1. Chapter 1 Introducing Windows Server 2003

   1. Changes in This Release

   2. Windows Server 2003 Editions

   3. Hardware Requirements

   4. Assessing the Release

2. Chapter 2 Installation and Deployment

   1. Preparing to Install Windows Server 2003

   2. Choosing Windows Components

   3. Installing Windows Server 2003

   4. Upgrading Previous and Existing Installations

   5. Troubleshooting an Installation

   6. Running an Unattended Installation

3. Chapter 3 File and Print Services

   1. New File and Print Server Features

   2. Setting Up File Sharing Services

   3. NTFS File and Folder Permissions

   4. Limiting Use of Disk Space with Quotas

   5. Using Offline Files and Folders

   6. Using Shadow Copies

   7. Backing Up Your Machines

   8. Using the Encrypting File System

   9. The Distributed File System

   10. Understanding Print Sharing Services

4. Chapter 4 Domain Name System

   1. Nuts and Bolts

   2. Zones Versus Domains

   3. Resource Records

   4. Using Primary and Secondary Nameservers

   5. Building a Nameserver

   6. Subdomains and Delegation

   7. Dynamic DNS

   8. Active Directory-Integrated Zones

   9. Forwarding

   10. The Split DNS Architecture

   11. Backup and Recovery

   12. Next Steps

5. Chapter 5 Active Directory

   1. Active Directory Objects and Concepts

   2. Building an Active Directory Structure

   3. Understanding Operations Master Roles

   4. Understanding Directory Replication

   5. Migrating to Active Directory in Windows Server 2003

   6. Active Directory Maintenance

   7. Conclusion

6. Chapter 6 Group Policy and IntelliMirror

   1. An Introduction to Group Policy

   2. Group Policy Implementation

   3. Group Policy Management Tools

   4. Local Group Policy

   5. Domain Group Policy

   6. Deployment Considerations

   7. Troubleshooting Group Policy

   8. Conclusion

7. Chapter 7 Windows Security and Patch Management

   1. Understanding Security Considerations

   2. Creating and Enforcing Security Policies

   3. Locking Down Windows

   4. Using Auditing and the Event Log

   5. About Software Update Services

8. Chapter 8 Internet Information Services

   1. IIS Architecture

   2. IIS Components

   3. What's New in IIS 6

   4. Installing IIS

   5. Managing Web Services

   6. File Transfer Protocol Services

   7. SMTP Services

   8. The POP3 Server

   9. Network News Services

   10. Backing Up Your IIS Configuration

   11. Automating IIS Administration

   12. Securing it All

9. Chapter 9 .NET Framework

   1. What Is .NET?

   2. What's New in .NET

   3. Application Types

   4. XML-Based Configuration

   5. Security

   6. Assemblies

   7. Deployment Models

   8. Diagnostics

   9. Management Tools

   10. Reference

10. Chapter 10 Windows Terminal Services

    1. The Remote Desktop Protocol

    2. Requirements for Terminal Services

    3. Adding the Terminal Server Role

    4. Enabling Remote Desktop

    5. On the User's Side

    6. Installing an Application

    7. Configuring Terminal Services Licensing

    8. Terminal Services Administration

    9. Command-Line Management

11. Chapter 11 Communications and Networking

    1. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

    2. Virtual Private Networks

    3. IP Security

    4. Network Access Quarantine Control

    5. Conclusion

12. Chapter 12 Clustering Technologies

    1. Network Load-Balancing Clusters

    2. True Server Clusters

    3. Conclusion

13. Chapter 13 Other Windows Server 2003 Services

    1. The Indexing Service

    2. The Microsoft Message Queue

    3. Feature Packs and Add-Ons

1. Appendix A The Future of Windows Server 2003

   1. Service Pack 1

   2. Windows Server 2003 "R2"

2. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Learning Windows Server 2003 is an American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos). It inhabits the coastal regions, freshwater marshes, lakes, and rivers of North America, and winters in the Gulf States of the southern United States and Mexico.

Sometimes confused with the whooping crane, the American white pelican is a huge white bird with black primary and outer secondary feathers, sporting a wingspan of over 9 feet and an average weight of 16 pounds. Unlike the brown pelican, which plunge-dives into water from the air, the white pelican feeds while swimming, straining fish, frogs, salamanders, and aquatic invertebrates in its pouch. White pelicans prefer to nest on low, bare islands, sandbars, or remote peninsulas, especially on freshwater lakes. Darren Kelly was the production editor, Audrey Doyle was the copyeditor, and Nancy Crumpton was the proofreader for Learning Windows Server 2003. Mary Brady and Colleen Gorman provided quality control. Nancy Crumpton provided production services and wrote the index.

Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Clay Fernald produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

Melanie Wang designed the interior layout, based on a series design by David Futato. This book was converted by Joe Wizda to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing.This colophon was written by Reg Aubry.