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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. UNIX to NT. GNU utilities (Texas Microlib) Toolbuster (Congruent Software)
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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
UNIX to NT • GNU utilities (Texas Microlib) • Toolbuster (Congruent Software) • MKS Toolkit • NT Commandline • NT Resource Kit
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
Visual Studio 97 Enterprise • Visual C++ • Visual Basic • Visual J++ • Visual Interdev • Microsoft Transaction Server • SQL Server • Visual Foxpro • Visual SourceSafe
Other Development Tools • Win32 SDK • Application level development (user mode) • 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
Other resources • 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)
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 kits
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.ms-windows.nt…. • MS news server news://msnews.microsoft.com
Websites of Interest • www.microsoft.com/ntserver/tools/ • ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/ • www.bhs.com & www.ntseek.com • www.microsoft.com/management (includes WSH) • www.microsoft.com/mspress
Futures • Management (MMC) • Single GUI tool for admin of systems • Access from command line via MMC COM interfaces