Get the ideal one-volume guide for the IT professional who administers Windows Server 2003. Now fully updated for Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2003 R2, this ADMINISTRATOR S COMPANION offers up-to-date information on core system administration topics for Microsoft Windows®, including Microsoft Active Directory® directory service, security issues, disaster planning and recovery, and interoperability with Novell NetWare and UNIX. It includes all-new sections on SP1 security updates and new features for R2. Featuring easy-to-use procedures and handy workarounds, this book provides ready answers, practical solutions, and clear procedures for on-the-job results.
Charlie Russel is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and information technology consultant, specializing in combined Windows and UNIX networks. He’s also the coauthor of Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Administrator’s Companion and Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Third Edition (Microsoft Press), and SCO OpenServer: The Windows Network Solution. Charlie regularly writes about Windows XP Professional for the Microsoft Windows XP Expert Zone on Microsoft.com and he is the author of many case studies and white papers on Windows Services for UNIX.
Sharon Crawford is a Microsoft MVP and a veteran writer of computer books. In addition to the books written with Charlie, she has written several other books, including Windows 2000: The Missing Manual and Windows 2000 Professional for Dummies (with Andy Rathbone). Sharon writes a regular column on using Windows XP at home for the Windows XP Expert Zone.
Together, Charlie and Sharon have coauthored numerous books on operating systems. Their titles include Running Microsoft Windows NT® Server 4, UNIX and Linux Answers, NT and UNIX Intranet Secrets, and Upgrading to Windows 98.
Jason Gerend, a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), has coauthored several computer books, including Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Administrator's Companion with Sharon Crawford and Charlie Russel. He also partnered with Sharon to write Windows 2000 Pro: The Missing Manual and Faster Smarter Microsoft Windows 98.