The Ultimate Windows Server 2003 System Administrator's Guide

Windows Server 2003 is an impressive evolutionary step forward rather than a revolutionary leap into the future of operating system nirvana. The role of...

The underlying operating system structure and the relationship of component parts are fundamental to deploying and managing Windows Server 2003 environments. By understanding the...

This chapter provides baseline planning guidelines and Windows Server 2003 installation instructions. With very few exceptions, the tasks needed to plan and install this...

This chapter reviews items that are essential to the use and administration of Windows Server 2003. Some of the discussion will be elementary to...

The next two chapters examine the directory services known collectively as the Active Directory. This is one of the new breed of metadirectories, and...

The previous chapter defined base-level concepts surrounding the Active Directory core technology. This chapter explores its management and practical utilization. Having read this chapter,...

User accounts and group management are core system administration responsibilities. Indeed, it is impossible to introduce the concept of user account management without a...

Windows Server 2003 offers extensive control over system configuration and user environments through a feature called Group Policy. Group Policy settings may be applied...

Permissions and remote folder sharing are mainstays of Windows Server 2003 security. NTFS-based permissions allow and deny access to files and folders both locally...

Authenticating the identity of users during logon is the first step in gaining system access. For local machines not actively participating in a domain,...

The previous two chapters examined permissions, the Public Key Infrastructure, and user authentication as aspects of securing a Windows Server 2003 system or domain....

This chapter is divided into two sections. The first section provides an overview of networking basics from 30,000 feet. It is written as a...

Virtual private networks (VPNs) are rapidly becoming the method by which organizations with remote offices use the Internet with relatively secure communications. IP Security...

This chapter examines Windows Server 2003 disk management, backup and restore technologies, and disaster recovery, which are all important system administrator functions. Failure to...

is Microsoft's answer to thin client technology. In many ways, it mirrors environments that relied on server-based computing and the use of terminals for...

(IIS) is a fully integrated Web, SMTP, NNTP, and FTP server. Since IIS is integrated at the operating system level, it is difficult to...

This chapter examines several advanced features, each of which plays an important role in a Windows Server 2003 enterprise. Clustering provides high availability for...