Windows 2000 Active Directory Services Training Kit Book

Active Directories are one of the key components of Windows 2000 Server. By organising a directory hierarchically, Active Directories allow server structures to replicate or model the way individual organisations operate. In theory these should make life easier for both administrators and client users. But to successfully deploy Microsoft's new OS in a large organisation, network managers and developers have an urgent need to understand use and configuration. MCSE Training Kit: Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Services is the latest in the MCSE training kit series and is designed to get IT professionals skilled in using and understanding the new structures. Like its predecessors, it helps users pass the relevant MCSE exam at the end. The book assumes no prior knowledge of Active Directory--which at its publication is most people involved in networking. Readers are taken through the basics of planning and configuring an Active Directory infrastructure right up to the daily maintenance of a server running Active Directories. This is a fully comprehensive guide to Active Directory from the people who designed it, but it might help to use it in conjunction with a lighter manual from an independent source, like Active Directory for Dummies. You will also need free access to a LAN and server to get some hands-on experience for some of the exercises. And even if you don^"t wish to take the exam, this book will prove an invaluable reference for those charged with implementing the new structures within the workplace.--Paul FisherRead More