNIX to NT n X Window servers, NFS Servers and Clients (and Gateway) n Many compilers available for C, C++, Java, FORTRAN, etc. n Softway Systems (OpenNT) X libs

5. Visual Studio 97 Enterprise n Visual C++ n Visual Basic n Visual J++ n Visual Interdev n Microsoft Transaction Server n SQL Server n Visual Foxpro n Visual SourceSafe

6. Other Development Tools n Win32 SDK –Application level development (user mode) n DDK –System services, device drivers, etc (kernel mode) –Kernel level Debugger –NT Symbols

7. The Resource Kits n Windows NT Workstation n Windows NT Server n Server RK Supplements I, II, and III (coming soon) n BackOffice ResKit Part I, II, and III (coming soon) n Resource Kits Online

8. Other resources n MSDN –Universal subscription is what you want (includes OS, Dev tools, beta’s, etc) n TechNet n Knowledge Base n White Papers n MSJ, MIND, Windows NT Magazine n Professional Developers Conferences (next one Sept 22-26 in San Diego)

9. Microsoft Developer Network n Software Dev. Kits n Device Driver Dev. Kits n OS (including betas) n Server Apps. (SQL, Exchange, Viper, etc) in Enterprises and higher n All dev. Tools in Universal edition, including Vis. Studio 97 n Whitepapers, KB, tech notes, manuals/programming books, resource kits

10. Path to solve a problem n Use the ResKits n Use the KB (searchable on the web at www.microsoft.com/kb) n Use SDK/DDK documentation n Call Microsoft Technical Services/PSS n Usenet News groups comp.os.ms- windows.nt…. n MS news server news://msnews.microsoft.com

11. Websites of Interest n www.microsoft.com/ntserver/tools/ n ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt- public/fixes/usa/nt40/ n www.bhs.com & www.ntseek.com n www.microsoft.com/management (includes WSH) n www.microsoft.com/mspress

12. Futures n Management (MMC) –Single GUI tool for admin of systems –Access from command line via MMC COM interfaces