MasteringTM Windows® NT® Server 4 - Hardcover

Minasi, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0782126936 ISBN 13: 9780782126938

Publisher: Sybex, 2000

Synopsis

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!

About this title

About the Author

Mark Minasi, MCSE, is recognized as one of the world′s best explainers of NT. He teaches NT classes in fifteen countries and is a much sought–after speaker at NT conferences, regularly keynoting and speaking at the NT Wizards and NT Professionals conferences. He also writes three popular columns in Windows NT Magazine, as well as "Eye on the Enterprise" in Japan′s Nikkei NT magazine. His firm, MR&D, has taught tens of thousands of people to design and run NT networks. Among his eight other Sybex books are Mastering Windows 2000 Server; Mastering Windows 2000 Professional; and The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide, which has sold a million copies and been translated into twelve languages.

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
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0782126936
• ISBN 13: 9780782126938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1696