Part I: Server Installation and Configuration
HOUR 1:
Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 3
Introducing Windows Server 2008 ......................................................................3
Improvements and Additions to Windows Server 2008 ......................................5
The Different Flavors of Windows Server 2008 ..................................................10
Summary..............................................................................................................12
Q&A ....................................................................................................................13
HOUR 2: Installing Windows Server 2008 15
Planning the Server Installation ........................................................................15
Server Hardware Requirements ..........................................................................16
Understanding Server Licensing Issues ..............................................................18
Choosing to Upgrade or Make a Clean Installation ..........................................19
Windows Server 2008-Supported File Systems..................................................21
Performing a Clean Installation ........................................................................21
Performing an In-Place Upgrade ........................................................................23
Installing a Core Installation ..............................................................................25
Choosing Between a Workgroup and a Domain................................................27
Summary..............................................................................................................28
Q&A ....................................................................................................................28
HOUR 3: Configuring Windows Server 2008 Basic Settings 31
Working with the Server Start Menu ..................................................................31
Using the Control Panel ......................................................................................33
Working with Printers and Other Hardware Devices ........................................37
Uninstalling a Program ......................................................................................40
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Scheduling Tasks ..................................................................................................41
Configuring Virtual Memory Settings ................................................................44
Using the Server Manager ..................................................................................46
Managing Local User Accounts and Groups ......................................................48
Summary..............................................................................................................51
Q&A ....................................................................................................................52
HOUR 4: Configuring Server Roles and Services 53
Defining Your Network Infrastructure ................................................................53
Determining Server Roles ....................................................................................55
Understanding Windows Server 2008 Roles and Features ................................58
Using the Initial Configuration Tasks Window to Add a Server Role ................60
Removing a Server Role ......................................................................................65
Adding a Feature to Your Server Configuration ................................................67
Removing a Feature from Your Server Configuration ........................................68
Summary..............................................................................................................69
Q&A ....................................................................................................................70
HOUR 5: Implementing Windows Deployment Services 71
Using Windows Deployment Services ................................................................71
Configuring WDS ................................................................................................74
Adding Images to the WDS Server ....................................................................77
Configuring WDS for Remote Installations ........................................................80
Remotely Installing a Client Operating System ................................................83
Summary..............................................................................................................86
Q&A ....................................................................................................................86
HOUR 6: Managing Hard Drives and Volumes 87
Managing Disk Drives Using Windows Server 2008 ..........................................88
Using the Disk Management Snap-In ................................................................91
Creating a Simple Volume on a Basic Disk ........................................................92
Converting a Basic Drive to a Dynamic Drive ..................................................94
Creating a Spanned Volume on a Dynamic Disk ..............................................96
Extending a Volume ............................................................................................98
Understanding RAID..........................................................................................100
Implementing RAID 1 ......................................................................................101
Implementing RAID 5 ......................................................................................102
Viewing Drive Properties ..................................................................................105
Planning Your Server Backups ..........................................................................107
The Windows Server 2008 Backup Utility ........................................................109
Backing Up Files with Windows Server Backup................................................110
Restoring Files ....................................................................................................113
Creating a Scheduled Backup ..........................................................................115
Summary............................................................................................................116
Q&A ..................................................................................................................117
Part II: Network Users, Resources, and Special Server Roles
HOUR 7: Working with TCP/IP Network Protocols 121
Understanding Network Protocols and the OSI Model ....................................121
Understanding TCP/IP ......................................................................................124
IPv6 Addressing ................................................................................................132
Configuring IP Settings......................................................................................135
Checking IP Configurations and Server Connectivity ......................................137
Summary............................................................................................................139
Q&A ..................................................................................................................140
HOUR 8: Understanding and Configuring Active Directory Domain Services 141
Understanding Active Directory Domain Services............................................142
Planning the Active Directory Hierarchy..........................................................142
Installing Active Directory Domain Services and Creating the Root Domain 144
Adding a Regional (Child) Domain..................................................................149
Using the Active Directory Management Tools ................................................154
Working with Domain User Accounts ..............................................................155
Working with Active Directory Objects ............................................................162
Summary............................................................................................................167
Q&A ..................................................................................................................167
Teach Yourself in 24 Hours
HOUR 9: Creating Active Directory Groups, Organizational Units, and Sites 169
Understanding Active Directory Groups ..........................................................169
Using Default Groups ........................................................................................172
Creating Groups ................................................................................................176
Adding Users and Groups to a Group ..............................................................177
Raising Domain Functional Levels ..................................................................179
Using Organizational Units ..............................................................................181
Using Active Directory Sites ..............................................................................183
Active Directory Replication and Sites ..............................................................188
Understanding Delegation ................................................................................190
Summary............................................................................................................191
Q&A ..................................................................................................................192
HOUR 10: Adding Client Computers and Member Servers to the Domain 195
Adding Client Computers to the Domain ........................................................195
Using Active Directory to Add Computers to the Domain ..............................197
Adding and Configuring Vista Clients..............................................................204
Adding and Configuring XP Clients ................................................................206
Adding Windows 2000 Client Computers ........................................................208
Viewing Client Computer Network Settings......................................................208
Adding Member Servers to the Domain ..........................................................210
Creating a Workgroup ......................................................................................212
Summary............................................................................................................213
Q&A ..................................................................................................................213
HOUR 11: Deploying Group Policy and Network Access Protection 215
Understanding Group Policy ............................................................................216
The Group Policy Feature ..................................................................................216
Working in the Group Policy Management Snap-In........................................218
Creating Group Policies ....................................................................................219
Editing Group Policies........................................................................................222
Enabling the Auditing Policy ............................................................................227
Understanding Policy Inheritance ....................................................................229
Viewing GPO Details in the GPO Management Snap-In ................................231
Understanding Network Access Protection........................................................233
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Adding the Network Policy Server Service ........................................................234
Configuring the Windows Security Health Validator ......................................236
Adding Remediation Servers ............................................................................239
Enable the Network Access Protection Service on Clients ................................241
Summary............................................................................................................242
Q&A ..................................................................................................................242
HOUR 12: Working with Network Shares and the Distributed File System 245
Configuring a File Server ..................................................................................246
File Server Disk Quotas......................................................................................250
Using the Share and Storage Management Snap-In........................................255
Creating News Shares with the Share and Storage Management Snap-In ....256
Managing the File Server ..................................................................................260
Publishing a Share to the Active Directory ......................................................262
Using the Volume Shadow Copy Service ..........................................................264
Understanding the Distributed File System ......................................................266
Installing and Configuring the Distributed File System ..................................267
Adding DFS Folders............................................................................................270
DFS Folder Replication ......................................................................................272
Summary............................................................................................................274
Q&A ..................................................................................................................275
HOUR 13: Understanding Share and NTFS Permissions 277
Understanding Share Permissions ....................................................................277
Assigning Share Permissions ............................................................................280
Understanding NTFS Permissions......................................................................282
Assigning NTFS Permissions ..............................................................................286
Taking Ownership of an NTFS File....................................................................291
Mixing Share and NTFS Permissions ................................................................292
Using Data Encryption ......................................................................................293
Using BitLocker Encryption ..............................................................................294
Summary............................................................................................................300
Q&A ..................................................................................................................301
HOUR 14: Working with Network Printing 303
Networking Printing and Windows Server 2008 ..............................................303
Installing a Local Printer ..................................................................................304
Installing Direct-Connect Network Printers ......................................................306
Sharing a Printer................................................................................................309
Adding the Print Services Role to a Server ........................................................310
Managing Printers and Print Servers ................................................................312
Managing Print Jobs..........................................................................................318
Using Printer Filters............................................................................................320
Working with Printer Permissions ....................................................................322
Auditing Printer Access......................................................................................324
Summary............................................................................................................325
Q&A ..................................................................................................................325
HOUR 15: Understanding the Domain Name Service 327
DNS Server Overview ........................................................................................327
Installing the Domain Name Service................................................................333
Configuring the DNS Server ..............................................................................335
Managing DNS ..................................................................................................342
Creating Resource Records ................................................................................344
Configuring DNS Clients ..................................................................................345
Configuring a Caching-Only Server..................................................................346
Monitoring and Troubleshooting the DNS Server Service ................................347
Summary............................................................................................................350
Q&A ..................................................................................................................351
HOUR 16: Using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 353
Understanding DHCP ........................................................................................353
Installing the DHCP Role ..................................................................................355
Configuring the DHCP Service with a Scope ....................................................358
Using the DHCP Snap-In ..................................................................................362
Editing DHCP Server Options ............................................................................371
Configuring DHCP Clients ..............................................................................372
Monitoring DHCP Leases ..................................................................................373
Loading the DCHP Database Backup ..............................................................374
Troubleshooting DHCP ......................................................................................375
Summary............................................................................................................376
Q&A ..................................................................................................................376
Part III: Advanced Networking
HOUR 17: Remote Access and Virtual Private Networking 379
Understanding Microsoft Remote Access ..........................................................380
Adding the Network Policy and Access Services Role ......................................381
Enabling and Configuring RRAS ......................................................................383
Configuring Modem Ports ................................................................................385
Understanding Authentication Protocols..........................................................387
Configuring Authentication ..............................................................................389
Configuring Remote Access Clients ..................................................................390
Understanding Virtual Private Networks ........................................................392
Understanding Virtual Private Network Ports ..................................................394
Configuring the VPN Client ..............................................................................395
Managing VPN or Dial-In Connections............................................................397
Understanding RADIUS and the Network Policy Server ..................................399
Summary............................................................................................................404
Q&A ..................................................................................................................405
HOUR 18: Implementing Network Routing 407
Windows Server 2008 and Routing ..................................................................407
Understanding Routed Networks ......................................................................409
Adding the Network Policy and Access Services Role ......................................410
Enabling Routing and Remote Access ..............................................................411
Configuring Network Interfaces ........................................................................412
Configuring IP Routing......................................................................................415
Configuring RIP Interfaces ................................................................................418
Monitoring IP Routing ......................................................................................421
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Understanding and Configuring the DHCP Relay Agent ................................423
Summary............................................................................................................425
Q&A ..................................................................................................................426
HOUR 19: Implementing Terminal Services 427
Understanding Terminal Services......................................................................427
Adding the Terminal Services Role....................................................................429
Working with Terminal Services Licensing ......................................................432
Configuring the Terminal Server and TS Connections ....................................435
TS Server Settings ..............................................................................................437
Using the Terminal Services Manager ..............................................................440
Connecting to the Terminal Server ..................................................................441
Summary............................................................................................................444
Q&A ..................................................................................................................444
HOUR 20: Understanding WINS 445
Understanding WINS and NetBIOS ..................................................................445
Installing and Configuring WINS ....................................................................449
WINS Configuration Issues................................................................................451
Adding Replication Partners..............................................................................454
Managing the WINS Database ........................................................................455
Configuring WINS Clients ................................................................................459
Avoiding WINS Problems ..................................................................................460
Using NBTSTAT ..................................................................................................462
Summary............................................................................................................464
Q&A ..................................................................................................................464
Part IV: Network Security, Web Services, and Performance Monitoring
HOUR 21: Working with the Windows Firewall and IPSec 469
Understanding the Windows Firewall ..............................................................469
Configuring the Windows Firewall....................................................................470
Configuring the Windows Firewall Properties ..................................................474
Understanding Windows Firewall Rules............................................................475
Creating Windows Firewall Rules......................................................................478
Working with Connection Security Rules..........................................................480
Understanding IPSec ..........................................................................................484
Summary............................................................................................................487
Q&A ..................................................................................................................488
HOUR 22: Using Network Address Translation and Certificate Services 489
Using Network Address Translation ..................................................................490
Configuring NAT on the Server ........................................................................491
Understanding the Active Directory Certificate Services ..................................494
Adding the Active Directory Certificate Services ..............................................495
Configuring the Certificate Authority ..............................................................499
Requesting Certificates ......................................................................................504
Managing the CA ..............................................................................................508
Summary............................................................................................................510
Q&A ..................................................................................................................511
HOUR 23: Using the Internet Information Service 513
New IIS 7.0 Features ..........................................................................................513
Installing Internet Information Service 7.0 ......................................................515
Adding a Website ..............................................................................................518
Configuring IIS Defaults....................................................................................521
Configuring Site Features ..................................................................................522
Configuring Virtual Directories ........................................................................530
Creating FTP Sites ..............................................................................................531
Summary............................................................................................................535
Q&A ..................................................................................................................535
HOUR 24: Monitoring Server Performance and Network Connections 537
Using the Reliability and Performance Monitor ..............................................538
Exploring the Performance Monitor ................................................................543
Adding Objects to the Monitor..........................................................................544
Sams Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours
Viewing Performance Data ..............................................................................547
Selecting and Understanding Counters ............................................................548
Creating Data Collector Sets ............................................................................551
Using the Reliability Monitor ............................................................................559
Working with the Event Viewer ........................................................................561
Clearing and Saving Log Events ......................................................................565
Using the Network and Sharing Center ............................................................566
Summary............................................................................................................569
Q&A ..................................................................................................................570
