Mastering Windows Server 2003

by Minasi, Mark; Anderson, Christa; Beverridge, Michele; Callahan, C. A.; Justice, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780782141306
• ISBN10: 0782141307
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-06
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

The Only Windows Server Resource You Need The single most comprehensive and understandable book on the subject, Mastering Windows Server 2003 continues author Mark Minasi's award-winning tradition of clear and comprehensive coverage of Microsoft's Windows Server products. This book shows you how to plan, configure and install your network, keep it running its best, and fix it if it breaks. And you still get all the coverage you need for the Windows 2000 Server installations that remain part of your environment. Coverage includes: * Configuring IP, DHCP, DNS, and WINS to achieve the right foundation for your network * DNS explained in everyday English, from basics to advanced design * Designing, running, and maintaining Active Directory-based domains with Server 2003 and 2000 Server * Running your own Web, FTP, and e-mail server with 2003 * Controlling hundreds, even thousands, of workstations with group policies and security templates * Tuning and monitoring your network * Securing your network from split-brain DNS to AD delegation to group policies, logs, IPSec, PKI and more * Using Windows Server 2003 to share Internet connections * Complete coverage of all new 2003 features Real Solutions to Real Challenges If improving the real-world performance of your network is the bottom line, this book delivers the goods. It shows you how to design and manage a multiple-platform network, build a Windows-based intranet, find the right data backup strategy, prevent and recover from disasters, and much more. There's no end to what you'll accomplish with practical, step-by-step instruction from the expert who has actually done it all on live networks!

Author Biography

Mark Minasi has 25 years of experience in the computer business. He has been teaching professional seminars on networking since 1985, and has experience with IBM, Novell, and Microsoft-based networks. Mark has been a columnist for BYTE, AI Expert, Compute, and NT Magazine and is CNN's resident computer expert.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xxxi
Windows Server 2003 Overview	1	(20)
The Basics: Networking Software, Servers, and Security	21	(24)
Configuring Windows Server: The Microsoft Management Console	45	(34)
Configuring Windows Server: The Windows Server 2003 Registry	79	(16)
Setting Up and Rolling Out Windows Server 2003	95	(94)
Understanding and Using TCP/IP in Server 2003	189	(114)
TCP/IP Infrastructure: DHCP, WINS, and DNS	303	(170)
Active Directory	473	(210)
Managing and Creating User Accounts	683	(146)
Managing Windows Server Storage	829	(82)
Creating and Managing Shared Folders	911	(82)
Software Deployment	993	(66)
Configuring and Troubleshooting Network Print Services	1059	(70)
Connecting Microsoft Clients to the Server	1129	(44)
Macintosh and Windows Server Integration	1173	(52)
Supporting Clients with Windows Terminal Services	1225	(78)
TCP/IP Server Services (IIS, NNTP, Telnet, SMTP, POP3, and FTP)	1303	(140)
Tuning and Monitoring Your Windows Server Network	1443	(50)
Preparing for and Recovering from Server Failures	1493	(80)
Installing and Managing Remote Access Service in Windows Server 2003	1573	(88)
Novell NetWare and Windows Server	1661	(16)
Index	1677