Event Review: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 System Administration Part 2 (Session TNT1-126)
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Session Outline
This session covers Windows Server 2003 administration from a number of views, including a look at out-of-the-box tools, Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 options, and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 features. The majority of the session focuses on the out-of-the-box tools. It covers server management tools, including Active Directory directory service command-line tools-trusts and server roles. From the client side, it looks at Group Policy management and settings, software installation, and patch management using Software Update Services. The session ends with a section that large organizations will find useful: an exploration of those features in SMS 2003 and MOM 2005 that augment the tools already covered, most notably software and patch management in SMS 2003 and server monitoring using MOM 2005.
Third-Party Books
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, 2nd Edition
Summary: Get a fresh perspective on planning, designing, implementing, and migrating to a Windows Server 2003 environment. The authors rely on their experience from several large client implementations to compile best practices, installation and migration tips and tricks, performance optimization techniques, configuration tuning, and server management techniques. The Ultimate Windows Server 2003 System Administrator's Guide
Summary: Windows Server 2003, the successor to Windows 2000 and Windows NT, is designed to accommodate the seamless exchange of information through Web services. It delivers the increased flexibility and power needed to administer networks as global entities, but its enhanced management tools and security features present as many challenges as opportunities. This book helps readers negotiate these challenges while taking advantage of the opportunities. Inside Windows Server 2003
Summary: This book contains comprehensive information on deploying, managing, and troubleshooting systems using both Windows Server 2003 and its predecessor. Each chapter contains a lively feature description followed by extensively illustrated procedures for setting up and managing each service. Group Policy, Profiles and Intellimirror
Summary: The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) is a dramatic step forward in the way Group Policy is administered. This book provides all the instruction and insight you need to take full control of your Active Directory with GPMC and other Group Policy tools. You'll also learn techniques for implementing IntelliMirror, making it possible for users to work securely from any location; and you'll find intensive troubleshooting advice, insider tips on keeping your network secure, and hundreds of examples that will help you accomplish all your administration goals. Managing Enterprise Active Directory Services
Summary: Learn how to programmatically manage and monitor Active Directory in a large-scale environment. The authors, who lead Cisco's Active Directory deployment and management initiative, focus on post-deployment issues surrounding Active Directory. Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide
Summary: This book helps provide a solid understanding of Active Directory fundamentals. It demonstrates how Active Directory is used to store and access data and how it uses industry standards, such as LDAP. Numerous diagrams and tables explain the sometimes complex technologies involved in migrating to Windows 2000 from Windows NT or other platforms. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Insider Solutions
Summary: Rather than being a traditional planning, design, and implementation guide, this book is a serious resource for Windows experts who seek tips, tricks, and best practices for implementing and supporting key Windows Server 2003 technologies. Sections include security, management, design, migration, business continuity, performance, and business productivity.
Training and Certification
Group Policy Intensive Training and Workshop course.
Summary: Most companies spend a fortune planning and migrating to Active Directory. Then, once they have Active Directory in place, the next logical question is "What do we do with it"? Group Policy is what you do with Active Directory — you control and manage your clients and servers with the nearly limitless power it offers. You can take the course in one of two ways: through onsite classes in your offices, or through public classes. The Group Policy Intensive Workshop, a three-day course packed into two days, consists of one-third lecture, one-third demonstration of concepts, and one-third hands-on lab time. Course 2273: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment: Five Days (Classroom/Online)
Summary: This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to manage accounts and resources, maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. Course 2274: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment: Five days: Instructor-led
Summary: This five-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage accounts and resources in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. The course is intended for prospective systems administrators and systems engineers who are responsible for managing accounts and resources. These tasks include managing user, computer, and group accounts; managing access to network resources; managing printers; managing an organizational unit in a network based on Active Directory directory service; and implementing Group Policy to manage users and computers. Course 2275: Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment: Three days: Instructor-led
Summary: This three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data on a computer running one of the operating systems in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family. Course 2282: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
Summary: This five-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design an Active Directory directory service and network infrastructure for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. The course is intended for systems engineers who are responsible for designing directory service and/or network infrastructures.
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