Microsoft provides a fairly comprehensive set of tools for administrators. I would call some of these tools and some services. Some are integral to NT and W2K like Event Viewer. The tools are:
| Tool | Description |
| Active Directory Domains and Trusts | administer domain trusts, change domain mode, add and change user principal name suffixes |
| Active Directory Sites and Services | establishes and administers sites, replication, and security services |
| Active Directory Users and Computers | manages users, computers, and groups within a domain |
| Certification Authority | manages certificate services which issues certificates for public key security |
| Cluster Administrator (advanced server only) | handles the configuration of clusters and nodes |
| Component Services | configures and administers COM components and apps |
| Computer Management | administers disks, shares, users, groups, and services on the local computer |
| Configure Your Server | sets up and configures windows services |
| Connection Manager Administration Kit | manages and customizes local and remote connections |
| Data Sources | adds, removes, and configures ODBC databases and drivers |
| DHCP | manages DHCP services |
| DHCP | manages DHCP services |
| Distributed files system (DFS) | manages DFS installations, topology, and replication |
| DNS | manages DNS services |
| Event Viewer | display application, security and system logs |
| Internet Authentication Service | configures security and authenication for dialin users |
| Internet Services Manager | manages IIS |
| Licensing Manager | manages client licenses |
| Local Security Policy | views and configures user rights, audit policy, and misc security settings applicable to local computer |
| Network Monitor | captures network data for analysis |
| Performance Monitor | views system performance graphs and configures performance logs and alerts |
| QoS Admission Control | Quality of Service: assign network bandwidth by subnet |
| Remote Storage | manages the storage of infrequently accessed files |
| Routing and Remote Access | administers dialup, vpn, and internetwork connections |
| Server Extensions Administrator | manages Front Page server extensions |
| Servies Manager | start, stop, and configure services |
| Telephony | manages telephony clients and servers |
| Telnet Server Administration | start, stop, and provide info about Telnet server |
| Terminal Services Client Creator | make floppy disks for installing Terminal Services client software |
| Terminal Services Configuration | configures new connections for Terminal Services; modifies and deletes existing connections |
| Terminal Services Manager | display terminal servers in trusted domains |
| WINS | adminster WINS |
Most admins want to run these tools from their W2K workstation. Open the i386 folder in the W2K server CD and double-click Adminpak.msi. This will start the Administration Tools Setup Wizard which you can use to install or remove admin tools. This version of the Admin tools will not install under XP. The .NET version of Adminpak.msi will. You can download the beta3 version of the Windows XP Administration Tools Pack .
