Sams Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours [Paperback]

Joe Habraken (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 21, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0672330121 | ISBN-13: 978-0672330124 | Edition: 1

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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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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Introduction

Selecting and deploying a network operating system is one of the most important tasks shouldered by a network administrator. In this book, I wanted to put together a body of information related to the newest version of Microsoft's powerful network operating system platform—Microsoft Windows Server 2008—that would not only highlight the functions and capabilities of the network server software, but also provide a hands-on approach to deploying the product. The Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours format provides for both the subject matter coverage and a practical step-by-step look at important server features and tools.

Microsoft has spent a great deal of time and effort (and development money) to improve both the security and scalability of Windows Server 2008. Sams Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours provides you with all the information you need to get a Windows domain up and running. Coverage of network services and the ins and outs of supporting users on the network is also provided.

Material in the book is approached in a straightforward, step-by-step manner that makes it easy to digest the information. The hours in the book are arranged so that there is a building of information as you move from Hour 1 to Hour 24.

Who Should Use This Book?

This book is designed for people who have a basic knowledge of computer networking. The book is arranged in 24 self-contained hours. Each hour helps build your knowledge base of Windows Server 2008. Coverage includes many important Windows Server 2008 network services, such as the Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, and file and print services. A hands-on approach, coupled with easy-to-read background information, will help you quickly enlarge your knowledge base of Microsoft's powerful network operating system platform.

The book is divided into four parts. Each part provides a grouping of hours that share a common theme.

Part I, "Server Installation and Configuration," includes hours that provide you with information on installing the Windows Server 2008 operating system and configuring a server running this network operating system for a variety of possible roles. The new Server Manager is also introduced in this part of the book. Part I also provides you with insight into using Windows Deployment Services to deploy domain clients and servers, and shows you how to configure hard drives and volumes on your servers.

Part II, "Network Users, Resources, and Special Server Roles," includes hours that help you expand your knowledge of data communications on the network through a discussion of the TCP/IP protocol and securing resources with share and NTFS permissions. You also learn how to bring your domain online by configuring a domain controller with the Active Directory Domain Services, and you learn how to use Group Policy and Network Access Protection to standardize and protect your domain. This part also provides information on how to provide file and printing services to your network users.

Part III, "Advanced Networking," provides information on a number of Windows Server 2008 roles, such as Routing and Remote Access, WINS, and Terminal Services. The hours in Part III help you deploy remote access in your domain and configure a server running Windows Server 2008 as a router. You learn how to install WINS on the network and supply network users access to tools and applications via the Windows Terminal Services role.

Part IV, "Network Security, Web Services, and Performance Monitoring," provides hours that help you tackle security and services related to data traffic on your network and help you provide web services to your user base. It covers securing the local network with the Windows Firewall and securing IP data packets with IPSec. It also looks at the use of advanced security strategies such as certificate services. Tools such as the Performance Monitor, Reliability Monitor, and the Event Viewer are explored in the context of keeping important domain servers up and running at peak performance.

Conventions Used in This Book

Certain conventions have been followed in this book to help you digest all the material. For example, at the beginning of each hour, you'll find a list of the major topics that will be covered in that particular hour. You will also find that icons are used throughout this book. These icons either are accompanied by additional information on a subject or supply you with shortcuts or optional ways to perform a task. These icons are as follows:

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Note - By the Way elements include additional information related to the current topic, such as asides and comments.

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Tip - Did You Know elements contain shortcuts and hints on performing a particular task.

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At the end of each hour, you will find both a Summary section and a Q&A section. The Summary section provides a brief encapsulation of the core information covered in the hour. The Q&A section provides a series of questions and answers that help cement important facts and concepts covered in the hour.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 648 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (May 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672330121
• ISBN-13: 978-0672330124
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #263,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bold title, but true, July 30, 2008

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Alan Le Marquand (Windsor, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

A bold quote, and one I have to say I can't claim it as mine.

This comes from Sams Publishing, and I have to say, the book does do exactly what it says on the cover (the back cover that is)

"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."

The book cover the basics of Windows Server 2008, using Standard edition as it's core for the step-by-steps, it walks through the key components to get anyone up and running. Aimed at anyone moving to Windows from an earlier version or new to Windows Server 2008, the lessons progress in the order you would go through. The 24 individual chapters are broken down into 4 main parts. These cover Installation and Configuration of a server up to the point where you have you server running. The next two parts cover Networking and Resources, these together set you on the road allowing access to your server. All the usual suspects are here, file and share permissions, TCP/IP, DNS, printing as well as Group Policy and NAP. The advanced part covers the network services, WINS, Routing, Remote Access and Terminal Services.

Once you've made it through these 3 parts you've completed 20 of the 24 hours and the finishing line is in sight. The last 4 hours cover security, IIS 7.0 and monitoring and tuning, so a nice gentle finish.

The 24 hour series are good for the audience they aim at. This is a good training guide for people coming in who need to get familiar with the main concepts. Given a DVD with the software and Virtual PC, they can easily do the exercises within that controlled environment.

If you are looking for a reference book for Windows Server 2008 however, this will not meet your needs. Look at the Administrator Companion from MS Press, or the Complete Reference from Pearson Technology Group

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good overview reference for Server 2K8, September 13, 2011

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Good overview reference for Server 2K8. Just right for the beginner, maybe not deep enough for the more advanced reader. I was disappointed there was nothing on Hyper-V.

Price and service through Amazon was excellent, as usual!

1.0 out of 5 stars Print quality is unacceptable!, September 21, 2011

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I am returning this book to Amazon due to very poor quality printing. Text should be clear solid black, but instead is full of white dots causing a light and fuzzy look. Screen shots are illegible. These differences between this book and it's predecessor, "Windows Server 2003 in 24 Hours", also written by Joe Habraken and published by SAMS, are dramatic. This book was NOT printed on a traditional printing press. The copyright page says "printed digitally on demand". The binding, paper, and cover stock appear of standard quality, but I will not attempt to read nearly 571 pages of very poor quality "printed" text. SAMS should be ashamed!