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Why should I use Windows 2000 on my SMS servers over NT4?

I'm planning to deploy SMS 2 within my company (1,500 users ). I have done all of my testing in the lab with all components installed on Win2K servers. All servers are member servers in an NT4 domain with no advanced functions such as AD, DNS, WINS.

The lab was successful and everything works fine. But now, I have to prove that Win2K server is a good choice instead of NT4. Does anyone have any experiences (good or bad), with implementing SMS 2 on Win2K servers in an NT4 domain?

Contributed By: Rod Trent [MVP SMS]

Win2K servers have better 'up-time'. You rarely have to reboot a Win2K server. The thing just flat-out runs. Windows NT 4.x servers, you need to plan on bouncing them at least every 45 days.
Win2K servers provide better connectivity and better transmission throughput.
Putting SMS on a Win2K server now, will ease the burden of converting later when the current domain is migrated.