Microsoft Windows Server 2008 A Beginner's Guide by Marty Matthews

By Marty Matthews

Get up and operating on Microsoft home windows Server 2008 with ease

This hands-on consultant covers all of the necessities of deploying and administering the most recent free up of Microsoft's robust, flexible community working method. utilizing transparent screenshots and step by step directions, Microsoft home windows Server 2008: A Beginner's Guide exhibits you ways to establish the server, migrate from prior types, and deal with networking, management, garage, and safety. you are going to additionally get info at the new internet instruments and administration utilities on hand in home windows Server 2008.

  • Install, configure, and set up Windows Server 2008
  • Set up and deal with a network
  • Work with Active listing and Domains
  • Set up communications positive aspects and an online connection
  • Install, customise, and preserve Internet details prone (IIS) 7
  • Configure a VPN server and consumer
  • Set up Terminal companies and distant Desktop
  • Manage garage and dossier systems
  • Secure your home windows Server environment
  • Set up and deal with printing and faxing
  • Use the integrated administration instruments, together with Server supervisor and workforce policies

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By Marty Matthews

Get up and operating on Microsoft home windows Server 2008 with ease

This hands-on consultant covers all of the necessities of deploying and administering the most recent free up of Microsoft's robust, flexible community working method. utilizing transparent screenshots and step by step directions, Microsoft home windows Server 2008: A Beginner's Guide exhibits you ways to establish the server, migrate from prior types, and deal with networking, management, garage, and safety. you are going to additionally get info at the new internet instruments and administration utilities on hand in home windows Server 2008.

  • Install, configure, and set up Windows Server 2008
  • Set up and deal with a network
  • Work with Active listing and Domains
  • Set up communications positive aspects and an online connection
  • Install, customise, and preserve Internet details prone (IIS) 7
  • Configure a VPN server and consumer
  • Set up Terminal companies and distant Desktop
  • Manage garage and dossier systems
  • Secure your home windows Server environment
  • Set up and deal with printing and faxing
  • Use the integrated administration instruments, together with Server supervisor and workforce policies

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10. When you are ready, click Close. Click Open The Reports Folder. Double-click each of the reports to open them in their applications. These reports provide a wealth of information, as you can see in Figure 2-1. 11. After you have completed reading and/or printing the reports, close the applications and then click Finish to close the Hardware Assessment Wizard. Chapter 2: Preparing for Installation Figure 2-1. The Hardware Assessment Wizard provides both written and tabular information about the ability of your network computers to handle Windows Server 2008.

The Server Manager is often the single tool needed to install, monitor, and manage both major and minor server components, as described earlier in this chapter, as well as throughout this book. Many of the other facilities for administering Windows Server 2008 described in the following sections are also installed and can be managed from Server Manager. Figure 1-4 showed the major roles that can be installed from Server Manager. For many of these major roles, a number of optional role services 13 14 Microsoft Windows Server 2008: A Beginner’s Guide Figure 1-5.

The purpose of this and the next two chapters is to assist you in going through the planning process and then carrying out the detailed installation. Chapter 2 looks at the steps that must be carried out prior to installing this newest Windows server, including ways to handle possible pitfalls. Chapter 3 takes you through installing Windows Server 2008 from different starting points, including upgrading and performing a clean install. Chapter 4 shows how Windows Deployment Services can be used to automate the installation of Windows Server 2008.

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