Mastering Windows Server 2008 R2 -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Is The Book For? -- What's Inside? -- Stay Up-to-Date with My Free Newsletter -- For Help and Suggestions: Visit My Forum or Email Me -- Chapter 1: What's New in Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 -- Server 2008 and R2 Goals -- AD Changes -- OS Changes Under the Hood -- Networking Changes -- New Setup Technologies -- New Management Tools -- File and Print Sharing -- Web-Based Services -- Chapter 2: Installing and Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2 -- What Has Changed Since 2000 and 2003? -- Installing the Operating System -- Using Server Manager to Configure Your Servers -- Upgrading Active Directory -- Unattended Installations -- Installing a Sample Server Network for This Book's Examples -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3: The New Server: Introduction to Server Core -- What in the World Is Server Core? -- Installing Server Core -- Server Core Survival Guide -- Initial Configurations for Server Core -- Administering Server Core Remotely -- Configuring Roles and Features -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4: Windows Server 2008 IPv4: What Has Changed? -- TCP Then and Now -- Improving Transaction Time with Autoscaling -- Employing Policy-Based QoS -- Sharing Files and Printers with SMB 2.0 -- Alternatives for Network Performance -- Wrapping Up the New and Improved TCP -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5: DNS and Naming in Server 2008 and Active Directory -- Components of Microsoft's DNS -- Understanding Active Directory's DNS -- Supporting Internet-Based DNS Resolution -- Administration and Troubleshooting with DNS Tools -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6: Creating the Simple AD: The One-Domain, One-Location AD -- An Introduction to Active Directory Basics -- A Single-Domain Forest -- Adding a Second DC.

Creating Organizational Units, Accounts, and Groups -- Domain Maintenance Tasks -- Creating Fine-Grained Password Policies -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 7: Creating and Managing User Accounts -- User Accounts -- Group Management -- Monday-Morning Admin Tasks -- What's New in Windows Server 2008 R2 for User and Group Management -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8: Group Policy: AD's Gauntlet -- Group Policy Concepts -- Local Policies and Group Policy Objects -- Creating GPOs -- Group Policy Basics -- Modifying Group Policy Default Behavior -- Group Policy Application -- Group Policy Setting Possibilities -- The New and Improved GPMC -- Troubleshooting Group Policies -- A Closing Thought or Two on Group Policy -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 9: Active Directory Delegation -- AD Delegation vs. NT Domains -- Delegating Control Using Organizational Units -- Advanced Delegation: Manually Setting Permissions -- Finding Out Which Delegations Have Been Set, or Undelegating -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10: Files, Folders, and Shares -- Understanding the File Services Role -- Creating Shares -- Managing Permissions -- Connecting to Shares -- File Server Resource Manager -- Understanding SMB 2.0 -- Implementing BitLocker -- Using Offline Files/Client-Side Caching -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 11: Creating and Managing Shared Folders -- Creating Shared Folders -- Managing Permissions -- Working with Hidden Shares -- Exploring the Distributed File System -- Exploring the Network File System -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 12: SYSVOL: Old and New -- The Old: File Replication Service -- The New: Distributed File System Replication -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 13: Sharing Printers on Windows Server 2008 R2 Networks -- Print Services Overview -- Installing the Print and Document Services Role -- Deploying Printers to the Masses -- Adjusting Print Server Settings.

Managing Printer Properties -- Managing Print Jobs -- Using Custom Filters -- Troubleshooting Printer Problems -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 14: Remote Server Administration -- Remote Desktop for Administration -- Windows Remote Management Service -- Remote Server Administration Tools -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 15: Connecting Windows Clients to the Server -- What to Know Before You Begin -- Verifying Your Network Configuration -- Joining the Domain -- Changing Domain User Passwords -- Connecting to Network Resources -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 16: Working the Web with IIS 7.0 and 7.5 -- Creating Simple Websites -- What's So Different About IIS 7.0 and 7.5? -- Introducing IIS 7 Modules -- Installing IIS 7 -- Website Provisioning -- Hosting Multiple Websites -- Integrating SMTP into IIS 7 Web Pages -- Integrating FTP into IIS 7 Web Pages -- Advanced Administration -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 17: Watching Your System -- Monitoring Your System with Event Viewer -- Subscribing to Event Logs -- Troubleshooting Event Forwarding -- Monitoring Performance -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 18: Windows Server 2008 R2 and Active Directory Backup and Maintenance -- Backing Up and Restoring Windows Server -- Stopping and Restarting Active Directory -- Capturing Active Directory Snapshots -- Backing Up and Restoring Active Directory -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 19: Advanced IP: Routing with Windows -- The Life of an IP Packet -- From Classes to Classless -- Sockets, Ports, and Winsock -- Testing and Troubleshooting -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 20: Getting from the Office to the Road: VPNs -- Introducing VPNs -- Understanding the Tunneling Protocols -- Using Network Policy and Access Services Role -- Protecting VPNs with IP Security (IPSec) -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 21: Adding More Locations: Sites in Active Directory -- Mastering Site Concepts.

Exploring Sites -- Configuring Intersite Replication -- Configuring Clients to Access the Next Closest Site -- Using PowerShell -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 22: The Third DC: Understanding Read-Only Domain Controllers -- Introducing RODCs -- Installing the RODC -- DNS on the RODC -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 23: Creating Larger Active Directory Environments: Beyond One Domain -- The Foundations of Multiple-Domain Designs -- Planning Your Active Directory Environment -- Creating Multiple Domains -- Functional Levels -- FSMOs and GCs -- Trusts -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 24: Migrating, Merging, and Modifying Your Active Directory -- Migration Strategies -- Using Microsoft's Free Migration Tool: ADMT -- Renaming a Domain -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 25: Installing, Using, and Administering Remote Desktop Services -- Who Needs Remote Desktop Services? -- Understanding the Remote Desktop Services Processing Model -- Server and Client Requirements -- Adding Remote Desktop Services -- Monitoring Remote Desktop Services -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 26: Connecting Mac OS X Clients -- Preparing Active Directory for Mac OS X Clients -- Connecting a Mac to the Domain -- Connecting to File Shares -- Connecting to Printers -- Using Remote Desktop from a Mac Client -- Troubleshooting -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 27: Patch Management -- The Four Phases of Patch Management -- Dissecting a Security Update -- Digging into Windows Server Update Services -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 28: File Shares Made Even Better: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 -- Overview of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 -- Installing WSSv3 -- SharePoint Website Provisioning -- Creating SharePoint Document Libraries -- Managing SharePoint Documents -- Accessing SharePoint Documents -- Advanced WSS Administration -- Integrating Client Software -- The Bottom Line.

Chapter 29: Server Virtualization with Hyper-V -- What Is Server Virtualization? -- Installing the Host with a Virtual Machine -- Understanding Hyper-V Architecture -- Using Virtual Disks -- Using Virtual Networks -- Managing Virtual Machines -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 30: Advanced User Account Management and User Support -- Experiencing the Flexible Desktop -- Configuring Home Directories -- Creating Roaming Profiles -- Managing Roaming Profiles -- Redirecting Folders -- Managing the Desktop Using Group Policy -- Managing Users with Logon Scripts -- The Bottom Line -- Appendix: The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2: Installing and Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2 -- Chapter 3: The New Server: Introduction to Server Core -- Chapter 4: Windows Server 2008 IPv4: What Has Changed? -- Chapter 5: DNS and Naming in Server 2008 and Active Directory -- Chapter 6: Creating the Simple Ad: The One-Domain, One-Location AD -- Chapter 7: Creating and Managing User Accounts -- Chapter 8: Group Policy: AD's Gauntlet -- Chapter 9: Active Directory Delegation -- Chapter 10: Files, Folders, and Shares -- Chapter 11: Creating and Managing Shared Folders -- Chapter 12: SYSVOL: Old and New -- Chapter 13: Sharing Printers on Windows Server 2008 R2 Networks -- Chapter 14: Remote Server Administration -- Chapter 15: Connecting Windows Clients to the Server -- Chapter 16: Working the Web with IIS 7.0 and 7.5 -- Chapter 17: Watching Your System -- Chapter 18: Windows Server 2008 R2 and Active Directory Backup and Maintenance -- Chapter 19: Advanced IP: Routing with Windows -- Chapter 20: Getting From the Office to the Road: VPNs -- Chapter 21: Adding More Locations: Sites in Active Directory -- Chapter 22: The Third DC: Understanding Read-Only Domain Controllers -- Chapter 23: Creating Larger Active Directory Environments: Beyond One Domain.

Chapter 24: Migrating, Merging, and Modifying Your Active Directory.