The Best Damn Windows Server 2003 Book Period- P8: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. | 36 Chapter 2 Using Server Management Tools Table Management Snap-Ins in Computer Management Computer Management Node Management Snap-In Use System Tools Event Viewer Shared Folders Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts Device Manager Display event logs View shared folders open files and active sessions Manage local user and group accounts Configure performance data logs Manage computer hardware Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management Manage devices with removable media Defragment local disks Configure disk partitions and volumes Services and Applications DHCP if installed Services WMI Control Indexing Service Routing and Remote Access if installed DNS if installed Configure the DHCP service for allocating IP addresses Manage services Configure Windows Management Instrumentation Configure the Indexing Service to provide fast searches Manage routing and remote access Configure the DNS service Figure Computer Management MMC Using Server Management Tools Chapter 2 37 Which Tool To Use In this section we ve seen a variety of tools for remotely managing servers. How do you decide which one to use in a given situation It really depends on what you are trying to do and in cases where you can accomplish the same thing with different tools you might have your favorite tools for administering a server. Remote Assistance is really a tool for end users and you are unlikely to use it for remote server should however be aware that Remote Assistance invitations can be sent from a Windows Server 2003 computer and you should know how to turn off Remote Assistance. The Remote Desktop tool is useful when you need to have full control of a single server. Because you are effectively at the server you can administer any function. With the Remote Desktop snap-in or using RD from the command line you can even connect to the server console session remotely. The Web Interface for Remote Administration is useful in situations where you .
