Mastering Windows NT server 4 / Mark Minasi.

Table of Content

PART 1 Getting acquainted
1. NT server overview
NT server capabilities
Enterprise networking features
What's new in version 4?

2 Microsoft enterprise concepts
Setting the stage: Microsoft network

Problems with the primitive network
Who's out there: browsers and workgroups
Domain: centralized security
Network citizens: users and machines
Network software: drivers, protocol and radiators

PART II Setting Up NT Server
3 Installing NT and NT server
Preparing the hardware
Preparing the data
Setting up the LAN card
A word about PCI systems
Etc.

4 RAID for speedier, safer disks
Disk administrator technology
Before basing the disk administrators
Using space efficiently with volume sets
Simple disk striping
Protecting your data
Etc.

5 Understanding the registry database
What is the registry?
Registry terminology
Working with the registry: An example
How do you find registry keys?
Even more cautions about editing the registry
Etc.

PART III NT server Administration
6 Managing and creating user accounts
Introducing the manager for domains
Creating a new user account
Managing user accounts
Managing groups
Etc.

7. Creating and managing directory shares
Creating a shared directory
Share level premises and access control lists
File and directory premises
File ownership in NT
Controlling the rest of the profiles dialog box
Etc.

8 Managing printing services with NT server
NT- Server print sharing features
Who can be a print server
Adding a printer
Adding a second printer for the same printer device
Etc.

9 Connecting PCs to NT networking
Connecting a DOS workstation to NT
Attaching windows workstations to NT networks
Attaching windows 95 workstations to NT networks

10. Making the mac connection
The features and benefits of services for Macintosh
Mac connection in Nutshell
Preparing the server to support your mac
Getting services for Macintosh up and running
Setting up the mac for NT connection
Etc.

11. Managing a single domain
Server manager's capabilities
Who's who in the domain
Server properties
Managing servers
Scheduling events
Etc.

PAR IV Managing NT server in an enterprise network
12 Cross domain management in NT networks
Why build multi-domain networks?
Multi-domain management tasks
Getting acquainted trust relationships
Extending file permissions across domains
Etc.

13 Novell Netware in an NT server environment
How NT and Netware interact
Netware clients software for NT
Using NWLINK without the gateway service
Running Netware and NT server in parallel
Microsoft gateway service
Etc.

14 TCP/IP on windows NT
A brief history of TCP/IP
The internet protocol (IP)
A, B and C networks, CIDR blocks and sub netting
TCP (Transmission control protocol)
Internet host names
Etc.

15 Internet Information server
Installing internet information server
Introducing the Microsoft management console
Using the internet service manager
Setting IIS computer properties
Etc.

16 Turning and monitoring your NT server Network
17. Troubleshooting and disaster recovery
18. Remote access service

PART V Appendix