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Seguis, Steve. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administration. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2008.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administration

Authors: Steve Seguis

Published:  February 2008

eISBN: 9780071595131 0071595139 | ISBN: 9780071493260
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Getting Started with Windows Server 2008
  • System Requirements
  • Installation and Configuration
  • Post-Installation Configuration and Initial Configuration Tasks
  • Boot Configuration Data
  • BCD Store
  • BCD Object
  • BCD Elements
  • BCD Modification Methods
  • Chapter Summary
  • 2 Server Core
  • Roles Supported by Server Core
  • The Ups and Downs of Server Core
  • Installing Server Core
  • Requirements
  • Post-Installation Tasks
  • Installing and Configuring Server Roles
  • Installing Optional Features
  • Server Core Management
  • Chapter Summary
  • 3 Server Manager
  • What Is Server Manager?
  • Server Manager Elements
  • Server Manager Console
  • Server Summary
  • Roles Summary
  • Features Summary
  • Resources and Support
  • Server Manager Snap-Ins
  • Roles Snap-In
  • Features Snap-In
  • Diagnostics Snap-In
  • Configuration Snap-In
  • Storage Snap-In
  • Chapter Summary
  • 4 Active Directory Domain Services
  • The Birth and Evolution of Active Directory
  • Active Directory Primer
  • What Is Active Directory?
  • How Is Active Directory Organized?
  • Active Directory and DNS
  • Domain and Forest Functional Levels
  • Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services
  • Active Directory Requirements
  • The New Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard
  • Installation Options for Active Directory Domain Services
  • Verifying Active Directory Installation
  • Removing Active Directory Domain Services
  • Unattended Installation
  • Restartable Active Directory Domain Services
  • Auditing Active Directory Domain Services
  • Read-Only Domain Controller
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Migration Strategies
  • Chapter Summary
  • 5 Windows Deployment Services
  • Benefits of Using Windows Deployment Services
  • Scenarios for Windows Deployment Services
  • Components
  • WDS Installation
  • WDS Properties
  • Creating an Operating System Image for WDS
  • Loading Your Install Image to Your Clients Using WDS
  • Unattended Install Using WDS
  • Windows System Image Manager
  • Chapter Summary
  • 6 Internet Information Services 7.0
  • IIS 7.0 Features
  • Unattended Installation
  • IIS Management Console
  • Remote IIS Administration
  • Administration Using APPCMD.EXE
  • Delegated Administration
  • Server and Application Health and Performance
  • Runtime Status & Control API
  • Automatic Failed Request Tracing
  • Xcopy Deployment
  • Chapter Summary
  • 7 Resource Management and Performance Monitoring
  • Data Is Good!
  • Windows System Resource Manager
  • WSRM Architecture
  • Managed vs. Unmanaged Processes
  • WSRM Service
  • The WSRM Management Interface
  • Process Matching Criteria
  • Resource Allocation Policies
  • Calendar
  • Accounting
  • Conditions
  • Resource Monitor
  • Reliability and Performance Monitor
  • Data Collector Sets
  • Reliability Monitor
  • Reports
  • Chapter Summary
  • 8 Network Policy and Access Services
  • Network Access Protection
  • NAP Components
  • IPSec Enforcement
  • 802.1X Enforcement
  • VPN Enforcement
  • DHCP Enforcement
  • Network Policy Server/Radius
  • NAP Agent
  • System Health Agent
  • NAP Administration Server
  • System Health Validator
  • Health Policy
  • Accounts Database
  • Health Registration Authority
  • Remediation Server
  • Dispelling NAP Myths
  • Architecture
  • NAP Client Architecture
  • Enforcement Clients
  • System Health Agent
  • NAP Server Architecture
  • Enforcement Servers
  • Communications Flow
  • Requirements
  • Preparation
  • Installing the Network Policy Server
  • Configuring the Network Policy Server
  • Installing and Configuring DHCP
  • Configuring the Client
  • Testing the NAP Client
  • Chapter Summary
  • 9 Terminal Services
  • Terminal Services Core Functionality
  • Remote Desktop Connection 6.0
  • Single Sign-On
  • Installing Terminal Services
  • Terminal Services Licensing
  • License Types
  • Installing and Configuring TS Licensing
  • Terminal Services Gateway
  • TS Gateway Architecture
  • TS Gateway and NAP
  • Terminal Services Remote Programs
  • Requirements
  • Installing Applications
  • Terminal Server Web Access
  • Program Placement and Performance
  • Chapter Summary
  • 10 Windows DNS, BitLocker Drive Encryption, and Itanium Support
  • Domain Name System
  • Background Zone Loading
  • IPv6 Support
  • GlobalNames Zone
  • Read-Only DNS Zone
  • Windows Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution
  • Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption
  • Requirements
  • BitLocker Architecture
  • Initializing BitLocker
  • BitLocker Recovery
  • Turning Off or Uninstalling BitLocker Drive Encryption
  • Windows Server 2008 Itanium Support
  • Chapter Summary
  • 11 Routing and Remote Access
  • Routing Services
  • Routing Basics
  • Dynamic Routing
  • Routing Configuration with RRAS
  • Configuring Network Interfaces for Routing
  • Routing Protocols
  • Remote Access
  • Dial-Up Networking
  • Virtual Private Networks
  • DHCP Integration with RRAS
  • Configuring RRAS Server Properties
  • Chapter Summary
  • 12 Enterprise Public Key Infrastructure
  • PKI Uses
  • Digital Signatures
  • Digital Certificates
  • Certification Authorities
  • Types of CAs
  • Enterprise CAs
  • Stand-alone CAs
  • Cryptographic Service Providers
  • Certificate Templates
  • Recovery Keys
  • Certification Authority Management Console
  • Issuing Certificates
  • Certificate Revocation
  • Chapter Summary
  • 13 Windows PowerShell
  • PowerShell at a Glance
  • Getting Your Feet Wet
  • Cmdlets
  • Windows PowerShell and .NET
  • Windows PowerShell, Scripting, and Security
  • Variables
  • Conditional Statements
  • Going Loopy
  • PowerShell in Action
  • Working with the Registry
  • Working with Dates and Times
  • Chapter Summary
  • Index