Windows 2000 Server - Maintain

Maintenance Resources

• Security Resources
  

  Find best practices, tools, and other articles designed to help IT professionals keep their Windows 2000 Server networks secure.

• Monitoring Resources
  

  Locate articles about how to monitor your system, including information about event logging, diagnostic tools, server performance, and more.

• Operations Resources
  

  Learn how to configure and manage all aspects of Windows Server 2000 with articles about account management, registry maintenance, data backup, disaster recovery, and more.

• Optimization Resources
  

  Get help running your systems for peak performance with articles about managing, tuning, and optimizing Windows 2000 Server features.

• Feature Usability Resources
  

  Get details on how specific technologies and features can be used to assist you in completing your tasks.

Articles

• Managing Day-to-Day Operations
  

  Learn about administrative tools, how to automate chores with scripts, and more from Chapter 10 of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Administrator's Companion.

• Designing Organization-wide Policies
  

  Learn how Group Policy Objects (GPOs) work and how to effectively structure your Active Directory using Organizational Units and groups in this chapter from Windows 2000 Active Directory.

• Inside Update.exe - The Package Installer for Windows and Windows Components
  

  This white paper discusses the Update.exe package installer for Windows, used to install a service pack or hotfix for Windows operating systems and other Microsoft products. This white paper presents an in-depth discussion of package types, deployment methods, internals of the update package, and an installation overview.

Product Documentation

• Backup and Restore Solution for Windows 2000-based Data Centers
  

  Learn about the principles, strategies, and methods for assessing what to back up in a Microsoft Internet Data Center (IDC) environment.