Windows 2000 Server System Administration Handbook

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ISBN: 9781928994091 | 1928994091
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/17/2000

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Many organizations and network administrators are looking for information on Windows 2000 and its new features. IT professionals responsible for installing, configuring, and managing Microsoft products will be highly motivated to migrate to this new technology, based on its promise of reducing administrative overhead. Windows 2000 Server System Administration Handbook will help NT4 professionals to administer and support the Windows 2000 Server operating system. NT administrators will be able to differentiate the features and technology changes from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000. In the handbook, readers will find a complete overview of the product, catered to their needs. * This book coincides with the launch of Windows 2000 Server, the host system for the product. * Includes the following: * Detailed coverage of Active Directory, Microsoft Management Console, and new Windows 2000 hardware support * Implementing new Windows 2000 security options * Upgrading a network to Windows 2000

The Windows 2000 System Administration Migration Path	p. 1
Overview of Windows 2000 Administration	p. 43
Introduction to Network Administration	p. 44
Designing and Setting Up the Network	p. 45
Managing the Network	p. 46
Protecting the Network	p. 46
Documenting the Network	p. 48
Microsoft Management Console	p. 51
Introduction to Active Directory	p. 56
Key Concepts	p. 56
Features and Benefits of Active Directory	p. 65
Beyond Active Directory	p. 72
Volume Management	p. 72
Disk Quotas	p. 73
Defragmentation	p. 74
Backup and Recovery	p. 75
Hierarchical Storage Management	p. 76
File Service Management	p. 76
Distributed File System	p. 77
Using Windows 2000 Help	p. 79
Setting Up User Accounts	p. 87
Defining an Acceptable Use Policy	p. 88
Template: Acceptable Use/Security Policy	p. 90
Introduction to User Accounts	p. 95
Requirements for New User Accounts	p. 96
Default User Account Settings	p. 97
Creating a Domain User Account	p. 99
Active Directory Users and Computers	p. 99
Creating User Accounts	p. 100
Setting Password Requirements	p. 103
Security Templates	p. 103
Changing Account (Password) Policies	p. 106
Setting Properties for User Accounts	p. 110
Modifying User Accounts	p. 110
Managing User Accounts	p. 121
Deleting User Accounts	p. 122
Changing User Passwords	p. 122
Enabling an Account	p. 123
Disabling an Account	p. 123
Other Active Directory Users and Computers Functions	p. 123
Best Practices	p. 128
Using Active Directory Users and Computers	p. 129
Administrative Logon	p. 130
Account (Password) Policies	p. 132
Using Groups to Organize User Accounts	p. 135
Introduction to Groups	p. 136
Group Type	p. 139
Group Scope	p. 140
Implementing Group Strategies	p. 142
Why Use Groups?	p. 142
Structuring Groups	p. 143
Implementing Groups	p. 144
Preparing to Create Groups	p. 144
Information Needed to Create a Group	p. 144
Creating a Group	p. 145
Assigning Users to a Group	p. 147
Configuring Group Settings	p. 151
Managing Groups	p. 157
Implementing Local Groups	p. 160
Preparing to Create Local Groups	p. 160
Creating a Local Group	p. 161
Implementing Built-in Groups	p. 162
Built-in Domain Local Groups	p. 162
Built-in Global Groups	p. 163
Built-in Local Groups	p. 163
Built-in System Groups	p. 164
Built-in Group Behavior	p. 164
Best Practices	p. 168
Managing Groups	p. 169
Using Universal Groups	p. 169
Switching Modes	p. 170
Administering File Resources	p. 175
Introduction	p. 176
Using Microsoft Windows NT File System (NTFS) Permissions	p. 176
NTFS Folder Permissions	p. 176
NTFS File Permissions	p. 177
How Windows 2000 Applies NTFS Permissions	p. 178
Access Control Lists	p. 178
Combining NTFS Permissions	p. 179
Permission Inheritance	p. 180
Assigning NTFS Permissions	p. 181
Planning NTFS Permissions	p. 181
Managing NTFS Permissions	p. 182
Special Access Permissions	p. 185
Using Special Access Permissions	p. 188
Changing NTFS Permissions	p. 191
Copying and Moving Files and Folders	p. 192
Copying Files	p. 192
Moving Files	p. 193
Sharing Resources	p. 196
Securing Network Resources	p. 196
Shared Folder Permissions	p. 197
Creating Shared Folders	p. 198
Developing a Shared Folder Strategy	p. 198
Sharing Folders	p. 200
NTFS Permissions and Shared Folders	p. 211
Troubleshooting Access Problems	p. 213
Solving Permission Problems	p. 213
Best Practices	p. 214
Avoiding Permission-Related Access Problems	p. 215
Guidelines for Managing Shared Folder Permissions	p. 216
Administering User Accounts	p. 221
Managing User Profiles	p. 222
User Profiles Overview	p. 222
Contents of a User Profile	p. 223
Settings Saved in a User Profile	p. 225
Local User Profiles	p. 226
Roaming User Profiles	p. 227
Creating Home Folders	p. 235
Home Directories and My Documents	p. 235
Creating Home Directories	p. 236
Introduction to Group Policies	p. 239
Applying Group Policy	p. 240
Best Practices	p. 242
Allowing for Different Hardware Configurations	p. 242
Combining the Power of Profiles and Policies	p. 242
Tightening Security on Home Directories	p. 243
Administering Printer Resources	p. 247
Introduction to Administering Printers	p. 248
Terminology	p. 248
Planning the Print Environment	p. 248
Creating the Print Environment	p. 250
Printer Properties	p. 261
General	p. 261
Sharing	p. 262
Ports	p. 262
Advanced	p. 263
Security	p. 263
Device Settings	p. 265
Managing Printer Permissions	p. 265
Security/Sharing Permissions	p. 266
Printer Ownership	p. 268
Managing Printers	p. 269
Assigning Forms to Paper Trays	p. 269
Assigning Separator Pages	p. 270
Creating a Printer Pool	p. 272
Specifying Printer Priorities	p. 273
Redirecting a Printer	p. 274
Removing Printer Drivers	p. 275
Managing Documents in a Print Queue	p. 276
Setting Priority, Notification, Printing Time	p. 277
Administering Printers by Using a Web Browser	p. 278
Best Practices	p. 281
Organize Printers by Business Function or Geographic Location	p. 281
Put Print Devices on a Separate Network	p. 282
Allow Clients Access to Web Printing Interfaces	p. 282
Restart Print Spool Service Periodically	p. 283
Managing Storage Data	p. 285
Managing Data Compression	p. 286
Compressing Files and Folders	p. 286
Managing Disk Quotas	p. 297
Encrypting Data	p. 305
File Encryption	p. 308
Decryption of Files	p. 308
Storing Encrypted Files on Remote Servers	p. 308
Accessing Encrypted Data	p. 309
Moving and Renaming Encrypted Data	p. 309
Decrypting Data	p. 309
The Recovery Agent	p. 310
Using Disk Defragmenter	p. 311
Defragmenting NTFS File System Partitions	p. 316
Troubleshooting Data Storage	p. 317
Monitoring Event Logs	p. 321
Introduction to Monitoring Event Logs	p. 322
Viewing Event Logs	p. 325
Monitoring Security Events	p. 336
Auditing Files and Folders	p. 342
Auditing Registry Entries	p. 347
Analyzing Security Events	p. 353
Managing Event Logs	p. 354
Backing Up and Restoring Data	p. 363
Introduction to Backing Up and Recovering Data	p. 364
Types of Backups	p. 367
Necessary Permissions and User Rights	p. 370
System State Data	p. 371
Emergency Repair Disk	p. 372
Back Up and Restore Options	p. 373
Backing Up Data	p. 380
Restoring Data	p. 389
Authoritative Restore	p. 391
Maintaining Media	p. 393
Advanced Administration of Windows 2000	p. 399
Administering Windows 2000	p. 400
Microsoft Management Console	p. 400
Windows 2000 System Administration	p. 402
Windows 2000 Network Administration	p. 410
Customizing Windows 2000 Tools for Your Environment	p. 452
Understanding the Logon Process	p. 460
Logon Authentication	p. 460
Secondary Logon Services	p. 461
Windows 2000 Resource Kit	p. 462
Direct X Diagnostic Utility	p. 462
Command Line Kill	p. 463
Sysprep	p. 463
Setup Manager	p. 464
Sysdiff	p. 465
Dependency Walker	p. 466
Shutdown	p. 467
Netdiag	p. 467
Administering Active Directory	p. 469
Introduction to Administering Active Directory	p. 470
Active Directory Concepts	p. 471
Active Directory Components	p. 482
Using Active Directory Management Utilities	p. 486
Publishing Objects in Active Directory	p. 503
Sharing Resources	p. 503
Locating Objects in Active Directory	p. 506
Controlling Access to Objects	p. 508
User Authentication	p. 509
Object-based Access Control	p. 509
Active Directory Permissions	p. 512
Delegating Administrative Control of Objects	p. 512
Delegation of Control Wizard	p. 513
Overview of Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI)	p. 515
Implementing Group Policy	p. 523
Introduction to Windows 2000 Group Policy	p. 524
Group Policy Structure	p. 525
Types of Configurations	p. 526
Type of Group Policies	p. 530
Group Policy Objects	p. 531
Group Policy Containers	p. 532
Group Policy Templates	p. 532
How Group Policy Is Applied in Active Directory	p. 536
Modifying Group Policy Inheritance	p. 542
Modifying Group Policy	p. 543
Delegating Administrative Control of a Group Policy Object	p. 550
Creating a Group Policy Object	p. 552
Modifying a Group Policy Object	p. 554
Managing a Group Policy Object Link to a Site, Domain, or Organizational Unit	p. 555
Guidelines for Implementing Group Policy	p. 557
Managing User Environments Using Group Policy	p. 567
Introduction to Managing User Environments	p. 568
Types of Group Policy for Managing User Environments	p. 569
Group Policy Snap-In for the Microsoft Management Console	p. 570
Using Administrative Templates	p. 573
Assigning Registry-Based Policies	p. 576
Creating Custom Administrative Templates	p. 579
Adding Administrative Templates	p. 585
Using Scripts	p. 586
Assigning Script Policies to Users and Computers	p. 588
Folder Redirection	p. 590
Managing Software by Using Group Policy	p. 595
Introduction to Managing Software Deployment	p. 596
Deploying Software	p. 597
Creating Software Packages	p. 599
Creating a Non-Windows Installer Package File	p. 601
Managing Software	p. 605
Maintaining Software	p. 615
Upgrading Software	p. 621
Removing Software	p. 623
Administering User Accounts and Groups	p. 629
Introduction to Administration of User Accounts and Groups	p. 630
Creating Multiple User Accounts	p. 631
Migrating Users from an NT 4.0 Domain	p. 632
Creating New Active Directory Users in Bulk	p. 634
Importing Users from Novell Directory Services (NDS)	p. 636
Administering Logon Names	p. 636
Lockout Settings	p. 636
Password Requirements	p. 639
Configuring Account Policies Using Group Policy	p. 641
Troubleshooting User Logon Problems	p. 646
Unable to Find a Domain Controller	p. 646
Unable to Load the User Profile	p. 648
Missing Computer Account	p. 650
Redirecting User Data to a Network Share	p. 651
Setting Up Accounts for Mobile Users	p. 655
Multilink and Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP)	p. 658
Using Universal Groups	p. 660
Implementing Security in a Windows 2000 Network	p. 669
Introduction to Securing a Windows 2000 Network	p. 670
Applying Security Policies	p. 671
The Security Settings Extension to Group Policy	p. 672
Order of Precedence	p. 674
Creating, Modifying, and Analyzing Security
Configurations	p. 675
Security Configuration and Analysis Snap-in	p. 675
SECEDIT.EXE	p. 677
Configuring an Audit Policy	p. 679
Analyzing Security Configurations	p. 683
Security Configuration Templates	p. 685
Implementing Public Key Security	p. 687
Components of Public Key Services	p. 688
Using Public Key Services	p. 693
Enabling and Administering File Encryption	p. 702
Encrypted File System Architecture	p. 703
Using the Encrypted File System	p. 705
Guidelines for Using EFS	p. 709
Sharing File Resources by Using DFS	p. 717
Introduction to DFS	p. 718
Setting Up a Fault-Tolerant DFS Root	p. 722
Setting Up a Stand-Alone DFS Root	p. 730
Setting Up Child Nodes	p. 736
Configuring Child Nodes as Replica Sets	p. 738
Administering DFS	p. 741
Connecting to an Existing DFS Root	p. 742
Command-Line Administration	p. 743
Removing DFS Roots and Nodes	p. 745
Client Interactions with DFS	p. 748
Security Concerns	p. 748
Implementing Disaster Protection	p. 753
Introduction	p. 754
Protecting a Windows 2000 Network from Disasters	p. 754
Backing Up Data	p. 758
The Recovery Console	p. 765
Advanced Startup Options	p. 766
Recovering from a System Failure	p. 768
Repairing and Restoring Active Directory	p. 771
Authoritative Restore	p. 779
Index	p. 783
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