The Best Damn Windows Server 2003 Book Period- P7:The latest incarnation of Microsoft’s server product,Windows Server 2003, brings many new features and improvements that make the network administrator’s job chapter will briefly summarize what’s new in 2003 and introduce you to the four members of the Windows Server 2003 family: the Web Edition, the Standard Edition, the Enterprise Edition, and the Datacenter Edition. | 26 Chapter 1 Overview of Windows Server 2003 include information about Enforce and Block Inheritance flags in Group Policy affect how GPOs are inherited throughout the AD infrastructure. Trust relationships both transitive and explicitly defined Network connectivity hardware switches routers firewalls and other LAN and WAN connectivity devices Client computer configuration both hardware and software Line-of-business application inventory and configuration Backup restore and disaster recovery procedures Windows Server 2003 built upon the same technology as Windows 2000 has been upgraded and improved to address a variety of needs in today s networked environment. We ve reviewed the new features in Windows Server 2003 and taken a quick look at some of the tools available to make installing maintaining and repairing Windows Server 2003 a bit easier. We ve also reviewed the basics of network design planning and testing and we re now ready to jump into the specifics of Windows Server 2003. Chapter 2 Using Server Management Tools In this chapter Recognizing Types of Management Tools Managing Your Server Remotely Using Emergency Management Services Managing Printers and Print Queues Managing and Troubleshooting Services Using Wizards to Configure and Manage Your Server Introduction The network administrator s daily tasks can be made easier or more difficult by the number and quality of administrative tools available to perform those tasks. In the previous chapter we quickly reviewed some of the tools. In this chapter we ll take a more in-depth look at specific server management tools. In Windows Server 2003 Microsoft has provided administrators with a wealth of graphical and command-line utilities for carrying out their job Administrative Tools menu is the place to start and there you ll find predefined management consoles for configuring and managing most of Server 2003 s services and components including Active Directory tools distributed
