Windows Server 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies - Softcover

Mueller, John Paul

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9780470180440: Windows Server 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies

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ISBN 10: 0470180447 ISBN 13: 9780470180440

Publisher: For Dummies, 2008

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If you’ve been waiting impatiently for the arrival of Windows Server 2008, wait no more! It’s here, and so is Windows Server 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies to help you install it, configure it, network with it, secure it, command it with Windows PowerShell, and more. Services best practices and the cool IIS Web server are covered too.

The eight powerful quick-reference manuals in this one-stop guide cover all the information you need to perform common administrative tasks with Windows Server 2008. You’ll find sure-handed guidance and considerable detail on everything from installation to figuring out why a user can’t gain access to resources on the server. You also see procedures for all common tasks — everything from setting up Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to promoting your server to a domain controller. Discover how to:

Use Windows Server virtualization
Perform a complete PC restore
Configure server roles and features
Measure system performance
Add network clients and protocols
Keep your server operating at peak performance
Monitor network interactions with others
Work with Active Directory RMS
Use best practices for implementing security
Implement scripts and cmdlets with PowerShell
Uncloak viruses masquerading as services

Windows Server 2008 contains so many features that it’s sometimes hard to know which one to install. No problem! Just flip open Windows Server 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies and find your answer in a flash!

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From the Back Cover:

Covers the all-new Windows Server 2008!

Your one-stop guide to setting up, using, and maintaining Windows Server 2008

If, like many system administrators, you've been waiting impatiently for the arrival of Windows Server 2008, wait no more! It's here, and so is this book to help you install it, configure it, network with it, secure it, command it with Windows PowerShell, and more. Services best practices and the cool IIS Web server are covered, too.

Discover how to:

Use Windows Server Virtualization
Perform a complete PC restore
Configure server roles and features
Add network clients and protocols
Work with Active Directory RMS

About the Author:

John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his blood, having produced 78 books and over 300 articles to date. The topics range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management to heads-down programming. Some of his current books include a Windows power optimization book, a book on .NET security, and books on Amazon Web Services, Google Web Services, and eBay Web Services. His technical editing skills have helped over 52 authors refine the content of their manuscripts. John has provided technical editing services to both Data Based Advisor and Coast Compute magazines. He has also contributed articles to a number of magazines, including CIO.com, DevSource, InformIT, Informant, DevX, SQL Server Professional, Visual C++ Developer, Hard Core Visual Basic, asp.netPRO, Software Test and Performance, and Visual Basic Developer.

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