Windows Server 2008 For Dummies

Introduction 1

Part I: Servers at Your Service 7

Chapter 1: Making Windows Server 2008 Serve You 9

Chapter 2: Server Networking Principles 21

Chapter 3: Building Your Network 39

Chapter 4: Hooking Up Your Network 57

Part II: Servers, Start Your Engines 71

Chapter 5: Ready, Set, Install! 73

Chapter 6: Configuring Connections to the Universe 93

Chapter 7: Doing the Directory Thing 115

Chapter 8: Working with Active Directory, Domains, and Trusts 137

Chapter 9: Printing on the Network 155

Chapter 10: IP Addressing: Zero to Insane in Two Seconds Flat 175

Part III: Running Your Network 199

Chapter 11: Managing Users with Active Directory Users and Computers 201

Chapter 12: Managing Shares, Permissions, and More 227

Chapter 13: Preparing for That Rainy Day 241

Chapter 14: Network Security Management 263

Part IV: Serve It Yourself 281

Chapter 15: How to Be a DIY Guru 283

Chapter 16: Servers the Intel Way 297

Chapter 17: Servers the AMD Way 315

Chapter 18: Taking Care of Your Own Issues 331

Part V: The Part of Tens 351

Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Installation and Configuration 353

Chapter 20: Ten Steps to Networking Nirvana with Windows Server 2008 363

Part VI: Appendixes 371

Appendix A: Server Components and Technologies 373

Appendix B: Windows Troubleshooting Resources.385

Index 391