Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

Special Edition Using Windows 2000 Server provides detailed advice on upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 and NetWare and start-from-scratch installations. This new edition increases coverage of telecommunications topics such as the Internet, Intranet, and extranet issues, enterprise-scale directory architecture, client services, and application installation. This book separates steps from theory to provide you with not only a reference to accomplish your work quickly, but also how to do it well and meet the needs of your company's specifications. Coverage is focused on server topics. "In the Real World" case studies at the end of each chapter provide insight to issues facing IT managers, Web production staff, and system administrators when upgrading to Windows 2000 Server.

Special Edition Using Windows 2000 Server provides detailed advice on upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 and NetWare and start-from-scratch installations. This new edition increases coverage of telecommunications topics such as the Internet, Intranet, and extranet issues, enterprise-scale directory architecture, client services, and application installation. This book separates steps from theory to provide you with not only a reference to accomplish your work quickly, but also how to do it well and meet the needs of your company's specifications. Coverage is focused on server topics. "In the Real World" case studies at the end of each chapter provide insight to issues facing IT managers, Web production staff, and system administrators when upgrading to Windows 2000 Server.

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Covers the set up and maintenance of large, distributed networks using Windows 2000 Server and active directory, either alone or with other network operating systems. The organization of the book follows the process of establishing a new Windows 2000 network<-->the planning process, production server installation, delivering network resources to client PCs, and working in wide-area network and internet/intranet environments. The CD-ROM contains ADSI25 for active directory, NetTraffic, and third-party tools and utilities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Roger Jennings is the author of Que's top-selling SE Using Access (five editions) and PE Using Access 97, plus SAMS Database Developer's Guide with Visual Basic (three editions.) Roger has more than 30 years of operating system experience, ranging from Digital PDP-16s to IBM and Hitachi mainframes. He's been a member of the technical beta test team for every version of Windows NT, SQL Server 4.21 and later, Microsoft Transaction and Message Queue Servers, and all other BackOffice components.