Microsoft has released its next server operating system – Windows Server 2008 – and you need to know more about it. But you do not need the basics and you do not need the step-by-step. You already know Windows 2003. You just need a quick and dirty review of what’s new and what’s changed from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008. Get it with this ultra-quick and highly-entertaining guide, written by Windows insider Greg Shields. Focusing tightly on what’s new and changed in Microsoft technologies for installing, managing, and securing Windows Server 2008, this thin guide will quickly ramp up your skills. Save yourself some time and money by skipping the basics and using your existing skills to master Microsoft’s new server O/S.
Automate server installations * More effectively manage servers through Server Manager * Gain insight with Reliability and Performance Monitor * Implement powerful new Group Policy * Reduce your attack surface with Server Core * Complete better Active Directory backups * Deploy apps using Terminal Services * Secure your servers with the new Windows Firewall * Secure branch offices with Read-Only Domain Controllers * Augment passwords with Fine-Grained Password Policies
A major part of Microsoft’s new strategy for automated systems management is the new Windows PowerShell. So as a bonus to get you started, you will also get nine full and complete chapters from Don Jones’ and Jeff Hicks’ Windows PowerShell v1.0: TFM, 2nd Edition. Learn to use PowerShell while you discover the new and exciting technologies in Windows Server 2008.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows Server 2008
- Chapter 2: Installing Windows 2008
- Chapter 3: Server Management
- Chapter 4: Group Policy
- Chapter 5: Server Core
- Chapter 6: Active Directory
- Chapter 7: Terminal Services
- Chapter 8: Security & the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
- Chapter 9: IIS 7.0
- Chapter 10: Other New & Compelling Features
- PLUS: Nine chapters from Windows PowerShell v1.0: TFM, 2nd Edition
About the Author
Greg Shields is an independent author, speaker, and IT consultant based in Denver, Colorado. With more than 10 years of experience in information technology, Greg has developed extensive experience in systems administration, engineering, and architecture specializing in Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware technologies. Greg is a Contributing Editor for both Redmond Magazine, Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, and Virtualization Review Magazine (www.virtualizationreview.com) authoring three regular columns along with numerous feature articles, webcasts, and white papers. He is also Resident Editor for Realtime Publishers’ Windows Server Community at http://www.realtime-windowsserver.com. Greg is a highly sought-after instructor and speaker, teaching system and network troubleshooting curriculum for TechMentor Events, a twice-annual IT conference, and producing computer-based training curriculum for CBT Nuggets on numerous topics. Greg is a triple
