December 2004
Beginner
672 pages
20h 38m
English
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Organization and Structure
In structuring the contents of this book I have tried to make a logical progression through the product, from a high-level overview through complete discussions and treatments of all its major components. Let’s walk through the Table of Contents a little more thoroughly.
Chapter 1, covers the product on a very general basis, from Microsoft’s philosophy behind the product itself and the different versions of the product that are available, to an overview of the features in this release that are new or otherwise improved and a complete overview of the system design. This chapter is designed to give the administrator a complete and systematic overview of the product.
Chapter 2, provides a detailed guide to installing the product in a variety of different environments. I’ve included scenarios for upgrade and new installations, and considerations with regard to security, user requirements, hardware necessities, and distributed installation (mass deployment). I also cover the System Preparation tool (Sysprep), which allows mass duplication of a single OS image on deployment to multiple computers, and Remote Installation Services (RIS), another tool for installing the OS over the network.
In Chapter 3, I discuss the basic file and print services built into Windows Server 2003. The chapter begins with an overview of sharing and a guide to creating shares, publishing them to Active Directory, mapping drives, using the My Network Places applet, and accessing shares ...
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