version = 15Mar00
status = in progress

All w2k qos pilot and production deployment work should be preceded by reading the materials
referenced in the following list

1. An overview of how the set of available QoS mechanisms are used together to build a QoS enabled network
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/technical/networking/QoSMech.asp

2. An overview describing Microsoft's QoS components and how they fit into the above picture
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/technical/networking/QoSComp.asp

3. An in-depth tutorial on QoS, delving deeper into the material from the previous two docs
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/technical/networking/QoSOver.asp

4. A summary of the standards which must be implemented by network equipment vendors supporting full service QoS
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/technical/networking/QosVendor.asp

5. A a short overview of the Microsoft QoS vision
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/howitworks/communications/trafficmgmt/qosmech.asp

6. A short description of the QoS components built into Windows2000 in support of this vision
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/howitworks/communications/trafficmgmt/qoscomp.asp

7. An in-depth discussion of the above topics including pointers to references and standards documents
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/howitworks/communications/trafficmgmt/qosover.asp

8. A descriptiuon of open standards that should be supported by network equipment in order to fully leverage Win2K's QoS
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/howitworks/communications/trafficmgmt/qosvendor.asp

9. A document intended to help troubleshoot QoS components in Windows2000 deployments. It focuses specifically on 
end-to-end signaled QoS.  The Appendix contains sections on FlowCharts, Tools, Netmeeeting/802.1p End-to-End QoS Demo
Troubleshooting Tips and finally a Troubleshooting Table
  <QosToolsCd>\docs\troubleg.doc

10. Information about NetMeeting, especially bigger picture feature descriptions
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting

11. Netmeeting Resource Kit
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/corp/reskit/default.asp

12. Netmeeting Software Development Kit
   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/NetMeeting/Authors/default.ASP

13. NetMeeting partners/customers they may worth talking to for additional info 
    Ezenia, www.ezenia.com
      Douglas Floyd, mailto:dfloyd@ezenia.com, Director of World Wide Sales
      Used to be VideoServer, making video-conferencing hardware
      Now they are trying to run services/do consulting for e-businesses that 
      want to add audio/voice to their websites for community and e-commerce
    KosmoKom, www.kosmo.com, <No contact>
      They have been using NetMeeting for push-to-talk on their web site

14. Information on IP Telephony with TAPI 3.0
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/msdn_tapi_30.htm

15. Information on the Future of Microsoft Telephony API (TAPI) in Advanced Media Processing and Control
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/tapimedia31.htm

16. Voip gateway offerings see vocaltec, efusion, datarace, cisco