If you're a system administrator or an architect, a field technician or a help desk administrator, you need answers to four key questions about Windows 2000 Server technology: How is each major feature designed? How does it work in production? How does it work in production? What happens when it breaks, how do I fix it? Inside Windows 2000 Server answer those questions. Author William Boswell specializes in system and network administration for large-scale Windows NT/2000 networking environments. He has an in-depth understanding of the types of network problems that can arise and calls on his expertise to create a variety of common and not-so-common Windows 2000 problems. In an efficient, task-based format, Boswell provides strategies and specific procedures for installing, configuring, deploying and managing Windows 2000 servers and workstations in diverse enterprise networks.
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Providing a complete, well-structured guide to installation and administration, Inside Windows 2000 Server includes not only the essentials but also a great deal of detail and valuable advice.
In addition to being thorough, Inside Windows 2000 Server concentrates on the topics that the majority of Windows administrators will want the most--information, security, recovery, and networking. Given its extra emphasis on the most important topics, the book has added relevance.
The volume contains a level of detail that goes far beyond the bare essentials that an administrator needs to know, making this book useful for troubleshooting and for understanding how the operating system actually works. For example, the Managing File Systems chapter provides a byte-level file system reference, particularly helpful if you are using Disk Probe to see what is actually happening with storage media.
The book is also periodically unusually humorous. For example, after discussing why X.500 directory services hasn't caught on among numerous acronyms starting with the letter D, the author says, "my friend, you've got a whole D** lot to go wrong." This makes the book more readable even while it succeeds as a complete reference.
If you are looking for a book that provides basic information about installing and administering Windows 2000 Server, along with plenty of well-organized information for the serious administrator, this book is a great choice. --John Keogh
Topics covered: The first two chapters, which provide information about the product and installation, are the most general. The remaining chapters are focused on particular aspects of the operating system. This listing of topics covered generally follows the order in which the topics are presented in Inside Windows 2000 Server.
Types of Windows 2000 Server products (Professional Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server); hardware recommendations; hardware compatibility; storage; installation checklist; dual boot considerations; Plug-n-Play; FAT; FAT32; NTFS; Server Naming; passwords and password management; installation using setup disks, phases of setup, setup hangs, and problems during setup.
Performing upgrades and automated installs; NTLDR (Windows NT Loader); boot process; BOOT.INI; ARC paths; upgrade paths; preparing DHCP and WINS for upgrade; manual installation; upgrading Win 9x and Windows NT machines; Remote Installation Service; scripted installations; joining domains during setup; administrative tools, including sysdiff and Terminal Services.
System architecture (most of these are covered briefly), including memory allocation; paging file; kernel pools; MBR; Address Windowing Extensions; ring protection; multitasking; interrupts; overview of Windows 2000 plug-n-play, power management, Windows Driver Model; installing and configuring devices, including storage, network devices, and troubleshooting.
Overview of Windows 2000 networking; contrast with the OSI Model, name resolution, Server Message Block, discussion of Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Resource kit tools that can be used to troubleshoot network problems; LMHosts, WINS, WINS records, managing WINS.
DNS and DHCP, DNS domain structure, DNS overview, lookup zones, zone tables, dynamic updates, zones and security, WINS forwarding, configuring DHCP to support DNS.
Access Security, Kerberos (extensive discussion), Local Security Authority, types of authentication, account and security databases, SID and Relative IDs, limits on classic Windows NT security, configuring security policies, access for non-Windows systems (brief discussion), security administration.
Directory services overview, Active Directory Services, X.500 overview, LDAP (overview and a more extensive functional discussion later), Directory Information Model, naming conventions, classes and class derivations, rules, GUIDs, tools (including LDAP browser), ADSI Editor, directory contents (extensive discussion).
Designing Windows 2000 domains (which focuses on design and extends the security, naming, domain, and directory services background given in previous chapters).
Deploying Windows 2000 domains, infrastructure, preparing Windows NT Domain Controllers for upgrade, hardware preparation, time synchronization, disaster planning, RAS servers, security considerations (including trust and ACLs), troubleshooting, verifying updates, domain operations, instructions for upgrading, tools (brief discussion), domain operations.
Active Directory security (extensive discussion), overview, users, control lists, types of rights, access control inheritance, access rights delegation, extended rights, managing accounts, groups, global catalogs.
Active Directory replication and maintenance, overview, topology, intrasite replication, localizing Active Directory access, site objects, UTD Vector, version numbers and time stamps, configuring intersite replication, site links, special replication operations, tools, troubleshooting and backup, maintenance.
Configuring data storage, Logical Disk Manager service, RAID storage, low-level discussion of disk storage.
Managing file systems, overview of the Windows 2000 file system, FAT, FAT32, NTFS, byte-level discussion of the preceding, boot sectors, FAT and MFT structures, file record structure, short and long names, compression, directory records, distributed link tracking, file protection, defragmenting, quotas.
File system security, permissions, auditing, access control, changing file ownership, public/private key system, certificate services, data recovery.
Managing shared resources, functional description, network providers, file systems, SMB protocol, managing clients, sharing, client-side caching, offline files, Distributed File System, network printers (extensive discussion).
User profiles, including profile structure; profile ownership; managing profiles; roaming profiles; local profiles; home directories; user and group policies; administrative templates; using and managing DOS and 16-bit Windows applications; 16-bit Windows sessions.
Managing remote access and Internet routing, data communications, telephony, PPP, authentication, encryption, modems, RAS, dial-up discussion, ISDN, demand dial, VPN.
Backup and recovery (extensive discussion).
From the Publisher
This book has been almost 3 years in the making. And it's not just been a result of the delayed product cycle.
When New Riders first started this all-new edition of the classic book Inside Windows NT Server, we wanted to start with a fresh perspective, a new design and a revamped approach to presenting technical information. Key to that vision was an author with the ability to communicate a lot of new and complex information in an effective, useful, and approachable manner. Our reviewers tell us that Mr. Boswell has succeeded in that quest. With almost 1600 very dense pages, a comprehensive structure and index, and an exhaustive 8-step technical and peer reviewing process, we feel we've built one of the best references possible for Windows 2000.
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Inside Windows 2000,
This review is from: Inside Windows 2000 Server (Inside Windows Guides) (Paperback)
I am a Technical Trainer and this is the only book I always take on the road with me for W2K reference (I have over 10 W2K reference books in my library, so I know whats out there). It is how things "actually are", rather than just how they are "suppose to be". Very practical knowledge, especially in the hardware/software interaction area, but you can get into subjects (like Active Directory) in greater depth if you need to. Have recommended it to my fellow trainers. Can't wait for the second edition.
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Inside W2K server - Excellent source,
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I'm about 3/4 through the book but love it. Very well written and logically organized. The networking and DNS chapters gave me a much better understanding of NT-TCP/IP concepts - cleared up many misconceptions for me. My main focus when buying the book was for Active Directory and VPN but the book is so well designed I'm giving it a thorough reading from beginning to end. The author points out certain areas where functionality has changed between NT4 and W2K so the reader can avoid erroneous assumptions. All in all a very complete source.
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It's one thing to find a book whose scope and depth are appropriate to a subject, and wherein the technical details don't seem merely pasted from an RFC or help documentation. It's another to find this sort of uncommon quality coupled with a lucid and engaging writing style. No, I'm not implying that this is would be the equivalent of a "Windows 2000 for Dummies." Far, far beyond that. This book covers the details more than the generalities, and the prose is two notches above that of nearly any other technical reference I've used, and is matched by well-detailed coverage of all the major areas that an administrator will have to engage Windows 2000. The text is written from the perspective of a seasoned pro who's standing beside you with commentary on practical implementation details, not a fresh-faced technical trainer who's walking you through all the common GUI's. If you REALLY want to know how to approach administering Windows 2000 enterprise, and appreciate good writing, get this book. It's not geared toward certification, it's geared toward real-life issues.
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