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Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services

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  • Version: 1
  • Category: Tool
  • Language: English

This book describes how to design, deploy, upgrade to, or restructure to a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environment. This book also describes how to design and deploy Windows Server 2003 distributed security services for authentication, access control, and certificate use.

  • Whether you are designing a new Active Directory logical structure, deploying Active Directory for the first time, upgrading an existing Windows environment to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory, or restructuring your current environment to a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environment, part one of this book will assist you in meeting all of the Active Directory design and deployment goals for your organization.You also need to make important decisions early in your deployment regarding the design and deployment of Windows Server 2003 distributed security services for authentication, access control, and, increasingly, certificate use. Part two of this book will assist you in preparing the design and planning documents needed to create a sound foundation of distributed security services.

    This page contains the following files for download:
    • Book Cover (front)
    • Introduction
    • Part I: Designing and Deploying Directory Services
    • Ch 1: Planning an Active Directory Deployment Project
    • Ch 2: Designing the Active Directory Logical Structure
    • Ch 3: Designing the Site Topology
    • Ch 4: Planning Domain Controller Capacity, version 2.0
    • Ch 5: Enabling Advanced Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Features
    • Ch 6: Deploying the Windows Server 2003 Forest Root Domain
    • Ch 7: Deploying Windows Server 2003 Regional Domains
    • Ch 8: Upgrading Windows NT 4.0 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
    • Ch 9: Upgrading Windows 2000 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Domains
    • Ch 10: Restructuring Windows NT 4.0 Domains to an Active Directory Forest
    • Ch 11: Restructuring Active Directory Domains Between Forests
    • Ch 12: Restructuring Active Directory Domains Within a Forest
    • Part II: Deploying Distributed Security Services
    • Ch 13: Planning a Secure Environment
    • Ch 14: Designing an Authentication Strategy
    • Ch 15: Designing a Resource Authorization Strategy
    • Ch 16: Designing a Public Key Infrastructure
    • Ch 17: Planning a Smart Card Deployment
    • Glossary
    • Index
    • Entire book as a .zip file
    • Job aids and worksheets to use with the book

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Files

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FileSize
01_Front.doc
SHA1: 30f1b4229252b46c3522031f5f46ebd891ba6fec
53 KB
02_Intro.doc
SHA1: 029ed78f45cb2fc876e25d962337795c8a7190e0
1.13 MB
03_Part_1.doc
SHA1: 18db48facac4b25b8b67751f455b2300e91bc68d
419 KB
04_CHAPTER_1_Planning_an_Active_Directory_Deployment_Project.doc
SHA1: 0a0563f8ed45b15981bd647c21f8620628d549a1
1.33 MB
05_CHAPTER_2_Designing_the_Active_Directory_Logical_Structure.doc
SHA1: e01f65dbcab0461e0011978a6b9291c02086c9ca
3.90 MB
06_CHAPTER_3_Designing_the_Site_Topology.doc
SHA1: 08d86d21ff8b1e6ad6e2cf584be79604c0badec2
1.59 MB
07_CHAPTER_4_Planning_Domain_Controller_Capacity_version_2.doc
SHA1: 1a1287bd0695784a440b3072a892b43d23dd9d61
1.05 MB
08_CHAPTER_5_Enabling_Advanced_Windows_Server_2003_Active_Directory_Features.doc
SHA1: 224dd93a363c251c02ec14dc27e3b1a7ec3c8502
698 KB
09_CHAPTER_6_Deploying_the_Windows_Server_2003_Forest_Root_Domain.doc
SHA1: 551b34849388d7b761f2d3849a71e04e449c64b7
920 KB
10_CHAPTER_7_Deploying_Windows_Server_2003_Regional_Domains.doc
SHA1: 0ccdd04e354ec4ff8746d3dcb65987a01444bf06
1,001 KB
11_CHAPTER_8_Upgrading_Windows_NT_4.0_Domains_to_Windows_Server_2003_Active_Directory.doc
SHA1: 27e3381b69fd692662071f347a8e0fd2b2a7058f
1.19 MB
12_CHAPTER_9_Upgrading_Windows_2000_Domains_to_Windows_Server_2003_Domains.doc
SHA1: f3b620c6ecae9deba5e3804cf4b3f3b57826487e
1.03 MB
13_CHAPTER_10_Restructuring_Windows_NT_4.0_Domains_to_an_Active_Directory_Forest.doc
SHA1: 615c2bb39146dc17bc26266aa1704253f127dc99
1.11 MB
14_CHAPTER_11_Restructuring_Active_Directory_Domains_Between_Forests.doc
SHA1: 1961a956377723a368c66be7a63c438e35398cdc
1.32 MB
15_CHAPTER_12_Restructuring_Active_Directory_Domains_Within_a_Forest.doc
SHA1: 91165cb3b0dd03840f3a5ed6ed6c6784aef17b0f
822 KB
16_Part_2.doc
SHA1: eb988679a58545ce83de15edc121c6e250b41aa0
419 KB
17_CHAPTER_13_Planning_a_Secure_Environment.doc
SHA1: 00ad61939efbd1c4e0e7ce2a021d849d83542353
451 KB
18_CHAPTER_14_Designing_an_Authentication_Strategy.doc
SHA1: 0ff0eda66992fcd70a20f1cc4f41590b21612df5
967 KB
19_CHAPTER_15_Designing_a_Resource_Authorization_Strategy.doc
SHA1: 8bc99f0b17510c2d7169ca8e228bc0b71ef9a268
862 KB
20_CHAPTER_16_Designing_a_Public_Key_Infrastructure.doc
SHA1: e5efee04f3861ddbbaa37e3d445205851c34d6fc
1.66 MB
21_CHAPTER_17_Planning_a_Smart_Card_Deployment.doc
SHA1: 7843c131f6e215431b3bd696890384b5e9290db2
943 KB
22_Glossary.doc
SHA1: eef33094f31053c3d926b4244b6338ba2c875c40
57 KB
23_Index.doc
SHA1: d96b8df694ec8cbb60e5ed250bca4661ace2444e
54 KB
Designing_and_Deploying_Directory_and_Security_Services.zip
SHA1: 06ef1f53b1284120b833fd04651d5320743b59c9
22.74 MB
Job_Aids_Designing_and_Deploying_Directory_and_Security_Services.zip
SHA1: 6463d8a7954b0bd024858acf1bd57dc03d3ae85e
261 KB

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System Requirements

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003

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