Mastering Windows Nt Server 4 - Softcover

Minasi, Mark; Anderson, Christa; Creegan, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0782120679 ISBN 13: 9780782120677

Publisher: Sybex Inc, 1997

Synopsis

If you use NT Server you absolutely need this high-level, irreverent, readable discussion of essential operations, undocumented features, secrets, and walkarounds of Windows NT Server 4. This edition of the world's #1 NT Server classic is heavily revised to reflect changes and enhancements to the product since its release. The book assumes that the reader lives in the real-world--a difficult-to-administer, multi-vendor world--and shows how to solve the problems of that world. Many of the solutions that Minasi provides here are undocumented and exclusive.

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Review

This comprehensive guide to Windows NT Server is both a manual for the operating system's features and an implementation tool for real-world use. In this sixth edition, author Mark Minasi builds on an already mature work by adding numerous new topics.

The first part of the book is an excellent overview of Windows NT Server and key Microsoft technology and terminology pertaining to the enterprise. The first chapters cover the architecture, network protocols, domains, workgroups, layered drivers, and more. The second part, consisting of three lengthy chapters, addresses installation and configuration. Rather than merely address the key steps, Minasi presents information about important related topics such as the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) for fault tolerance and the Windows NT registry.

Part three consists of over 400 pages of well-organized discussion on administration; everything from user management to interfacing with Macintoshes and working with the Windows Terminal Server is covered in detail. Throughout the book, Minasi presents useful sidebars that answer common questions about how to perform specific tasks.

The final seven chapters cover enterprise issues such as interconnecting Novell NetWare networks, troubleshooting, optimization, disaster recovery, Remote Access Services (RAS), and Internet Information Server (IIS). These sections address advanced issues and complete the book.

Whether you're looking for a guide to learning Windows NT Server or something to bail you out in the field, this definitive work is an excellent choice. --Stephen W. Plain

From the Back Cover

Mastering Windows NT Server 4 Keeps Getting Better--Updated, Expanded, and Now on a Fully Searchable CD-ROM

Long established as the #1 choice of NT administrators, this new edition of Mastering Windows NT Server 4 raises the bar higher still with a complete, clear explanation of the resource kit utilities that can solve many common networking problems--what the tools do, how to use them, and examples that work! There's also coverage of Service Packs 5 and 6, as well as a special chapter offering you a preview of the next NT--Windows 2000. This is the premier resource for configuring, administering, and tuning NT Server as part of a corporate enterprise network--and in this fully updated seventh edition, you'll learn hundreds of techniques that will make your work easier and your job more secure.

Complete, authoritative coverage--from fundamental procedures ...

• Installing and configuring NT server
• Connecting clients to your network
• Editing the Registry
• Installing and using Microsoft Terminal Server
• Using Performance Monitor and Network Monitor
• Implementing shared printing
• Integrating NT with NetWare, OS/2, Macintosh, and more
• Managing security issues
• Installing and configuring Internet Information Server

... to expert-level challenges:

• Designing and managing multiple domain environments (expanded coverage)
• Exploiting the powerful--but largely undocumented--Resource Kit tools to save you time and effort
• Finding undocumented Registry settings with Sysdiff
• Complete steps for DHCP, WINS, and DNS disaster recovery
• Mastering DNS techniques, including zones and secondary servers
• Designing multi-WINS networks for best performance
• Repairing broken trust relationships with SETPRFDC
• Solving home directory problems
• Troubleshooting RAS/DUN issues
• Understanding and managing NTFS permissions (newly revised)
• And many more!

Master NT in the real world. The bottom line is improving the real-world performance of your network, and this book doesn't blink. It shows you how to design and manage a multiple-platform network; build an NT-based intranet; find the data backup strategy right for your needs; prevent and recover from disasters--and much, much more. There's no end to what you'll accomplish with practical, step-by-step instruction from the NT expert who has actually done it all on live networks!

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0782120679
• ISBN 13: 9780782120677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1359