Windows Server 2003 for Dummies

Chapter 1: Making Networks Make Sense

Figure 1-1: A typical network with clients , a server, and infrastructure (or network media).

Chapter 2: Networking the Client/Server Way

Figure 2-1: The General tab of a Local Area Connection object from a Windows Server 2003 system.

Figure 2-2: My Network Places shows the computers in your nearby network neighborhood.

Figure 2-3: The component structure for the Client for Microsoft Networks.

Chapter 3: Matters of Protocol

Figure 3-1: The OSI reference model breaks networking protocols into seven layers .

Figure 3-2: Use the Advanced Settings dialog box in Network Connections to check for installed protocols.

Chapter 4: My Kingdom for a Topology!

Figure 4-1: Star and bus wiring layouts often appear together.

Figure 4-2: Physical stars or buses can support logical rings.

Figure 4-3: Ranking the speed of networking technologies.

Chapter 5: Network Design Basics

Figure 5-1: A simple network map of the XYZ Inc. network shows all hubs, servers, and cable segments overlaid on a simple building floor plan.

Chapter 6: Installing Network Interface Cards

Figure 6-1: The NIC creates a bridge between your computer and the network.

Figure 6-2: PC buses and their connectors are made to match up perfectly .

Figure 6-3: Place-holders close off empty slots and keep dust and dirt out of your PC.

Figure 6-4: DIP switches often control a NICs various settings.

Figure 6-5: A typical jumper block has multiple pins, with individual jumpers .

Chapter 7: Hooking Up Your Network

Figure 7-1: Let's twist again, like we did last summer.

Figure 7-2: An inside view of coax cable.

Figure 7-3: 10Base5 transceiver cables can span up to 15 meters (50 feet).

Figure 7-4: An inside view of fiber- optic cable.

Figure 7-5: A backbone ties together all the pieces of a network.

Chapter 10: Configuring Connections to the Universe

Figure 10-1: The server roles that can be installed through the Configure Your Server Wizard.

Figure 10-2: Internet Information Services Manager for IIS version 6.0.

Figure 10-3: The Routing and Remote Access management console.

Figure 10-4: The Network Connections management console (after a dial-up object has been defined).

Chapter 11: Doing the Directory Thing

Figure 11-1: The hierarchical structure of an X.500 directory.

Figure 11-2: An example of a trust relationship in Windows NT 4.0

Figure 11-3: Parent/child relationship example.

Figure 11-4: An example of a forest.

Chapter 12: Working with Active Directory, Domains, and Trusts

Figure 12-1: This is where you change replication times.

Figure 12-2: The Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in.

Figure 12-3: The first page of the User Creation Wizard.

Figure 12-4: The Elvis A. Presley user object.

Figure 12-5: We're creating a new computer object named Fried-Banana-Sandwich.

Figure 12-6: The Advanced Security Settings dialog box for an object used to control user access.

Figure 12-7: The summary screen of the Delegation of Control wizard.

Figure 12-8: This is where you create one-way trusts between domains.

Chapter 13: Printing on the Network

Figure 13-1: A network showing different ways to connect print devices on a network.

Figure 13-2: The Printers and Faxes folder showing an installed print device and the Add Printer icon.

Figure 13-3: Print device Properties tabs in the Printers folder.

Chapter 14: IP AddressingZero to Insane in Two Seconds Flat

Figure 14-1: NetBIOS computer names on our network.

Figure 14-2: The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box.

Chapter 15: Managing Users with Active Directory Users and Computers

Figure 15-1: Active Directory Users and Computers console is the primary tool that Administrators use to create domain users accounts and groups.

Figure 15-2: Use the New Object User Wizard to create a user object.

Figure 15-3: Access can be set by time of day and day of week.

Figure 15-4: Examples of a User Profile and its profile path , logon script location, and Home Folder designation.

Figure 15-5: Group memberships are defined here.

Figure 15-6: The built-in security groups of Windows Server 2003.

Figure 15-7: The Ctrl+Alt+Del options that can be set with the User Configuration Administrative Template.

Figure 15-8: List of group policies that can be applied on a computer configuration basis.

Chapter 16: Managing Shares, Permissions, and More

Figure 16-1: The Permissions list shows you all the permissions that apply to the object.

Figure 16-2: The Sharing tab provides easy access to a share's name , user limits, permissions, and caching settings.

Figure 16-3: The Effective Permissions tab from the Advanced Security Settings dialog box.

Chapter 17: Backing Up for a Rainy Day

Figure 17-1: The built-in GUI backup in Windows 2003.

Figure 17-2: Selecting files and folders to be backed up.

Chapter 18: Network Security Management

Figure 18-1: The Group Policy editing tool, Password Policy.

Chapter 19: Using Windows 2003 Troubleshooting Utilities

Figure 19-1: The System Log in Event Viewer.

Figure 19-2: An event detail.

Figure 19-3: Selections to capture a crash dump.

Figure 19-4: The Computer Management Tool.

Figure 19-5: The Performance Monitor.

Chapter 20: Nixing Network Problems

Figure 20-1: The Add Counters dialog box.

Figure 20-2: A graph of System Monitor doing its thing.

Figure 20-3: The Network Monitor in action.

Figure 20-4: The Virtual Memory dialog box.

Chapter 23: Ten Steps to Networking Nirvana with Windows Server 2003

Figure 23-1: The Services tool indicates the status for all services installed on Windows Server 2003.