Additional Resources

TechNet has a level 300 webcast called “Installing, Configuring, and Managing Server Roles in Windows Server 2008” that you can download from http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/Web-CastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032294712&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US& CountryCode=US (registration required).

If you have access to the Windows Server 2008 beta on Microsoft Connect (https://connect. microsoft.com/), you can download the following items:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Manager Lab Companion

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Initial Configuration Tasks Step-By-Step Guide

• Live Meeting on Server Manager

If you don’t have access to beta builds of Windows Server 2008, you can still test drive Server Manager online using the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Manager Virtual Lab, available at http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx? EventID=1032314461&EventCategory=3&culture=en-IN&CountryCode=IN.

A good starting point for exploring the potential of using Windows PowerShell to manage Windows Server 2008 is http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2008/powershell.mspx.

Information about Group Policy enhancements in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 can be found at http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/1033.mspx?mfr=true .

More information about WMI enhancements in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 can be found on MSDN at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa394053.aspx.

And if you want to find out more about Microsoft System Center, see http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/.

Finally, be sure to turn to Chapter 14 for more information on the topics in this chapter and also for webcasts, whitepapers, blogs, newsgroups, and other sources of information about all aspects of Windows Server 2008.