Mastering^TM Windows^® 2000 Server, 4th Edition

by Brian M. Smith; Doug Toombs; Mark Minasi; Christa Anderson

• ISBN13: 9780782140439
• ISBN10: 0782140432
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

The ONLY Windows 2000 Resource You Need--Now With a New Emphasis on Security! The #1 choice of Windows administrators, Mastering Windows 2000 Server gives you all the conceptual and practical information you need to get the most out of Microsoft's flagship network operating system. This is the premier resource for configuring, administering, and tuning Windows 2000 Server as part of a corporate enterprise network. You can depend on it for clear, authoritative instruction in hundreds of techniques that will make your work easier and your job more secure. Coverage Includes: * Installing Windows 2000 * Configuring IP, DHCP, WINS, and DNS to achieve the right foundation for your network * Building and managing domains with Active Directory * Controlling hundreds, even thousands, of workstations with group policies * Prebuilding and delivering complete workstation images with Remote Installation Services * Deploying applications throughout the enterprise with Microsoft Installer * Understanding advanced DNS design and troubleshooting to keep your domains secure and running * Improving network resource accessibility with Dfs, Web folders, shared printers, and Web printing * Using Windows 2000 to share Internet Connections * Tuning and monitoring your network * Securing your network with new coverage of IPSec, certificates, security templates, simplified hotfix installations, auditing, and more * Offering Web content with Internet Information Services 5 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!

Table of Contents

Introduction	xxxiii
Windows 2000 Server Overview	1	(22)
History: The Story So Far	23	(22)
The Windows 2000 Registry	45	(16)
Setting Up and Rolling Out Windows 2000	61	(90)
The Windows 2000 Server UI and MMC	151	(42)
Understanding and Using TCP/IP in Windows 2000 Server	193	(106)
Building a Windows 2000 TCP/IP Infrastructure: DHCP, WINS, and DNS	299	(146)
Understanding and Using Active Directory	445	(172)
Managing and Creating User Accounts	617	(124)
Managing Windows 2000 Storage	741	(64)
Creating and Managing Shared Folders	805	(62)
Software Installation	867	(36)
Configuring and Troubleshooting Network Print Services	903	(60)
Connecting Clients to Windows 2000 Server	963	(16)
Supporting Clients with Windows Terminal Services	979	(86)
Connecting Macintoshes to Windows 2000	1065	(28)
Web, Mail, FTP, and Telnet Services in Windows 2000 Server	1093	(126)
How Running a Big Windows 2000 Network Is Different	1219	(14)
Integrating Net Ware with Windows 2000 Server	1233	(26)
Tuning and Monitoring Your Windows 2000 Network	1259	(54)
Preparing for and Recovering from Server Failures	1313	(90)
Installing and Managing Remote Access Service in Windows 2000 Server	1403	(70)
Installing Hardware in Windows 2000	1473	(26)
Appendix Performance Objects in Windows 2000	1499	(8)
Index	1507