This section covers a series of features on Windows 2000, each article covering a key topic or new element in some depth.

Here we cover such topics as core architecture; networking and communications; distributed services and storage; set-up, hardware support and multimedia; internationalisation and multi-language support; management infrastructure; Intellimirror; mobile enhancements; and more. Later features focus more closely on Active Directory, covering topics such as policy-based networking; security configuration; AD and NDS; and PKI, Smart cards and S/MIME.