This system administrators bible provides detailed coverage of Active Directory security, auditing, and integration with existing installations. It includes a realistic case study to be used as a template for system migration and integration. The book also examines distributed security applications such as Kerberos, and standards such as X.500. It offers hard to find tips on improving directory performance and it explains in detail how Windows 2000's Active Directory subsystem manages "system lookup" tasks by associated users with passwords and permissions.

This book has been enhanced from the first edition to include group policy, restructuring the enterprise environment, enterprise networking, advanced Active Directory components, enhanced enterprise installation options, advanced file and resource administration, enterprise networking solutions, Windows 2000-specific security features, and additional troubleshooting. Plus, this book takes readers through best practice planning, implementation, and rollout of solutions specific to Windows 2000.

Taking a task-oriented approach to Windows NT Registry, this title provides comprehensive and accurate information on Registry manipulation and settings. The book includes tear-out quick reference cards and important tips for key Registry entries.

This book is known as the bible that points out security holes in the Windows 2000 system, as well as weaknesses that emerge from poor planning and lax administration. It places extra emphasis on Windows 2000 security issues raised by high-bandwidth connections to the Internet, with and without firewalls. It also covers Windows 2000 security at system deployment and at upgrade time, as well as during routine system administration. It organizes the Windows 2000 security topic functionally, according to tasks a system administrator would be called to perform.

Zero Administration is now available for Microsoft's Windows NT 4.0 and will be an important component of NT 5.0, allowing network administrators to install and configure desktops from a central location (even from home!). This is the first book on the market written specifically about Microsoft's Zero Administration Kit (ZAK).

Programmers are shown little-known areas of Windows NTs to enable them to write more efficient and powerful programs using NT technology. Topics include multitasking and threading, active directory services, Microsoft message queue, overlapped I/O, advanced memory management and more. The CD-ROM features coverage of the Registry, shareware and freeware utilities for programmers, and tips and tricks for writing code.