Don Jones9780764549250, 0764549251
Table of contents :
Windows® Server 2003 Weekend Crash Course®……Page 1
Frontmatter……Page 3
Who Should Read This Book……Page 11
Organization and Presentation……Page 12
Contacting the Author……Page 13
Contents……Page 19
Friday……Page 30
Part I: Friday Evening……Page 32
Session 1: Windows Server 2003 Basics……Page 33
Windows Server 2003 – Standard Edition……Page 34
Windows Server 2003 – Enteprise Edition……Page 35
Windows Server 2003 – Datacenter Edition……Page 36
Windows Architecture……Page 37
Operating system architecture……Page 38
Applications……Page 39
Multithreading……Page 40
Multiprocessing……Page 41
Networking……Page 42
Services……Page 43
Graphical user interfaces (GUIs)……Page 44
REVIEW……Page 45
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 46
Session 2: Installing Windows Server 2003……Page 47
CD-based installation……Page 48
Network-based installation……Page 49
RIS-based installation……Page 50
Attended installation……Page 51
Installation options……Page 53
Creating an answer file……Page 54
Using an answer file……Page 55
Product Activation……Page 56
Headless Servers……Page 57
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 58
Session 3: Managing Users and Groups……Page 59
Server Security……Page 60
Managing users……Page 61
What groups should you create?……Page 63
Managing groups……Page 64
Local Account Policies……Page 65
Password policies……Page 66
Account Lockout policies……Page 67
Security Auditing……Page 68
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 70
Session 4: Using Active Directory……Page 71
How Active Directory Works……Page 72
Domain requirements……Page 73
Domain structure……Page 74
Laying out domains……Page 75
Domain trees……Page 76
Deciding on OUs……Page 77
Making a Domain Controller……Page 78
Managing Domain Users and Groups……Page 80
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 81
Part I: Friday Evening Part Review……Page 82
Saturday……Page 84
Part II: Saturday Morning……Page 86
Disks, Partitions, and Drives……Page 87
Disk Management……Page 88
Fault Tolerance……Page 90
RAID 5……Page 91
File Systems……Page 92
Disk Optmization……Page 93
Stripe sets for better performance……Page 94
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 96
File Security……Page 97
Managing permissions……Page 98
Permission types……Page 99
Assigning permissions……Page 100
Ownership and permissions……Page 101
Understanding inheritance……Page 102
Sharing Files……Page 103
Accessing shared folders……Page 104
Mapping drive letters……Page 105
Share Security……Page 106
Best Practices for File Security……Page 107
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 108
Session 7: Managing the Distributed File System……Page 109
Building a tree……Page 110
Providing references……Page 112
Creating a DFS Root……Page 113
Adding links……Page 114
Adding targets……Page 115
DFS and Replication……Page 116
REVIEW……Page 117
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 118
File Compression……Page 119
Performance impact of compression……Page 120
How to use compression……Page 121
Rules for compressed files and folders……Page 122
Performance of encryption……Page 123
How to use encryption……Page 124
Recovering encrypted files……Page 125
Disk Quotas……Page 126
Using disk quotas……Page 127
Disk quotas and compression……Page 129
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 130
Setting Up Printers and Print Devices……Page 131
Installing print devices……Page 132
Configuring printers……Page 134
Sharing Printers……Page 135
Setting Up Fax Services……Page 136
Sharing Fax Devices……Page 138
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 140
What Is Terminal Services?……Page 141
Terminal Services Capabilities……Page 144
Why Use Terminal Services?……Page 145
Remote Administration with Terminal Services……Page 146
Application Server Mode……Page 147
Setting up users……Page 149
Terminal Services Licensing……Page 151
REVIEW……Page 152
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 153
Part II: Saturday Morning Part Review……Page 154
Part III: Saturday Afternoon……Page 156
Session 11: Configuring Security Policies……Page 157
Local and Domain Security Policies……Page 158
Managing local security policy……Page 159
Managing domain security policy……Page 161
Using Security Policies……Page 162
User rights assignment policies……Page 163
Security options policies……Page 165
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 167
Session 12: Using the Security Configuration Manager……Page 169
Opening the SCM……Page 170
Working with the SCM……Page 171
Predefined templates……Page 172
Editing and creating templates……Page 174
Security Configuration and Analysis……Page 175
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 179
Session 13: Networking with TCP/IP……Page 181
Sending the data……Page 182
Subnets and subnet masks……Page 183
Basic TCP/IP Services……Page 184
Designing services into a network……Page 185
TCP/IP services and Windows Server 2003……Page 186
Configuring TCP/IP……Page 188
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 191
How DNS Works……Page 193
DNS records……Page 194
The DNS process……Page 195
Setting Up DNS……Page 196
Configuring DNS……Page 197
Managing DNS……Page 199
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 202
How WINS Works……Page 203
Name registration……Page 204
Name resolution……Page 205
Installing WINS……Page 206
Configuring computers to use WINS……Page 207
The WINS database……Page 209
Static WINS entries……Page 210
REVIEW……Page 211
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 212
How DHCP Works……Page 213
DHCP in the World Metro Bank……Page 215
Installing DHCP……Page 216
Setting an initial DHCP configuration……Page 217
Configuring clients to use DHCP……Page 219
Creating reservations……Page 220
Troubleshooting DHCP……Page 221
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 222
Saturday Afternoon Part Review……Page 224
Part IV: Saturday Evening……Page 226
Session 17: Managing Internet Information Services……Page 227
Installing IIS……Page 228
Managing IIS……Page 229
Web Sites……Page 230
File Transfer Protocol Sites……Page 231
Simple Mail Transport Protocol Sites……Page 234
Network News Transport Protocol Sites……Page 235
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 236
Creating a Web Site……Page 237
The solution for multiple sites……Page 238
IP address……Page 239
Port number……Page 240
Host header……Page 242
Managing Web Site Operations……Page 243
REVIEW……Page 245
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 246
Session 19: Managing Routing and Remote Access Services……Page 247
How RRAS Works……Page 248
RRAS for dial-up connections……Page 249
RRAS for VPN connections……Page 250
Configuring RRAS……Page 251
Configuring dial-up connections……Page 252
Configuring VPN connections……Page 253
RRAS policies……Page 254
REVIEW……Page 255
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 256
Session 20: Managing the Internet Authentication Service……Page 257
How IAS Works……Page 258
Installing IAS……Page 259
Configuring IAS clients……Page 260
Managing IAS……Page 261
Using IAS as a RADIUS proxy……Page 264
Using IAS for remote access accounting……Page 265
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 267
Saturday Evening Part Review……Page 269
Sunday……Page 272
Part V: Sunday Morning……Page 274
Session 21: Managing Virtual Private Networks……Page 275
How VPNs Work……Page 276
Types of VPNs……Page 277
Setting Up a VPN……Page 278
Configuring RRAS……Page 279
Creating a routing interface……Page 280
Fine-tuning the routing interface……Page 282
Firewall issues……Page 283
Miscellaneous issues……Page 284
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 285
Session 22: Managing Advanced Network Services……Page 287
Routing with RRAS……Page 288
The need for static routes……Page 289
Adding static routes……Page 290
Internet Connection Sharing……Page 291
Enabling ICS……Page 292
RRAS as an Internet gateway……Page 293
Internet Connection Firewall……Page 294
Enabling ICF……Page 295
RRAS as a basic firewall……Page 296
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 298
Session 23: Using Network Monitor……Page 299
How NetMon Works……Page 300
NetMon obstacles……Page 301
Using capture filters……Page 304
Using triggers……Page 306
Analyzing Data……Page 307
Filtering captured data……Page 308
Running analysis experts……Page 309
REVIEW……Page 310
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 311
Session 24: Performing Disaster Recovery Operations……Page 313
Backing up data……Page 314
Types of backups……Page 315
Managing backup tapes……Page 316
The Recovery Console……Page 317
ASR backup……Page 318
REVIEW……Page 319
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 320
Session 25: Managing Hardware……Page 321
Driver signing……Page 322
Device management……Page 325
Last Known Good configuration……Page 327
Hardware Profiles……Page 328
Creating hardware profiles……Page 329
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 330
Session 26: Managing and Maintaining Servers……Page 331
Viewing events……Page 332
Managing the logs……Page 334
Applying hotfixes and service packs……Page 335
Removing hotfixes and service packs……Page 336
Using Automatic Update……Page 337
Disk defragmentation……Page 338
Checking disks for errors……Page 339
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 341
Part V: Sunday Morning Part Review……Page 342
Part VI: Sunday Afternoon……Page 344
Windows Clusters……Page 345
Failover clusters……Page 346
Load-balancing clusters……Page 348
Creating a Cluster……Page 349
Failover clusters……Page 350
Load-balancing clusters……Page 351
Cluster-aware applications……Page 352
Load-balancing applications……Page 353
REVIEW……Page 354
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 355
How Certificates Work……Page 357
Certificates for encryption……Page 358
Certificates for verification……Page 359
How Certificate Services Works……Page 360
Setting Up Certificate Services……Page 361
Issuing certificates……Page 363
Certificates and Internet Explorer……Page 365
REVIEW……Page 367
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 368
Session 29: Understanding Performance Management……Page 369
Using the Performance Console……Page 370
Monitoring real-time data……Page 371
Setting performance alerts……Page 373
Creating performance logs……Page 375
Performance Reporting……Page 376
Performance trends……Page 377
Storage subsystem……Page 378
Network subsystem……Page 379
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 380
Session 30: Performance Tuning and Optimization……Page 381
Optimization goals……Page 382
Key performance counters……Page 383
Optimization goals……Page 384
Key performance counters……Page 385
Optimizing Terminal Services Performance……Page 386
QUIZ YOURSELF……Page 387
Part VI: Sunday Afternoon Part Review……Page 389
Part VII: Appendixes……Page 390
System Requirements……Page 391
Using the CD……Page 392
Troubleshooting……Page 393
Friday Evening Part Review Answers……Page 395
Saturday Morning Part Review Answers……Page 397
Saturday Afternoon Part Review Answers……Page 399
Saturday Evening Part Review Answers……Page 401
Sunday Morning Part Review Answers……Page 404
Sunday Afternoon Part Review Answers……Page 406
Index……Page 409
Wiley Publishing, Inc. End-User License Agreement……Page 432
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