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Practical Microsoft Windows 2000 Server [electronic resource] / Robert Reinstein ; [edited by] Tracy Williams, Jill Hayden.

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Reinstein, Robert
Other Authors: Bixler, Dave
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis, Ind. : Que Corp., 1999.
Subjects:
Microsoft Windows server.
Client/server computing.
Table of Contents:
  • I Planning and Installing an NT Server 2000 Network
  • 1 What's New in Windows 2000 Server? 3
  • Microsoft Active Directory Services 4
  • Global Catalog 5
  • Backward Compatibility 6
  • Security Configuration Manager 6
  • NTFS File System 6
  • Kerberos Authentication 7
  • Distributed File System (DFS) 7
  • Improved Virtual Private Networking 8
  • Microsoft Certificate Services 9
  • The Microsoft Management Console 10
  • Advanced Automation Services 11
  • IntelliMirror 11
  • Windows Terminal Services 12
  • Troubleshooting and Maintenance Tools 12
  • Network Protocol Support 14
  • Additional TCP/IP Support 14
  • Reliability and Robustness 14
  • 2 Planning Your Windows 2000 Server Network 17
  • Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements 18
  • Number of Processors 22
  • Memory Requirements 23
  • Disk Requirements 24
  • Directory Services 25
  • The Active Directory Architecture 26
  • Forests 30
  • 3 Installing Windows 2000 Server 33
  • Installing Windows 2000 34
  • The First Windows 2000 Boot 37
  • Windows 2000 Configure Your Server 42
  • Preparing for the Upgrade 52
  • Performing the Upgrade 54
  • Introducing the Windows 2000 Server Boot Menu 56
  • Running the Active Directory Installation Wizard 57
  • 4 Configuring Your Server 65
  • Specifying Operating System Startup with the Startup and Recovery Options 66
  • Configuring Security 68
  • Configuring Your Server 71
  • II Building Your Windows 2000 Network
  • 5 Managing Users and Groups 81
  • Naming Conventions 82
  • Adding a User Account 82
  • Modifying a User Object 87
  • Configuring User Object Properties 88
  • Moving a User Object to Another Container 97
  • Filtering the Objects Shown in the AD User and Computers Console 99
  • Finding Objects in the Active Directory 101
  • Creating User Groups and User Profiles 102
  • Creating a User Group 103
  • Adding Users to a Group 105
  • The Role of User Profiles 107
  • Types of Profiles 108
  • Profile Database Structure 109
  • Profiles and the Registry 111
  • Moving Profiles to the Network 112
  • Logging On to a Network Profile 114
  • Identifying More Than One User Profile 115
  • Roaming Off the Network 116
  • Considering WAN Issues 117
  • Managing Administrator-Created Roaming Profiles 118
  • Sharing Roaming Profiles 120
  • Working with Mandatory Profiles 120
  • Managing Windows 95/98 Profiles 121
  • IntelliMirror 122
  • 6 Adding Client Computers to Your Network 123
  • Windows 2000 Clients 124
  • Enabling Windows 2000 Professional as Network Clients 124
  • Enabling Windows NT Workstation 4.0 as Network Clients 130
  • Enabling Windows 95 and Windows 98 as Network Clients 132
  • Enabling Windows For Workgroups 3.11 139
  • Using Network Client Commands 148
  • 7 Managing Resources 153
  • Sharing Directories and Files 154
  • File Sharing Basics 154
  • Connecting with File Shares 158
  • Connecting Through My Network Places 159
  • Connecting Through Explorer 161
  • Assigning Share Permissions 162
  • Understanding Ownership 167
  • Adding Printers to the Network 168
  • Creating a Print Queue for a TCP/IP Printer 169
  • Creating a Print Queue from a Local Printer 175
  • Creating a Print Queue on the Server from a Shared Printer 175
  • 8 Networking with Windows 2000 181
  • Understanding Network Protocols 182
  • Understanding Routing Protocols 184
  • Network Services 190
  • 9 Introduction to TCP/IP 193
  • Essential TCP/IP Concepts 194
  • Microsoft's TCP/IP Architecture 194
  • Computer Addressing on TCP/IP Networks 196
  • IP Addresses and Dotted-Decimal Notation 197
  • Subnet Addressing 202
  • Computer Names on Microsoft TCP/IP Networks 210
  • Windows Internet Naming Service 211
  • Computer Names on the Internet 212
  • Domain Name Service 213
  • TCP/IP Routing 213
  • Virtual Private Networking 214
  • III Managing Your Windows 2000 Network
  • 10 Managing Drives, Partitions and Volumes 219
  • Understanding Windows 2000 File Systems 220
  • Understanding the FAT (File Allocation Table) File System 221
  • Understanding NTFS: The Windows 2000 File System 223
  • Choosing FAT over NTFS 224
  • Choosing NTFS over FAT 226
  • Converting from FAT to NTFS 228
  • The NTFS CHKSDK Utility 229
  • Understanding NTFS Disk Compression 230
  • Setting File and Directory Compression States 231
  • Using the COMPACT.EXE Utility 234
  • Moving and Copying Files and Folders 235
  • Using RAID to Protect Your Data 235
  • Hardware RAID Versus Software RAID 238
  • The Windows 2000 Disk Management Console 239
  • Working with Partitions 242
  • Partition Properties and Tools 254
  • Dynamic Volumes 265
  • 11 Working with the Windows 2000 Server Registry 279
  • Examining the Registry's Structure 280
  • Assigning Values 281
  • Understanding Hives 281
  • Viewing the Registry 283
  • Editing the Registry 285
  • Editing a Remote Registry 286
  • Assigning Values 287
  • Identifying Data Types 289
  • Finding Registry Entries 290
  • 12 Protecting Your Data 293
  • Why Back Up Your Data? 294
  • Selecting Backup Software 294
  • Selecting Backup Hardware 295
  • Planning Your Backup Schedule 302
  • Backing Up and Restoring Files 304
  • Protecting Your Server with a UPS 322
  • 13 Monitoring Windows 2000 331
  • Why Monitor Performance on Your Server? 332
  • Server Bottlenecks 333
  • The Windows 2000 System Monitor 339
  • Performance Objects and Counters 341
  • Analyzing the Data 342
  • Analyzing Memory 342
  • Analyzing Processor Activity 342
  • General I/O Monitoring 343
  • Disk Drive Monitoring 343
  • Network Monitoring with System Monitor 344
  • Displaying Views for System Monitor 344
  • Charting in System Monitor 346
  • Viewing a Chart 350
  • Changing the Look of a Chart 350
  • Using System Monitor Data for Reporting 354
  • Capturing Alerts in the Performance Console 356
  • Using Windows 2000 Server Network Monitor 358
  • Capturing Addresses 363
  • Using a Capture Filter 364
  • IV Expanding Your Windows Network
  • 14 Advanced TCP/IP Concepts 371
  • WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) and Windows 2000 372
  • Using DHCP Server 389
  • Installing DHCP 391
  • Supporting the Domain Name System 409
  • Introduction to Dynamic DNS 421
  • Using Your Windows 2000 Server as an Internet Router 422
  • Dialing on Demand 426
  • Understanding Network Address Translation (NAT) 430
  • Enabling Virtual Private Networking 433
  • IPSec (IP Security Protocol) 436
  • 15 Integrating Windows 2000 with Other Operating Systems 437
  • Configuring Macintosh Services 438
  • Integrating Windows 2000 with Novell NetWare 444
  • 16 Setting Up Internet Information Server 459
  • Introduction to Web Services 460
  • A Few Words About Web Servers 463
  • Installing IIS Version 5 464
  • Configuring Microsoft Internet Information Server 5 467
  • Creating a Web Site 470
  • 17 Configuring a Remote Access Server 491
  • Introduction to Remote Access Server 492
  • Understanding Remote Access Server 492
  • Features of the Remote Access Service 494
  • Installing and Configuring RAS 496.

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