Windows Server 2003 Bible

Jeffrey R. Shapiro, Jim Boyce

John Wiley & Sons, May 5, 2008 - Computers - 1185 pages

If Windows Server 2003 can do it, you can do it, too...

This comprehensive reference provides what you need to plan, install, configure, and maintain a Windows Server 2003 R2, SP1, operating system. Covering critical new SP1 security features, the new Windows Update service, and expanded Active Directory management tools, the latest edition of this guide is packed with information, including key changes that alter the way the powerful Windows Server 2003 operating system is installed, configured, and maintained. Improve security, extend your corporate network, optimize e-mail, chat, and other communications, and more - this book will show you how.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Windows Server 2003

• Plan your Windows Server 2003 R2, SP1, single-system or enterprise deployment
• Find out the best ways to secure the network, including encryption, secure sockets, Kerberos, and other certificates
• Protect your corporate network automatically with new Windows Update Service
• Extend the enterprise network to branch offices with enhanced Active Directory management tools
• Facilitate change control over users, computers, security, and the workspace, using Group Policy technology
• Develop an effective storage, backup, and disaster recovery strategy
• Implement scalable solutions that stay up and online day after day, and still handle disasters
• Explore thin-client deployment, set up Terminal Services, and configure application servers
• Stay on top of printer management, Internet printing, and troubleshooting

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Contents

• Understanding the Windows Server 2003 Architecture: 3
• xii: 10
• The Zero Administration Windows Initiative: 11
• The Elements of Active Directory: 21
• The X 500 specification: 26
• Active Directory everywhere: 34
• Walking the Active Directory: 41
• Legacy NT and Windows Server 2003: 50
• Windows Server 2003 Security: 57
• Keys: 63
• Locating KDCs: 70
• Public Key Infrastructure: 73
• Security Planning: 80
• NET Framework Services: 95
• Planning Installation and Configuration: 109
• Windows Server 2003: 115
• Tinkering in the labs: 132
• Installing Windows Server 2003: 149
• Troubleshooting the Installation: 172
• Summary: 184
• Getting to know taskpads: 190
• Windows Firewall Configuration and Management: 195
• Getting to Know the MMC Tools: 196
• Summary: 239
• Administration Planning: 255
• Organizing a Logical Domain Structure: 263
• XXX: 286
• Active Directory Physical Architecture: 301
• Sites: 314
• A Site Architecture: 334
• Time: 341
• Summary: 373
• Active Directory Management: 375
• Managing Users and Groups: 403
• User Accounts in Action: 416
• Rights and permissions: 438
• User and Group Management Strategies: 444
• Understanding Change Management: 450
• Types of Group Policy: 463
• Filtering policy: 472
• Security policies: 478
• Older versions of Windows: 483
• Audit policy: 491
• Summary: 497
• Networking and Communication Services: 499
• Obtaining IP addresses: 507
• Understanding and Using IPv6: 517
• Troubleshooting TCPIP: 523
• SNMP: 535
• Network Access Quarantine Control: 545
• Creating scopes: 552
• Activating and deactivating a scope: 558
• Creating Multicast Scopes: 564
• Summary: 570
• Microsoft Domain Name Services: 585
• Monitoring and testing: 595
• Configuring DDNS: 601
• Manual tombstoning: 607
• Using Hosts and LMHOSTS Files for Name Resolution: 613
• Transport protocols: 624
• Adding and configuring: 634
• RRAS logging and accounting: 659
• Using RADIUS: 669
• Summary: 676
• Availability Management: 677
• Managing Storage with Disk Quotas: 702
• Troubleshooting: 708
• Best backup time of the: 727
• Understanding source and destination: 735
• Hardware and Media Formats: 743
• Disaster Recovery: 751
• Identifying Weak Links: 757
• The Purpose of the Registry: 763
• The Registry Editor: 769
• Summary: 776
• Strategies for Auditing: 783
• Production Editor Laura Albert: 786
• Windows Server 2003 High Availability Services: 807
• Network Load Balancing Clusters: 839
• Summary: 878
• File Print Web and Application Services: 879
• NTFS: 883
• Index: 889
• DFS structure and terminology: 898
• Creating and deleting DFS roots: 904
• Excluding files and folders from replication: 911
• Hierarchical Storage Management: 918
• File Services for Macintosh: 924
• Adding a Macintosh volume: 927
• Microsoft Services for Network File System: 941
• Summary: 947
• Publishing Shares in Active Directory: 958
• Who can share folders: 965
• Administrative Shares: 971
• Permission Types: 977
• Securing Files by Using the Encrypting File System: 983
• Summary: 1000
• Print Services Strategy: 1012
• Web FTP and Intranet Services: 1037
• Overview of Web and FTP Server Administration: 1039
• William A Barton: 1047
• Terminal Services: 1085
• Summary: 1120
• 58: 1127
• Routing and Remote Access: 1132
• 571: 1136
• 61: 1138
• 63: 1170

About the author

Jeffrey R. Shapiro (Boca Raton, Florida) has worked in Information Technology for nearly 15 years. He has published more than 12 books on IT, network administration, and software development, and has written for numerous publications over the years. He also regularly speaks at events, and frequently participates in training courses on Microsoft systems. In 2003, he was selected to lead Broward County’s NetWare to Windows Server 2003 migration project. His mission was to consolidate hundreds of NetWare Servers to 50 highperformance Windows Server 2003 servers. Jeffrey continues to architect and design systems, specializing in the data tier. He also writes the Windows Server 2003 column for serverpipline at www.serverpipeline.com.

Jim Boyce (Rothsay, Minnesota) is a freelance author and former contributing editor and monthly columnist for WINDOWS magazine. Jim has authored and co-authored more than 45 books about computer software and hardware, and is a frequent contributor to techrepublic.com and other technical publications. He has been involved with computers since the late 1970s as a programmer and systems manager in a variety of capacities. He has a wide range of experience in the DOS, Windows, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, and Unix environments.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Windows Server 2003 Bible
• Authors: Jeffrey R. Shapiro, Jim Boyce
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2008
• ISBN: 0470362782, 9780470362785
• Length: 1185 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Client-Server Computing; Computers / Operating Systems / General