190,000 words... 2 Full-length Personal Training Guides in 1 Convenient Kit! Includes the full contents of: Active Directory Administration: The Personal Trainer Windows Group Policy: The Personal Trainer Read this training kit to learn everything you need to manage Active Directory and Group Policy effectively. This training kit gives you practical hands-on advice. By working step by step through essential tasks, you can learn to: Install forests, domain trees, and child domains Add and remove writable domain controllers Deploy and manage read-only controllers Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot global catalog servers Maintain directory and data integrity using operations masters Evaluate sites, subnets, and replication before expanding a network Establish a trust relationship between domains and between forests Maintain and recover Active Directory Domain Services Employ essential tools and command-line utilities Configure Local GPOs and Active Directory-based GPOs Manage policy preferences and settings Model policy changes through the console Maintain the SYSVOL Diagnose and troubleshoot replication issues Know when to enforce, block, or override inheritance Filter policy settings, search GPOs, and manage permissions Implement change control and advanced management Manage operating system-specific deployment issues This book is designed for anyone who manages Active Directory infrastructure, including those who manage or support computers running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Inside, you'll find comprehensive overviews, step-by-step procedures, frequently used tasks, documented examples, and much more. One of the goals is to keep the content so concise that the book remains compact and easy to navigate while at the same time ensuring that the book is packed with as much information as possible--making it a valuable resource.

820 pages, 190,000 words... 2 Full-length Personal Training Guides in 1 Convenient Kit! Includes the full contents of: Active Directory Administration: The Personal Trainer Windows Group Policy: The Personal Trainer Read this training kit to learn everything you need to manage Active Directory and Group Policy effectively. This training kit gives you practical hands-on advice. By working step by step through essential tasks, you can learn to: Install forests, domain trees, and child domains Add and remove writable domain controllers Deploy and manage read-only controllers Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot global catalog servers Maintain directory and data integrity using operations masters Evaluate sites, subnets, and replication before expanding a network Establish a trust relationship between domains and between forests Maintain and recover Active Directory Domain Services Employ essential tools and command-line utilities Configure Local GPOs and Active Directory-based GPOs Manage policy preferences and settings Model policy changes through the console Maintain the SYSVOL Diagnose and troubleshoot replication issues Know when to enforce, block, or override inheritance Filter policy settings, search GPOs, and manage permissions Implement change control and advanced management Manage operating system-specific deployment issues This book is designed for anyone who manages Active Directory infrastructure, including those who manage or support computers running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Inside, you'll find comprehensive overviews, step-by-step procedures, frequently used tasks, documented examples, and much more. One of the goals is to keep the content so concise that the book remains compact and easy to navigate while at the same time ensuring that the book is packed with as much information as possible--making it a valuable resource.

Get all new, in-depth exam prep for 70-297, a core MCSE design exam for Windows Server 2003-as you build real-world job skills. Features 300 practice questions, full review, case studies, troubleshooting labs, trial software, exam discount, and more.

150,000 words... 2 Full-length Personal Training Guides in 1 Convenient Kit! Includes the full contents of: Windows Command Line: The Personal Trainer Windows Command Line for Administration: The Personal Trainer Chances are that if you work with Windows computers you’ve used Windows Command Line. You may even have run commands at the command prompt. However, you probably still have many questions about Windows Command Line and may also wonder what tools and resources are available. This training kit for Windows power users and IT professionals delivers ready answers for using Windows command-line tools to manage Windows, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Not only is this training kit packed with examples that show you how to run, use, schedule, and script Windows commands and support tools, it's written by a well-known author of computer books and features easy-to-read tables, lists, and step-by step instructions. Designed for anyone who wants to learn Windows Command Line, this training will help you perform tasks more efficiently, troubleshoot performance issues and programs, manage computer settings, perform routine maintenance, and much more. With its comprehensive overviews, step-by-step procedures, frequently used tasks, and documented examples, this training kit delivers the fast, accurate information you need!

Set up and support Windows 2000 Active Directory services-and prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exam-with this official Microsoft study guide. Work through the modular system of lessons and exercises for practical experience implementing and administering Microsoft's next-generation directory service. As you build these real-world system support skills, you're also preparing for MCP Exam 70-217-a core requirement on the new MCSE track for Windows 2000. Here's what you'll learn. * Planning, configuring, and administering your Active Directory infrastructure * Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) to manage name resolution, schema, and replication * Administering the user environment and software with Group Policy * Deploying the Windows 2000 operating system remotely using Remote Installation Services (RIS) * Using Active Directory technology to centrally manage users, groups, shared folders, and network resources * Implementing and troubleshooting security in a directory services infrastructure * Monitoring and optimizing Active Directory performance Here's what's inside. * Comprehensive self-paced training that maps to MCP exam goals and objectives * Skill-building practice exercises that help you apply what you learn to the job * Lesson summaries and end-of-chapter review questions to help gauge your progress

Organize your network resources by learning how to design, manage, and maintain Active Directory. Updated to cover Windows Server 2012, the fifth edition of this bestselling book gives you a thorough grounding in Microsoft’s network directory service by explaining concepts in an easy-to-understand, narrative style. You’ll negotiate a maze of technologies for deploying a scalable and reliable AD infrastructure, with new chapters on management tools, searching the AD database, authentication and security protocols, and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). This book provides real-world scenarios that let you apply what you’ve learned—ideal whether you’re a network administrator for a small business or a multinational enterprise. Upgrade Active Directory to Windows Server 2012 Learn the fundamentals, including how AD stores objects Use the AD Administrative Center and other management tools Learn to administer AD with Windows PowerShell Search and gather AD data, using the LDAP query syntax Understand how Group Policy functions Design a new Active Directory forest Examine the Kerberos security protocol Get a detailed look at the AD replication process