Designing Windows 2000 Networks [Paperback]

Ed Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2002

Windows 2000 promises unprecedented power and flexibility -- but only if IT professionals design their networks to take full advantage of its capabilities. In this comprehensive, hands-on guide, leading Microsoft technology consultant Ed Wilson shows how. Wilson presents high-level overviews of every major consideration in Windows 2000 network design, then drills down to the technical details -- providing specific guidance for planning, prototyping, and deployment. Designing Windows 2000 Networks covers the Windows 2000 deployment process from start to finish. Ed Wilson offers proven advice for assembling teams, planning migration, minimizing risk, avoiding pitfalls associated with structuring domains, working with native and mixed mode, providing appropriate infrastructure, prototyping, fine-tuning, and debugging performance. Coverage includes: designing for Active Directory, DNS, and WINS; unattended installations; troubleshooting, and much more. Wilson uses extensive illustrations and network diagrams, and walks through detailed scenarios for large enterprises, mid-sized companies, and small businesses. For every IT professional who has implemented or is planning to implement a Windows 2000-based network.

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From the Back Cover

• Windows 2000 network design, the professional way!
• Build better, more efficient, more secure networks from the ground up
• Featuring examples from the author's own designs and installations

Fast, solid, and secure Windows 2000 networks don't happen by chance—they happen by design!

It's not the hardware. It's not even the software ... by far, the most vital component of any Windows 2000 network is the design work performed before it goes online. Drawing on his extensive experience in designing Windows 2000 networks for major companies, top networking expert Ed Wilson explains everything you need to do before you connect even a single cable. With real-world examples, deployment options, and scenario-based solutions from actual cases, Wilson guides you through the entire design process. When you roll out your network, you'll know you've left nothing to chance.

Taking a unique project management approach, Designing Windows 2000 Networks covers preliminary considerations, migration and deployment strategies, business considerations, technology integration, domain management, security concerns, and troubleshooting, as well as Active Directory, DNS issues, DHCP, WINS, and more. Best of all, Designing Windows 2000 Networks comes with Wilson's hands-on style and trademark sense of humor. You'll not only learn more than you thought there was to know about Windows 2000 network design, you'll have fun doing so. This book was written to give a thorough, working knowledge of the topic, including how to design a network that will:

• Meet your company's cost and operational goals
• Allow for a smooth migration from your present system
• Be performance and security optimized
• Provide for straightforward troubleshooting

Network administrators, consultants, system architects, technicians, and anyone else thinking about deploying a Windows 2000 network will find Designing Windows 2000 Networks an indispensable companion. Using real-world examples, author Ed Wilson, a top authority on designing and implementing Windows 2000 networks, shows you exactly what to anticipate at every step along the way, from planning to migration to implementation to troubleshooting and beyond.

About the Author

ED WILSON is a senior networking specialist with Full Service Networking, a Microsoft Solution Provider Partner in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of the nation's leading authorities on deploying Windows 2000 networks, Wilson's roster of clients includes a variety of both Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies. He is the author of An Administrator's Guide to Windows 2000 TCP/IP Networks and Network Monitoring and Analysis: A Protocol Approach to Troubleshooting, both for Prentice Hall PTR, and has contributed to several other networking books. He holds several key certifications, including MCSE Internet, MCT, CCNA, and Master ASE.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130661996
• ISBN-13: 978-0130661999
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,584,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed Wilson, MCSE, MSCBA, MCT is the Microsoft Scripting Guy. As such, he writes the popular Hey Scripting Guy blog for Microsoft, speaks at conferences such as TechEd and TechReady. He is very active in the community and has spoken to numerous user groups around the world via Live Meeting and in person. Ed has written numerous books about VBScript, WMI, and Windows PowerShell scripting and his latest release is Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices. In addition he wrote all the scripts for the Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 Resource kits. Ed lives in York, South Carolina and Ed has been with Microsoft since 2001. Prior to becoming the writer of the Hey Scripting Guy blog Ed taught scripting workshops worldwide to Microsoft Premier customers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great troubleshoot section; good preview for Minasi book, May 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Designing Windows 2000 Networks (Paperback)

There're 3 sections: project manager's guide to w2k server migration (150 pages), overview of DHCP, WINS, DNS, AD, and a troubleshooting AD chapter.

The ProjMgmt chapters (1-6) are a good read for anybody who's migrating or doing clean installs, Wilson's clearly seen many many cases of what can go awry and gives a lot of solid advice, both of the forest/domain/OU setup and of the softer planning/implementation/getting management buyin type.

Chapters 7-11 are DHCP/DNS/AD/interoperability survey, they're nowhere near the depth/breadth of Minasi (now in 4th Edition), but they're excellent prep for Minasi, written at an intermediate level. You won't know enought to manage a large forest, but you'll have a solid conceptual understanding. The interoperability section's thin, it's really about integrating Exchange and NetWare, it doesn't mention Services for Unix/MAC, samba, etc.

AD troubleshooting section will save you time and anguish: nltest and browstat will become your friends. If you don't buy book, at least borrow it,read the last chapter.

Downsides: index kinda skimpy, minor typos of capitalization/font type throughout, some superfluous screen scrapes. Other than that, a really solid presentation of the topic in 500 pages.