This comprehensive guide to Windows NT Server is both a manual for the operating system's features and an implementation tool for real-world use. In this sixth edition, author Mark Minasi builds on an already mature work by adding numerous new topics.

The first part of the book is an excellent overview of Windows NT Server and key Microsoft technology and terminology pertaining to the enterprise. The first chapters cover the architecture, network protocols, domains, workgroups, layered drivers, and more. The second part, consisting of three lengthy chapters, addresses installation and configuration. Rather than merely address the key steps, Minasi presents information about important related topics such as the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) for fault tolerance and the Windows NT registry.

Part three consists of over 400 pages of well-organized discussion on administration; everything from user management to interfacing with Macintoshes and working with the Windows Terminal Server is covered in detail. Throughout the book, Minasi presents useful sidebars that answer common questions about how to perform specific tasks.

The final seven chapters cover enterprise issues such as interconnecting Novell NetWare networks, troubleshooting, optimization, disaster recovery, Remote Access Services (RAS), and Internet Information Server (IIS). These sections address advanced issues and complete the book.

Whether you're looking for a guide to learning Windows NT Server or something to bail you out in the field, this definitive work is an excellent choice. --Stephen W. Plain

ANNOTATION

This heavily revised edition offers 100+ pages of discussion of NT architecture and over 200 pages on TCP/IP. This book assumes the reader lives in a difficult-to-administer, multi-vendor world--and shows how to solve the problems of that world. 1,200 pp.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The world's #1 best-selling NT Server book has just been updated! This landmark, must-have, 1650-page hardcover edition (with CD) is massively revised with new undocumented material on system policies, unattended installs, registry tricks for administrators, Service Pack 4 details...and much more. The 6th edition of this classic high-level, yet readable, book on NT Server in the Enterprise provides the best discussion of NT architecture and TCP/IP in print, and includes scores of exclusive secrets, tips, tricks, and workarounds. If you call Microsoft with an NT question, they can charge up to $150! If this book answers only one of your questions, you've saved nearly $100! This edition has a CD that includes scores of NT utilities and programs, plus the entire text and figures of the book as a fully-searchable electronic book. You won't need to buy another NT book until version 5 arrives! |

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