Mastering Windows Server 2000

Mark Minasi, the world's #1 Windows NT authority, updates his #1 bestselling book for Windows 2000. Every system administrator needs this book! This high-level, irreverent yet readable explanation of Windows 2000 Server provides the best discussion of the architecture, features, and new utilities of the new OS in print. You'll learn from the expert: the differences between NT and 2000, the advantages (and potential pitfalls) of the the new OS; scores of undocumented secrets, tips, tricks, and workarounds, practical, hand's-on advice for installing and using Windows 2000 in an enterprise environment, and hundreds of useful and essential nuggets of information that will save you hundreds or thousands of dollars in calls to Microsoft's help desk.

Contents

Introduction

Ch. 1 Windows 2000 Server Overview 1
Ch. 2 History: The Story So Far 29
Ch. 3 The Windows 2000 Registry 57
Ch. 4 Setting Up and Rolling Out Windows 2000 77
Ch. 5 The Windows 2000 Server UI and MMC 189
Ch. 6 Understanding and Using TCP/IP in Windows 2000 Server 245
Ch. 7 Building a Windows 2000 TCP/IP Infrastructure: DHCP, WINS, and DNS 357
Ch. 8 Understanding and Using Active Directory 525
Ch. 9 Managing and Creating User Accounts 669
Ch. 10 Managing Windows 2000 Storage 845
Ch. 11 Creating and Managing Shared Folders 923
Ch. 12 Software Installation 995
Ch. 13 Configuring and Troubleshooting Network Print Services 1043
Ch. 14 Connecting Clients to Windows 2000 Server 1119
Ch. 15 Supporting Clients with Windows Terminal Services 1141
Ch. 16 Connecting Macintoshes to Windows 2000 1243
Ch. 17 Web, Mail, FTP, and Telnet Services in Windows 2000 Server 1281
Ch. 18 How Running a Big Windows 2000 Network Is Different 1411
Ch. 19 Integrating NetWare with Windows 2000 Server 1429
Ch. 20 Tuning and Monitoring Your Win2K Network 1461
Ch. 21 Preparing for and Recovering from Server Failures 1523
Ch. 22 Installing and Managing Remote Access Services in Windows 2000 Server 1615
Ch. 23 Installing Hardware in Windows 2000 1707

App. A Performance Objects in Windows 2000 1739
Index 1748