Audience


Beginner to intermediate system administrators most certainly will find this book a helpful guide for learning how Windows Server 2003 and its follow-up release, R2, works and the different ways to administer machines running that operating system. This book has step-by-step procedures and discussions of complex concepts such as Active Directory replication, DFS namespaces and replication, network access quarantining, and server clustering. Although I've eliminated material that isn't relevant to day-to-day administration, you still will find the chapters full of useful information for understanding the "why" as well as the "how" of a given operation.

Advanced system administrators also might find this book useful for discovering new concepts and components outside of their realm of expertise. I've found that senior system administrators often focus on one or two specific feature sets of a product and are less familiar with other elements of the OS. This book provides a stepping stone for further exploration and study of less well-known parts of the operating system.

One other item to mention: throughout the book I've tried to highlight the use of the command line in addition to (or in some cases, as opposed to) graphical ways to accomplish tasks. Command lines, in my opinion, are fabulous for quickly and efficiently getting things done, and they provide a great basis for launching into scripting repetitive tasks. Microsoft has done an excellent job of integrating command-line functions into the R2 revision of Windows, and I've attempted to do the effort justice within the text. In fact, a new addition to the second edition is the inclusion of a "Command Line Utilities" section at the end of each applicable chapter. But none of this should cause you to shy you away from this book if you are a GUI aficionado: you'll still find everything you're accustomed to within this volume.



Learning Windows Server 2003
Learning Windows Server 2003
ISBN: 0596101236
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 171

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