Sams Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours
by Joe Habraken

# Paperback: 648 pages
# Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (May 21, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0672330121
# ISBN-13: 978-0672330124

Product Description

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be able to install and configure Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and its various services for any size network. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of Windows Server® 2008 from the ground up.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common tasks.

Q&As at the end of each hour help you test your knowledge.

By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.

Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to do something.

Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

Joe Habraken is a computer technology professional and best-selling author with more than fifteen years of experience in the information technology field. He has written more than twenty computer and information technology publications including Home Wireless Networking in a Snap, Skinning Windows XP, and Sams Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours (with Matt Hayden). Joe, a Microsoft Certified Professional and Cisco Certified Network Associate, currently serves as an associate professor at the University of New England in Biddeford, ME, where he teaches a variety of new media and information technology-related courses.

Learn how to…

–Install the latest version of the Windows network operating system

–Design and implement Active Directory Forests, Trees, and Domains

–Configure Windows servers for a number of different roles including domain controller, remote access server, file server, print server, Web server, and much more

–Add users to your domain’s Active Directory and organize users in groups and organizational units

–Implement network services such as DNS, DHCP, Windows Deployment Services, and Routing and Remote Access

–Secure your servers with the Windows Firewall and IPSec and make your domain more secure using the Active Directory Certificate Services

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Table of Contents

Part I: Server Installation and Configuration

HOUR 1: Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2008

HOUR 2: Installing Windows Server 2008

HOUR 3: Configuring Windows Server 2008 Basic Settings 31

HOUR 4: Configuring Server Roles and Services 53

HOUR 5: Implementing Windows Deployment Services 71

HOUR 6: Managing Hard Drives and Volumes 87

Part II: Network Users, Resources, and Special Server Roles

HOUR 7: Working with TCP/IP Network Protocols 121

HOUR 8: Understanding and Configuring Active Directory Domain Services 141

HOUR 9: Creating Active Directory Groups, Organizational Units, and Sites 169

HOUR 10: Adding Client Computers and Member Servers to the Domain 195

HOUR 11: Deploying Group Policy and Network Access Protection 215

HOUR 12: Working with Network Shares and the Distributed File System 245

HOUR 13: Understanding Share and NTFS Permissions 277

HOUR 14: Working with Network Printing 303

HOUR 15: Understanding the Domain Name Service 327

HOUR 16: Using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 353

Part III: Advanced Networking

HOUR 17: Remote Access and Virtual Private Networking 379

HOUR 18: Implementing Network Routing 407

HOUR 19: Implementing Terminal Services 427

HOUR 20: Understanding WINS 445

Part IV: Network Security, Web Services, and Performance Monitoring

HOUR 21: Working with the Windows Firewall and IPSec 469

HOUR 22: Using Network Address Translation and Certificate Services 489

HOUR 23: Using the Internet Information Service 513

HOUR 24: Monitoring Server Performance and Network Connections 537

About the Author
Joe Habraken is an information technology and new media professional with more than 15 years of professional experience in the information technology and digital media production

fields. Joe is a best-selling author and his recent publications include Home Wireless Networking in a Snap, Skinning Windows XP, and Sams Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours

(with Matt Hayden). Joe currently serves as an associate professor at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, where he teaches a variety of new media— and information

technology-related courses. Joe is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Cisco Certified Network Associate.

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