Mastering Windows Server 2003

MASTERING WINDOWS SERVER 2003

MASTERING MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2003: UPGRADE EDITION FOR SP1 AND R2

Market_Desc: The audience includes several million systems administrators, help-desk personnel, MIS professionals, and corporate programmers. Everyone who depends upon Windows Server 2003 needs these high-level, unbiased, readable instructions for upgrading to, and using the largely undocumented features of, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and R2. Special Features: · Highly anticipated update by best-selling author Mark Minasi, winner for the fourth year in a row of CertCities reader's choice award for Favorite Technical Author· Complete SP1 and R2 supplement for Mastering Windows Server 2003· Mastering Windows Server 2003 (ISBN 0782141307) sold over 80,000 units!· Delivers exactly the information that system administrators need to update an existing Windows 2003 Server network, with clear instructions for using the new features of SP1 and R2 About The Book: Mastering Windows Server 2003 Upgrade Edition is the addendum to the main volume, providing hands-on instruction for upgrading an existing installation to Windows Server 2003 SP1 and R2 by the pre-eminent Windows Server expert. The book explains the changes and shows the readers how to install and use the upgrades, which include the largest service pack ever released by Microsoft.

Mastering Windows Server 2003

The Only Windows Server Resource You Need The single most comprehensive and understandable book on the subject, Mastering Windows Server 2003 continues author Mark Minasi's award-winning tradition of clear and comprehensive coverage of Microsoft's Windows Server products. This book shows you how to plan, configure and install your network, keep it running its best, and fix it if it breaks. And you still get all the coverage you need for the Windows 2000 Server installations that remain part of your environment. Coverage includes: * Configuring IP, DHCP, DNS, and WINS to achieve the right foundation for your network * DNS explained in everyday English, from basics to advanced design * Designing, running, and maintaining Active Directory-based domains with Server 2003 and 2000 Server * Running your own Web, FTP, and e-mail server with 2003 * Controlling hundreds, even thousands, of workstations with group policies and security templates * Tuning and monitoring your network * Securing your network from split-brain DNS to AD delegation to group policies, logs, IPSec, PKI and more * Using Windows Server 2003 to share Internet connections * Complete coverage of all new 2003 features 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!