Migrating To Windows 2000 for Dummies [Paperback]

Leonard Stearns (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 29, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0764504592 | ISBN-13: 978-0764504594

Are you a network administrator who needs to understand the nuts and bolts of migrating to Windows 2000? Are you a senior decision-maker wondering what Windows 2000 is all about? You're both in luck, for this guide is written to give management and the technical staff a sense of the increased range of performance, functionality, and efficiency your investment in Windows 2000 can provide.

Migrating To Windows 2000 For Dummies is a handy reference to help you make the jump to Windows 2000. From planning the move to deploying network changes this book helps you discover?

• The nuts and bolts of Windows 2000 Server
• Valuable information on developing a comprehensive, long-range migration strategy
• How Windows 2000 Server can coexist with UNIX platforms connected to your network
• Details of migrating from Windows NT servers and working with NetWare servers
• The essential components of the Windows 2000 interface, its completely redesigned directory structure, and administering group policies
• New features included with Active Directory, Distributed File System, Microsoft Management
• Console, and Terminal Services
• Managing hardware resources as well as protecting software resources and workstation contents

The enclosed CD-ROM includes preview and evaluation versions of Omniquad Detective, pcAnywhere, and Password Recovery Toolkit. It also offers you shareware, including CuteFTP, Go!Zilla, Random Password Generator Pro, NeoTrace, and WebFerret 2.7 100 freeware.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Microsoft Windows 2000 is set to assume its place as the software titan's flagship operating system, and you'd better be prepared. Migrating to Windows 2000 for Dummies describes what the new offering from Redmond can do, whether it's appropriate for you, and how to proceed if you decide to go ahead with deployment. Though it's written as a primer for organizational information systems specialists, it will benefit people who administer computers for small businesses as well as individual users.

This book is most valuable as a decision-making aid, but it incorporates a considerable amount of procedural information that author Leonard Stearns tested against a near-final version of Windows 2000 Server. You'll find explicit procedures on installing and configuring Active Directory (AD), as well as Terminal Services and several security options. The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is discussed too. Simply put, this book is a fine introduction to Windows 2000 Server and its essential operations. --David Wall

Topics covered: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, as it applies to users of Windows NT 4 (and to a lesser degree Novell NetWare, Unix variants, and combinations of the three). An overview of what Windows 2000 Server can do, why you might want to install it, and how to get ready for the changeover, plus some of the procedural details of the operating system, particularly those having to do with Active Directory and Terminal Services.

About the Author

Leonard Stearns is an electronics engineer with more than 30 years experience in the electronics, computer, and space industries. Since retiring from Hughes Space Systems in 1989 as a systems engineering manager, Len has consulted in the networking and software development fields and written two books plus numerous technical reviews for computer magazines. His hobbies are flying, precision metalworking, and tending his five-acre front lawn.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (December 29, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764504592
• ISBN-13: 978-0764504594
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,351,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Dummies and Professionals alike!, January 13, 2000

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This review is from: Migrating To Windows 2000 for Dummies (Paperback)

As system administrator for Internet Outlet, it's part of my job to stay on top of new technologies. When I first heard about Windows 2000, I wanted to find some information about it from a source other than Microsoft. A friend told me about this book, so I bought it.

This book is a necessary primer for anyone interested in migrating to Windows 2000. Stearns provides concise information with 'how to's' and screen shots that helped me deploy this new network operating system with ease and simplicity. I like the fact that you can open the book to any section you want and get the information you need.

I highly recommend this book for enterprise executives and administrators both. I've purchased 6 copies for key people in my organization.