Mission Critical Windows 2000 Server Administration (Mission Critical Series) [Paperback]

Robin Walshaw (Author), Syngress Publishing (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1928994164 | ISBN-13: 978-1928994169 | Publication Date: September 30, 2000 | Edition: 1

Announcing the "Mission Critical" series from Syngress Media - providing crucial coverage of the topics necessary for IT professionals to perform and succeed on the job.
Mission Critical Windows 2000 Server Administration cuts to the chase and provides system administrators with the most important features of the operating system. There's no "hand-holding", no basic definitions of functions, no step-by-step guidelines - just high-level coverage of the critical components of Windows 2000 that system administrators must know.



* Hot topic - since the launch of Windows 2000 in February - there is an increased demand for a high-level book
* Comes with free membership to [e-mail], which provides readers with regular updates, articles, white papers, and bug alerts
* Offers high-level coverage of the following topics: Active Directory, remote installation and deployment, security, network services, Microsoft Management Console and administration

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

To put it in terms understandable to the many former English majors who now manage Windows networks: if Everyman were a system administrator, he'd run Windows 2000 Server. It supports pretty much any business requirement, yet it's user-friendly enough that anyone can learn to be an administrator with a bit of study. Mission Critical! Windows 2000 Server Administration explains how to set up and run Windows 2000 Server on a network. Its approach isn't oversimplified by any means, but neither is it bewildering. With lots of clearly written text and enough stepped procedures to satisfy those who just want to know how to accomplish a specific task, this book balances how-to facts with knowledge-building information.

The administrator's primary goals (maximizing the reliability of the system and minimizing the workload) are top of mind in this book. Technical details (say, configuring permissions for users and groups) are generally combined with a snippet of administrative advice (the merits of using special groups rather than restricting users individually). Each chapter concludes with question-and-answer sections that make great reading (typically, the answers reference related issues as well as responding to the question). The FAQs weren't thrown together to satisfy the publisher's formatting requirements; they are highly readable repositories of Windows 2000 wisdom. This book, though not meant as such, would help someone studying for the Microsoft certification tests on Windows 2000. --David Wall

Topics covered: Windows 2000 Server for system administrators. All widely used aspects of the operating system, including Active Directory, IntelliMirror, users and groups, the TCP/IP stack, and name resolution with Domain Name Service (DNS) and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS). Security coverage includes the local machine and the local network, as well as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) under various tunneling protocols.

From the Publisher

Windows 2000 has so many new components, permissions, and services that it's hard to buy one computer book that covers all the essentials of the OS. Mission Critical Windows 2000 Server Administration has taken the critical pieces of the operating system and discussed them in detail---these are the pieces that our authors have determined you must know about. --Amy Pedersen, Publisher, Syngress

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Syngress; 1 edition (September 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1928994164
• ISBN-13: 978-1928994169
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,869,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for IT Professionals., January 6, 2001

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Bernhard H. Klinder (Cleveland, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mission Critical Windows 2000 Server Administration (Mission Critical Series) (Paperback)

In the author's own words "this is not meant to be light bedtime reading, but an exploration of the more technical issues of Windows 2000 Server." If you already have a good grasp of basic Windows 2000 Server Administration and want to move up to the next level, start here. There are plenty of walkthroughs, best practices, and real world advice that goes far beyond the "marketing hype" that can be found in much of Microsoft's documentation. The author strikes a good balance between providing excellent technical depth without getting bogged down by it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent In-depth coverage of Win2k Mission Critical Topics, October 15, 2000

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Thomas W Shinder, M.D. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mission Critical Windows 2000 Server Administration (Mission Critical Series) (Paperback)

I really enjoyed reading this book. It covered important details regarding Active Directory Design, Network Infrastructure design, fault tolerance and disaster recovery and user management issues. The book was put together very nicely, and was actually enjoyable to read, which isn't something I had expected from a book of this type.

This book is a definite 5 and should help you in your network roll-outs and for your Win2k Design electives as well.