Learning Windows Server 2003 or Eric Sink on the Business of Software

Learning Windows Server 2003

Author: Jonathan Hassell

With Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has the right server fora world now dominated by enterprise networks and web-based server applications. A number of significant improvements make this a more reliable server than Windows 2000, and those who switched have seen notable performance gains. Server 2003 is, in fact, a very competitive solution to Unix in terms of cost, performance, and application development productivity.

But getting this server up and running, either as a stand-alone or as part of a multi-site, multi-server network, is a formidable task even for the most experienced system administrators. Our no-fluff guide gives you exactly what you need: all the nuts and bolts for installing, configuring, securing, and managing Server 2003. This focused and practical book clearly documents the complexities of this server, and offers hands-on advice for planning, implementing and growing Windows networks without trying to teach you how to be a system administrator.

Learning Windows Server 2003 shows you how to create and manage user accounts (with particular attention to Active Directory), how to manage access to system resources such as printers and files, and how to configure and manage the server s plethora of major subsystems. The book goes into considerable detail about:

• Windows file and print services
• Active Directory
• IIS6 web server
• Group Policy and other security tools Patch management
• .NET Framework application server
• Windows Terminal Services (including their use in conjunction with Microsoft Office and the Small Business Edition)

Various networking subsystems that ship with Server 2003 This highly instructive book also provides an introduction to clustering services, and thoroughly documents steps that should be taken to ensure the security of the server and its resources. Windows Server 2003 was designed to meet the needs of companies or organizations that rely on one or more internal computer networks, and our comprehensive reference is the ideal companion.

Table of Contents:

1	Introducing Windows Server 2003	1
2	Installation and deployment	19
3	File, print, and user services	60
4	Domain name system	154
5	Active directory	204
6	Group policy and IntelliMirror	299
7	Windows security and patch management	370
8	Internet information services	426
9	.NET framework	507
10	Windows terminal services	536
11	Communications and networking	567
12	Clustering technologies	626
13	Other Windows Server 2003 services	663
App	The future of Windows Server	701

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Eric Sink on the Business of Software

Author: Eric Sink

If you are looking at starting your own software company or just interested in gaining deeper insight into this segment of the industry then go, buy this book.

— Pankaj Kumar, Slashdot contributor

This book would make my "recommended reading" list with no problem.

— Tom Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings

Eric Sink on the Business of Software is a selection of the best and most popular essays from the author's website. This insightful collection of essays explore the business concerns that programmers face during the course of their careers--particularly those programmers who are small independent software vendors.

Sink also covers issues like starting your own business, and then performing the hiring, marketing, and finances--in a style that programmers understand, sprinkled with a touch of humor.