Microsoft Windows Vista: Mastering the Vista User Experience [Livelessons Series]
Author: J Peter Bruzzes
You have Microsoft Windows Vista…now get the most out of it, faster and more easily than ever before! J. Peter Bruzzese shows you how to maximize your Vista productivity and fun with 100 quick video lessons.
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These practical videos cover Vista’s new Aero user interface, security, networking, Internet Explorer 7, Windows Media Player 11, Windows Media Center, mobile computing, administration, backup/recovery, troubleshooting, and plenty more!
For anyone who wants to master Microsoft Windows Vista fast–from novices to experienced “power users” and administrators!
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Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide
Author: Jonathan Hassell
This practical guide has exactly what you need to work with Windows Server 2008. Inside, you'll find step-by-step procedures for using all of the major components, along with discussions on complex concepts such as Active Directory replication, DFS namespaces and replication, network access protection, the Server Core edition, Windows PowerShell, server clustering, and more. All of this with a more compact presentation and a tighter focus on tasks than you'll find in bulkier references. Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide takes a refreshing approach. You won't find the history of Windows NT, or discussions on the way things used to work. Instead, you get only the information you need to use this server. If you're a beginning or intermediate system administrator, you learn how the system works, and how to administer machines running it. The expert administrators among you discover new concepts and components outside of your realm of expertise. Simply put, this is the most thorough reference available for Windows Server 2008, with complete guides to: Installing the server in a variety of different environments File services and the Windows permission structure How the domain name system (DNS) works Active Directory, including its logical and physical structure, hierarchical components, scalability, and replication Group Policy's structure and operation Managing security policy with predefined templates and customized policy plans Architectural improvements, new features, and daily administration of IIS 7 Terminal Services from both the administrator's user's point of view Networking architecture including DNS, DHCP, VPN, RADIUS server, IAS, and IPSec Windows clusteringservices ---applications, grouping machines, capacity and network planning, user account management Windows PowerShell scripting and command-line technology With Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide, you to come away with a firm understanding of what's happening under the hood, but without the sense that you're taking a graduate course in OS theory. If you intend to work with this server, this is the only book you need.
Table of Contents:
Preface ix
Introducing Windows Server 2008 1
The Biggest Changes 2
Networking Improvements 5
Security Improvements 7
Manageability Improvements 10
Performance and Reliability Upgrades 11
Windows Server 2008 Editions 12
Hardware Requirements 13
The Last Word 14
Installation and Deployment 15
Installing Windows Server 2008 15
Initial Configuration Tasks 19
Deployment 22
The Last Word 37
File Services 38
File and Print Server Features 39
Setting Up File Sharing Services 40
NTFS File and Folder Permissions 55
The File Server Resource Manager 64
Disk-Based Quotas 77
Using Offline Files and Folders 79
Using Previous Versions 82
The Distributed File System 85
Command-Line Utilities 93
The Last Word 96
Domain Name System 97
Nuts and Bolts 97
Zones Versus Domains 98
Resource Records 100
Using Primary and Secondary Nameservers 106
Building a Nameserver 107
Subdomains and Delegation 122
Dynamic DNS 124
Active Directory-Integrated Zones 130
Forwarding 133
The Split DNS Architecture 137
Backup and Recovery 142
Command-Line Utilities 143
The Last Word 146
Active Directory 147
Active Directory Domain Services Objects and Concepts 147
Building an AD DS Structure 158
Understanding Operations Master Roles 182
Understanding Directory Replication 191
Active Directory Troubleshooting and Maintenance 208
The Last Word 213
Group Policy and IntelliMirror 214
An Introduction to Group Policy 214
Group Policy Implementation 215
Local Group Policy 248
Domain Group Policy 252
Deployment Considerations 274
Troubleshooting Group Policy 276
Other Group Policy Management Tools 278
Command-Line Utilities 279
The Last Word 282
Windows Security and Patch Management 283
Understanding Security Considerations 283
Locking Down Windows 286
Using Auditing and the Event Log 298
The Last Word 304
Internet Information Services 7 305
Major Improvements 305
The New Architecture 307
Roles 309
Managing IIS Graphically 311
Managing IIS from the Command Line 320
The Last Word 325
Windows Server 2008 Server Core 326
The Lack of a Shell 326
Realistic Deployment Scenarios 327
No Managed Code 328
Few Third-Party Software Applications 328
Installation 329
Initial Configuration 330
Administering Windows Server 2008 Server Core Machines 336
The Last Word 340
Terminal Services 341
The Remote Desktop Protocol 342
Adding the Terminal Server Role 344
Enabling Remote Desktop 345
On the User's Side 346
Terminal Services Administration 350
Terminal Services RemoteApp 362
Terminal Services Web Access 364
Terminal Services Gateway 364
Command-Line Utilities 365
The Last Word 367
DHCP and Network Access Protection 368
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 368
Network Access Protection 381
The Last Word 394
An Introduction to Clustering Technologies 395
Network Load-Balancing Clusters 396
Server Clustering 407
Command-Line Utilities 415
The Last Word 418
PowerShell 419
Why PowerShell? 419
Installing PowerShell 420
PowerShell and Security 421
Starting Up PowerShell 422
Cmdlets: The Heart of PowerShell 422
Getting Help with PowerShell 424
Using Data Stores and PowerShell Providers 425
The Pipeline 429
Formating Basics 431
Variables 433
Writing Scripts 435
Objects: .NET, WMI, and COM 437
Advanced PowerShell 440
Learning More About PowerShell 441
The Last Word 442
Hyper-V 443
How It Works 443
Getting Started with Hyper-V 444
Virtualization Strategy 447
The Last Word 449
Index 451
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