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<i>Introduction xix</i> <p>Chapter 1 <b>Windows Server Overview 1</b></p> <p>Introducing Servers  1</p> <p>Understanding Server Concepts  1</p> <p>Understanding Client/Server Concepts 2</p> <p>Choosing Server Hardware  6</p> <p>Understanding Server Roles 8</p> <p>Deploying Applications on Your Network 10</p> <p>Providing Internet Access and Collaboration on Your Network  11</p> <p>Managing Files and Printers on Your Network 12</p> <p>Providing Network Access for Remote Users  12</p> <p>Adding More Roles as Needed  13</p> <p>Microsoft Windows Server Features 15</p> <p>Windows Server User Interfaces  15</p> <p>Networking Features  18</p> <p>Management Features  19</p> <p>Windows Server Editions 20</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 22</p> <p>Chapter 2 <b>Installing Windows Servers 25</b></p> <p>Installation Options  25</p> <p>Choosing an Installation Destination 26</p> <p>Performing an Interactive Installation 28</p> <p>Automating an Installation 36</p> <p>Understanding Windows Deployment Services  37</p> <p>Upgrading Servers 38</p> <p>Supported Upgrade Paths  38</p> <p>Upgrades Versus Clean Installations 39</p> <p>Understanding the Upgrade Process 40</p> <p>Using Server Core 40</p> <p>Server Core Features and Limitations  41</p> <p>Performing a Server Core Installation  42</p> <p>Administering a Server Core Installation 43</p> <p>Working with Device Drivers  45</p> <p>Understanding Device Drivers 45</p> <p>Obtaining and Installing Drivers  46</p> <p>Driver Maintenance  48</p> <p>Understanding Hardware Resources 51</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 54</p> <p>Chapter 3 <b>Managing Windows Server Storage 57</b></p> <p>Data Storage Concepts  57</p> <p>Selecting Hard Drives for Your Network 58</p> <p>Choosing a File System  60</p> <p>Understanding Networked Storage 61</p> <p>Using the Distributed File System 62</p> <p>Understanding RAID 64</p> <p>Identifying Storage Technologies 67</p> <p>Networked Storage Solutions  68</p> <p>Understanding Disk Types  69</p> <p>Basic and Dynamic Disks 69</p> <p>Virtual Hard Disks 71</p> <p>Optical Media 72</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 72</p> <p>Chapter 4 <b>Administering Services 75</b></p> <p>Understanding Services  75</p> <p>Applications as Services 76</p> <p>Important Windows Services  77</p> <p>Add-On Services 81</p> <p>Configuring Services  83</p> <p>Service Startup Types  83</p> <p>Service Recovery Options  84</p> <p>Service Privileges 84</p> <p>Managing Services 85</p> <p>Starting Services  85</p> <p>Stopping Services 86</p> <p>Restarting Services  89</p> <p>Troubleshooting Services 89</p> <p>Service Dependencies  90</p> <p>Service Configuration  91</p> <p>Understanding Service Accounts  91</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 92</p> <p>Chapter 5 <b>Active Directory Infrastructure 95</b></p> <p>Understanding Active Directory 95</p> <p>AD Domains 96</p> <p>AD Domain Trees 99</p> <p>AD Forests  100</p> <p>Planning for Active Directory Servers 101</p> <p>Domain Controllers 101</p> <p>Supporting Servers  104</p> <p>Planning a DNS Namespace 105</p> <p>DNS Overview  105</p> <p>Namespace Hierarchies  108</p> <p>Exploring Sites and Replication 110</p> <p>AD Sites  110</p> <p>AD Replication  111</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 113</p> <p>Chapter 6 <b>Configuring Active Directory 115</b></p> <p>Planning an Active Directory Installation  115</p> <p>High-Level Planning  116</p> <p>Detailed Design  119</p> <p>Installing Active Directory 123</p> <p>Preparing to Install DNS 125</p> <p>Adding the DNS Server Role  127</p> <p>Configuring the DNS Zone  129</p> <p>Configuring the IP Settings and Primary DNS Suffix 131</p> <p>Installing the AD DS Role  135</p> <p>Running the DCPROMO Wizard 136</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 140</p> <p>Chapter 7 <b>Managing Active Directory 143</b></p> <p>Exploring AD Management Tools 143</p> <p>Understanding the AD Architecture Management Tools  144</p> <p>Understanding the AD Object Management Tools  147</p> <p>Working with Users and Groups 149</p> <p>User Account Types  149</p> <p>Creating User Accounts 151</p> <p>Group Types and Scopes  155</p> <p>Working with Groups 157</p> <p>Group Management 162</p> <p>Understanding Organizational Units and Containers 162</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 164</p> <p>Chapter 8 <b>Group Policy Management 167</b></p> <p>Understanding Group Policy  167</p> <p>Group Policy Defined 168</p> <p>Group Policy Requirements 170</p> <p>Group Policy Management Tools 170</p> <p>Group Policy Sections and Categories  172</p> <p>Supporting Different Windows Client Versions  174</p> <p>Defining the Group Policy Hierarchy 175</p> <p>Group Policy Processing  175</p> <p>Local Group Policy 177</p> <p>Touring the Group Policy Management Console 179</p> <p>Exploring the GPMC Interface 179</p> <p>Understanding the GPMC Features 181</p> <p>Creating a Group Policy Object  182</p> <p>Determining Policy Settings 182</p> <p>Creating the GPO 183</p> <p>Linking GPOs to Containers  183</p> <p>Modifying Permissions on the GPO  184</p> <p>Configuring a Local Group Policy Setting  184</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 185</p> <p>Chapter 9 <b>Application Servers 189</b></p> <p>Understanding Application Servers  189</p> <p>Database Servers 191</p> <p>Microsoft SQL Server 192</p> <p>Database Application Types 193</p> <p>Mail Servers: Using Microsoft Exchange Server  195</p> <p>Exchange Server Design Goals  197</p> <p>Exchange Server Roles 198</p> <p>Exchange Server Storage Architecture 198</p> <p>Exchange Mailbox Management  199</p> <p>Collaboration Servers 200</p> <p>SharePoint 2010 Defined  200</p> <p>SharePoint Editions 202</p> <p>Monitoring Servers 203</p> <p>Threat Management Servers  204</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 205</p> <p>Chapter 10 <b>Internet Information Services ( I IS) 207</b></p> <p>Understanding Web Services  207</p> <p>Internet Information Services  209</p> <p>Understanding How IIS Works  209</p> <p>Adding the Web Server (IIS) Role  211</p> <p>Configuring IIS  213</p> <p>Running an FTP Server  217</p> <p>Configuring Sites and Ports 221</p> <p>Web Server Security 223</p> <p>Planning for Authentication  223</p> <p>Planning for Encryption  226</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 229</p> <p>Chapter 11 <b>File and Print Servers 231</b></p> <p>Exploring File Servers  231</p> <p>Understanding Share Permissions  232</p> <p>Understanding NTFS Permissions  234</p> <p>Auditing Files and Folders 236</p> <p>Understanding DFS 238</p> <p>Understanding How DFS Works  238</p> <p>Planning for DFS Recommended Uses  240</p> <p>Creating a DFS Namespace  241</p> <p>Understanding Print Servers  242</p> <p>Managing Basic Print Server Functionality 242</p> <p>Understanding Printer Pools 244</p> <p>Using Web Printing  246</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 247</p> <p>Chapter 12 <b>Remote Access Technologies 249</b></p> <p>Planning for Remote Administration Tools 249</p> <p>Understanding Remote Access Solutions  250</p> <p>Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) 252</p> <p>Understanding Remote Desktop Services  255</p> <p>Remote Desktop Versus Remote Desktop Services 255</p> <p>RDS Licensing  258</p> <p>Remote Desktop Role Services  259</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 260</p> <p>Chapter 13 <b>Server Troubleshooting 263</b></p> <p>Introducing Troubleshooting Processes and Procedures . 263</p> <p>REACTing  264</p> <p>Research 266</p> <p>Engage  267</p> <p>Adjust  268</p> <p>Configure  268</p> <p>Take Note  269</p> <p>Stepping Through the OSI Model  269</p> <p>Layer 1  270</p> <p>Layer 2  271</p> <p>Layer 3  271</p> <p>Upper Layers 274</p> <p>Troubleshooting with the Hardware/Software Model 274</p> <p>Hardware Problems  274</p> <p>Software Problems 275</p> <p>Symptom, Diagnosis, and Solution  276</p> <p>Systems Thinking 277</p> <p>Troubleshooting Tools  279</p> <p>Task Manager 279</p> <p>Performance Monitor 281</p> <p>Resource Monitor 282</p> <p>Event Viewer 284</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 288</p> <p>Chapter 14 <b>Performance Tuning 291</b></p> <p>Performance Myths and Truths  291</p> <p>One System Component Is Seldom the Culprit  292</p> <p>Better Code Is Better, But Better Design Is Best  293</p> <p>It Still Has to Travel the Network  293</p> <p>Command Prompt Tools 293</p> <p>Using the <i>TaskList</i> Command 294</p> <p>Using the <i>SC</i> Command 295</p> <p>Using the <i>TaskKill</i> Command  296</p> <p>Using the <i>Shutdown</i> Command  296</p> <p>Using the <i>SystemInfo</i> Command  297</p> <p>Using the <i>TypePerf</i> Command  299</p> <p>Resource Monitor  300</p> <p>Performance Monitor  302</p> <p>Understanding Performance Counters  304</p> <p>Defining a Baseline  306</p> <p>Developing Monitoring Points 307</p> <p>Viewing Live Performance Data  308</p> <p>Capturing and Logging Performance Data 310</p> <p>Viewing DCS Reports 312</p> <p>Virtualization and Performance 313</p> <p>Exploring Virtualization Modes 314</p> <p>Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions 316</p> <p>Migrating Between Physical and Virtual 318</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 319</p> <p>Chapter 15 <b>Server Maintenance 321</b></p> <p>Maintaining the Hardware 321</p> <p>Planning for Server Downtime 325</p> <p>Executing the Planning Actions for Downtime . 325</p> <p>Understanding the Windows Server Boot Process 326</p> <p>Understanding Windows Update  328</p> <p>Updating with Windows Update 330</p> <p>Using Windows Server Update Service  333</p> <p>Automating with Logs and Alerts  338</p> <p>Planning for Continuity  339</p> <p>Disaster Recovery 340</p> <p>Clustering 344</p> <p>The Essentials and Beyond 345</p> <p>Appendix A <b>Answers to Review Questions 349</b></p> <p>Chapter 1 349</p> <p>Chapter 2 350</p> <p>Chapter 3 350</p> <p>Chapter 4 351</p> <p>Chapter 5 352</p> <p>Chapter 6 353</p> <p>Chapter 7 353</p> <p>Chapter 8 354</p> <p>Chapter 9 355</p> <p>Chapter 10 356</p> <p>Chapter 11 357</p> <p>Chapter 12 357</p> <p>Chapter 13 358</p> <p>Chapter 14 359</p> <p>Chapter 15 360</p> <p>Appendix B <b>Microsof t’s Certification Program 361</b></p> <p>Certification Objectives Map  362</p> <p><i>Index 367</i></p>

<p><b>Tom Carpenter</b> is the author of several books for the IT industry, including Sybex's <i>Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration: Real-World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond</i>. He is the founder and senior consultant for The Systems Education Company (SysEdCo), a training and consulting company specializing in Microsoft and network infrastructure technologies. Tom has trained the U.S. Department of Defense, the FBI, Procter & Gamble, Wells Fargo, and several other companies and organizations on topics ranging from Windows Server administration to wireless LAN penetration testing.</p>

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