In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be able to install and configure Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and its various services for any size network. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of Windows Server® 2008 from the ground up.
Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common tasks.
Q&As at the end of each hour help you test your knowledge.
By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.
Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to do something.
Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.
Joe Habraken is a computer technology professional and best-selling author with more than fifteen years of experience in the information technology field. He has written more than twenty computer and information technology publications including Home Wireless Networking in a Snap, Skinning Windows XP, and Sams Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours (with Matt Hayden). Joe, a Microsoft Certified Professional and Cisco Certified Network Associate, currently serves as an associate professor at the University of New England in Biddeford, ME, where he teaches a variety of new media and information technology-related courses.
Learn how to…
--Install the latest version of the Windows network operating system
--Design and implement Active Directory Forests, Trees, and Domains
--Configure Windows servers for a number of different roles including domain controller, remote access server, file server, print server, Web server, and much more
--Add users to your domain’s Active Directory and organize users in groups and organizational units
--Implement network services such as DNS, DHCP, Windows Deployment Services, and Routing and Remote Access
--Secure your servers with the Windows Firewall and IPSec and make your domain more secure using the Active Directory Certificate Services
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Table of Contents:
Part I: Server Installation and Configuration
HOUR 1: Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 3
Introducing Windows Server 2008 ......................................................................3
Improvements and Additions to Windows Server 2008 ......................................5
The Different Flavors of Windows Server 2008 ..................................................10
Summary..............................................................................................................12
Q&A ....................................................................................................................13
HOUR 2: Installing Windows Server 2008 15
Planning the Server Installation ........................................................................15
Server Hardware Requirements ..........................................................................16
Understanding Server Licensing Issues ..............................................................18
Choosing to Upgrade or Make a Clean Installation ..........................................19
Windows Server 2008–Supported File Systems..................................................21
Performing a Clean Installation ........................................................................21
Performing an In-Place Upgrade ........................................................................23
Installing a Core Installation ..............................................................................25
Choosing Between a Workgroup and a Domain................................................27
Summary..............................................................................................................28
Q&A ....................................................................................................................28
HOUR 3: Configuring Windows Server 2008 Basic Settings 31
Working with the Server Start Menu ..................................................................31
Using the Control Panel ......................................................................................33
Working with Printers and Other Hardware Devices ........................................37
Uninstalling a Program ......................................................................................40
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Scheduling Tasks ..................................................................................................41
Configuring Virtual Memory Settings ................................................................44
Using the Server Manager ..................................................................................46
Managing Local User Accounts and Groups ......................................................48
Summary..............................................................................................................51
Q&A ....................................................................................................................52
HOUR 4: Configuring Server Roles and Services 53
Defining Your Network Infrastructure ................................................................53
Determining Server Roles ....................................................................................55
Understanding Windows Server 2008 Roles and Features ................................58
Using the Initial Configuration Tasks Window to Add a Server Role ................60
Removing a Server Role ......................................................................................65
Adding a Feature to Your Server Configuration ................................................67
Removing a Feature from Your Server Configuration ........................................68
Summary..............................................................................................................69
Q&A ....................................................................................................................70
HOUR 5: Implementing Windows Deployment Services 71
Using Windows Deployment Services ................................................................71
Configuring WDS ................................................................................................74
Adding Images to the WDS Server ....................................................................77
Configuring WDS for Remote Installations ........................................................80
Remotely Installing a Client Operating System ................................................83
Summary..............................................................................................................86
Q&A ....................................................................................................................86
HOUR 6: Managing Hard Drives and Volumes 87
Managing Disk Drives Using Windows Server 2008 ..........................................88
Using the Disk Management Snap-In ................................................................91
Creating a Simple Volume on a Basic Disk ........................................................92
Converting a Basic Drive to a Dynamic Drive ..................................................94
Creating a Spanned Volume on a Dynamic Disk ..............................................96
Extending a Volume ............................................................................................98
Understanding RAID..........................................................................................100
Implementing RAID 1 ......................................................................................101
Implementing RAID 5 ......................................................................................102
Viewing Drive Properties ..................................................................................105
Planning Your Server Backups ..........................................................................107
The Windows Server 2008 Backup Utility ........................................................109
Backing Up Files with Windows Server Backup................................................110
Restoring Files ....................................................................................................113
Creating a Scheduled Backup ..........................................................................115
Summary............................................................................................................116
Q&A ..................................................................................................................117
Part II: Network Users, Resources, and Special Server Roles
HOUR 7: Working with TCP/IP Network Protocols 121
Understanding Network Protocols and the OSI Model ....................................121
Understanding TCP/IP ......................................................................................124
IPv6 Addressing ................................................................................................132
Configuring IP Settings......................................................................................135
Checking IP Configurations and Server Connectivity ......................................137
Summary............................................................................................................139
Q&A ..................................................................................................................140
HOUR 8: Understanding and Configuring Active Directory Domain Services 141
Understanding Active Directory Domain Services............................................142
Planning the Active Directory Hierarchy..........................................................142
Installing Active Directory Domain Services and Creating the Root Domain 144
Adding a Regional (Child) Domain..................................................................149
Using the Active Directory Management Tools ................................................154
Working with Domain User Accounts ..............................................................155
Working with Active Directory Objects ............................................................162
Summary............................................................................................................167
Q&A ..................................................................................................................167
Teach Yourself in 24 Hours
HOUR 9: Creating Active Directory Groups, Organizational Units, and Sites 169
Understanding Active Directory Groups ..........................................................169
Using Default Groups ........................................................................................172
Creating Groups ................................................................................................176
Adding Users and Groups to a Group ..............................................................177
Raising Domain Functional Levels ..................................................................179
Using Organizational Units ..............................................................................181
Using Active Directory Sites ..............................................................................183
Active Directory Replication and Sites ..............................................................188
Understanding Delegation ................................................................................190
Summary............................................................................................................191
Q&A ..................................................................................................................192
HOUR 10: Adding Client Computers and Member Servers to the Domain 195
Adding Client Computers to the Domain ........................................................195
Using Active Directory to Add Computers to the Domain ..............................197
Adding and Configuring Vista Clients..............................................................204
Adding and Configuring XP Clients ................................................................206
Adding Windows 2000 Client Computers ........................................................208
Viewing Client Computer Network Settings......................................................208
Adding Member Servers to the Domain ..........................................................210
Creating a Workgroup ......................................................................................212
Summary............................................................................................................213
Q&A ..................................................................................................................213
HOUR 11: Deploying Group Policy and Network Access Protection 215
Understanding Group Policy ............................................................................216
The Group Policy Feature ..................................................................................216
Working in the Group Policy Management Snap-In........................................218
Creating Group Policies ....................................................................................219
Editing Group Policies........................................................................................222
Enabling the Auditing Policy ............................................................................227
Understanding Policy Inheritance ....................................................................229
Viewing GPO Details in the GPO Management Snap-In ................................231
Understanding Network Access Protection........................................................233
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Adding the Network Policy Server Service ........................................................234
Configuring the Windows Security Health Validator ......................................236
Adding Remediation Servers ............................................................................239
Enable the Network Access Protection Service on Clients ................................241
Summary............................................................................................................242
Q&A ..................................................................................................................242
HOUR 12: Working with Network Shares and the Distributed File System 245
Configuring a File Server ..................................................................................246
File Server Disk Quotas......................................................................................250
Using the Share and Storage Management Snap-In........................................255
Creating News Shares with the Share and Storage Management Snap-In ....256
Managing the File Server ..................................................................................260
Publishing a Share to the Active Directory ......................................................262
Using the Volume Shadow Copy Service ..........................................................264
Understanding the Distributed File System ......................................................266
Installing and Configuring the Distributed File System ..................................267
Adding DFS Folders............................................................................................270
DFS Folder Replication ......................................................................................272
Summary............................................................................................................274
Q&A ..................................................................................................................275
HOUR 13: Understanding Share and NTFS Permissions 277
Understanding Share Permissions ....................................................................277
Assigning Share Permissions ............................................................................280
Understanding NTFS Permissions......................................................................282
Assigning NTFS Permissions ..............................................................................286
Taking Ownership of an NTFS File....................................................................291
Mixing Share and NTFS Permissions ................................................................292
Using Data Encryption ......................................................................................293
Using BitLocker Encryption ..............................................................................294
Summary............................................................................................................300
Q&A ..................................................................................................................301
HOUR 14: Working with Network Printing 303
Networking Printing and Windows Server 2008 ..............................................303
Installing a Local Printer ..................................................................................304
Installing Direct-Connect Network Printers ......................................................306
Sharing a Printer................................................................................................309
Adding the Print Services Role to a Server ........................................................310
Managing Printers and Print Servers ................................................................312
Managing Print Jobs..........................................................................................318
Using Printer Filters............................................................................................320
Working with Printer Permissions ....................................................................322
Auditing Printer Access......................................................................................324
Summary............................................................................................................325
Q&A ..................................................................................................................325
HOUR 15: Understanding the Domain Name Service 327
DNS Server Overview ........................................................................................327
Installing the Domain Name Service................................................................333
Configuring the DNS Server ..............................................................................335
Managing DNS ..................................................................................................342
Creating Resource Records ................................................................................344
Configuring DNS Clients ..................................................................................345
Configuring a Caching-Only Server..................................................................346
Monitoring and Troubleshooting the DNS Server Service ................................347
Summary............................................................................................................350
Q&A ..................................................................................................................351
HOUR 16: Using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 353
Understanding DHCP ........................................................................................353
Installing the DHCP Role ..................................................................................355
Configuring the DHCP Service with a Scope ....................................................358
Using the DHCP Snap-In ..................................................................................362
Editing DHCP Server Options ............................................................................371
Configuring DHCP Clients ..............................................................................372
Monitoring DHCP Leases ..................................................................................373
Loading the DCHP Database Backup ..............................................................374
Troubleshooting DHCP ......................................................................................375
Summary............................................................................................................376
Q&A ..................................................................................................................376
Part III: Advanced Networking
HOUR 17: Remote Access and Virtual Private Networking 379
Understanding Microsoft Remote Access ..........................................................380
Adding the Network Policy and Access Services Role ......................................381
Enabling and Configuring RRAS ......................................................................383
Configuring Modem Ports ................................................................................385
Understanding Authentication Protocols..........................................................387
Configuring Authentication ..............................................................................389
Configuring Remote Access Clients ..................................................................390
Understanding Virtual Private Networks ........................................................392
Understanding Virtual Private Network Ports ..................................................394
Configuring the VPN Client ..............................................................................395
Managing VPN or Dial-In Connections............................................................397
Understanding RADIUS and the Network Policy Server ..................................399
Summary............................................................................................................404
Q&A ..................................................................................................................405
HOUR 18: Implementing Network Routing 407
Windows Server 2008 and Routing ..................................................................407
Understanding Routed Networks ......................................................................409
Adding the Network Policy and Access Services Role ......................................410
Enabling Routing and Remote Access ..............................................................411
Configuring Network Interfaces ........................................................................412
Configuring IP Routing......................................................................................415
Configuring RIP Interfaces ................................................................................418
Monitoring IP Routing ......................................................................................421
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Understanding and Configuring the DHCP Relay Agent ................................423
Summary............................................................................................................425
Q&A ..................................................................................................................426
HOUR 19: Implementing Terminal Services 427
Understanding Terminal Services......................................................................427
Adding the Terminal Services Role....................................................................429
Working with Terminal Services Licensing ......................................................432
Configuring the Terminal Server and TS Connections ....................................435
TS Server Settings ..............................................................................................437
Using the Terminal Services Manager ..............................................................440
Connecting to the Terminal Server ..................................................................441
Summary............................................................................................................444
Q&A ..................................................................................................................444
HOUR 20: Understanding WINS 445
Understanding WINS and NetBIOS ..................................................................445
Installing and Configuring WINS ....................................................................449
WINS Configuration Issues................................................................................451
Adding Replication Partners..............................................................................454
Managing the WINS Database ........................................................................455
Configuring WINS Clients ................................................................................459
Avoiding WINS Problems ..................................................................................460
Using NBTSTAT ..................................................................................................462
Summary............................................................................................................464
Q&A ..................................................................................................................464
Part IV: Network Security, Web Services, and Performance Monitoring
HOUR 21: Working with the Windows Firewall and IPSec 469
Understanding the Windows Firewall ..............................................................469
Configuring the Windows Firewall....................................................................470
Configuring the Windows Firewall Properties ..................................................474
Understanding Windows Firewall Rules............................................................475
Creating Windows Firewall Rules......................................................................478
Working with Connection Security Rules..........................................................480
Understanding IPSec ..........................................................................................484
Summary............................................................................................................487
Q&A ..................................................................................................................488
HOUR 22: Using Network Address Translation and Certificate Services 489
Using Network Address Translation ..................................................................490
Configuring NAT on the Server ........................................................................491
Understanding the Active Directory Certificate Services ..................................494
Adding the Active Directory Certificate Services ..............................................495
Configuring the Certificate Authority ..............................................................499
Requesting Certificates ......................................................................................504
Managing the CA ..............................................................................................508
Summary............................................................................................................510
Q&A ..................................................................................................................511
HOUR 23: Using the Internet Information Service 513
New IIS 7.0 Features ..........................................................................................513
Installing Internet Information Service 7.0 ......................................................515
Adding a Website ..............................................................................................518
Configuring IIS Defaults....................................................................................521
Configuring Site Features ..................................................................................522
Configuring Virtual Directories ........................................................................530
Creating FTP Sites ..............................................................................................531
Summary............................................................................................................535
Q&A ..................................................................................................................535
HOUR 24: Monitoring Server Performance and Network Connections 537
Using the Reliability and Performance Monitor ..............................................538
Exploring the Performance Monitor ................................................................543
Adding Objects to the Monitor..........................................................................544
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Viewing Performance Data ..............................................................................547
Selecting and Understanding Counters ............................................................548
Creating Data Collector Sets ............................................................................551
Using the Reliability Monitor ............................................................................559
Working with the Event Viewer ........................................................................561
Clearing and Saving Log Events ......................................................................565
Using the Network and Sharing Center ............................................................566
Summary............................................................................................................569
Q&A ..................................................................................................................570
About the Author :
Joe Habraken is an information technology and new media professional with more than 15 years of professional experience in the information technology and digital media production
fields. Joe is a best-selling author and his recent publications include Home Wireless Networking in a Snap, Skinning Windows XP, and Sams Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours
(with Matt Hayden). Joe currently serves as an associate professor at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, where he teaches a variety of new media— and information
technology-related courses. Joe is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Cisco Certified Network Associate.
