AD domain without WINS

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All,
Our w2k domain had a few NT4 servers. We have upgraded all to either w2k
server or adv. server which makes our current environment a purely w2k
network.
We have a lot of programmers with other 3rd party utilities. We also have
other 3rd party applications running on our network.
I have been requested to disable WINS on the network and configure it to use
purely DNS for name resolution without netbios.
Can anyone tell me what to expect with this kind of setup/configuration?
A purely Microsoft network without WINS/NetBios, what am I to expect.
Any Article on this kind of setup will be appreciated.
Thanks
 
NetBios is still alive and sometimes needed in Windows 2000 network
especialy in Network browsing area where it stil relies on old NetBios
protocol, so by dissabling NetBios you will lose network browsing
functionality. Also some other things like "Log on to workstation" settings
in user property relies on netbios which will stop working is you dissable
NetBios.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com
 
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