Microsoft floats File Server Migration Kit
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Continuing efforts to move existing customers from Windows NT 4.0 to its current Windows Server 2003 operating system, Microsoft on Monday said it has written a file server migration tool kit.
The software eases the migration path of file servers from the legacy Windows NT 4.0 platform, which will be discontinued in December, to the latest Windows server.
The tool is important because roughly 30 percent to 40 percent of the Windows server install base is still running NT Windows 4.0, which means they are "running on very old technology" (4.0 appeared in 1996), said Radhesh Balakrishnan, technical product manager for the Next Generation File and Print division at Microsoft.