From Introduction to Network Management Lectures at Xi'an Jaotong University -- Sept 1998. byRoman Markowski
You cannot simply plug a NT system into your Unix network and have it run seamlessly. Creating a transparent Unix/NT computing environment is difficult.
NT installation within traditional Unix environment requires:
system / network management solutions
interoperability of networking protocols (Microsoft style networking (NetBIOS/SMB) and Unix NFS with NIS maps)
Unix / NT file sharing with required level of security
printer sharing
tools for porting applications from Unix to NT or vice versa
client / server applications developed for both Unix and NT