Manage and Operate Windows Server 2008

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Use the following documentation to learn how to manage and operate Windows Server® 2008.

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Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)

Implementing and Administering Certificate Templates

Learn how to greatly simplify the task of administering a certification authority (CA) by using certificate templates.

Active Directory Certificate Services Upgrade and Migration Guide

Find out about the planning and implementation of a Windows Server 2008 AD CS upgrade and migration from an existing Windows public key infrastructure (PKI), including scenarios and step-by-step instruction.

Certification Authority Clustering Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide

Learn how to use the failover clustering capabilities of Windows Server 2008 to provide an additional level of reliability to Active Directory® Certificate Services (AD CS).

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

Active Directory Domain Services Operations Guide

Learn how to manage and operate AD DS in Windows Server 2008.

Active Directory Quotas

Find out how to use Active Directory and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) quotas to implement and define limitations on the number of objects that a security principal (a user, computer, and group) can create in a directory node.

Active Directory Domain Services: Last Interactive Logon

Learn more about last interactive logon, which is a new feature for AD DS in Windows Server 2008.

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Operations Guide

Learn how to manage and operate AD LDS.

BitLocker Drive Encryption

BitLocker Drive Encryption Operations Guide: Recovering Encrypted Volumes with AD DS

Learn about managing BitLocker with this operations guide.

Device Management and Installation

Device Management and Installation Operations Guide

Discover how to manage and operate Device Management and Installation in Windows Server 2008.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

DHCP Server Operations Guide

Learn how to manage and operate DHCP in Windows Server 2008.

Domain Name System (DNS)

DNS Server Operations Guide

Learn how to manage and operate DNS in Windows Server 2008.

Network and Sharing Center

Network and Sharing Center Operations Guide

Learn how to manage and operate Network and Sharing Center.

Network Policy Server (NPS)

Network Policy Server Operations Guide

Learn how to manage and operate Network Policy Server, which is Microsoft's implementation of the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) protocol and a key NAP component.

Telnet

Telnet Operations Guide

Discover how to use and administer Telnet in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Web Server

IIS 7 Operations Guide

Learn how to manage and operate Internet Information Services 7.0.

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and IPsec

How to Enable Authenticated Firewall Bypass

Explore how to create authenticated bypass rules to allow network traffic from specific trusted computers and users into a computer that would normally be blocked by the firewall.