Introduction xxi Self-Assessment xxxv Chapter 1 Microsoft Certification Exams 1 Assessing Exam-Readiness 2 The Exam Situation 3 Exam Layout and Design 4 Multiple-Choice Question Format 5 Build-List-and-Reorder Question Format 6 Create-a-Tree Question Format 8 Drag-and-Connect Question Format 10 Select-and-Place Question Format 11 Microsoft誷 Testing Formats 12 Strategies for Different Testing Formats 14 The Case Study Exam Strategy 14 The Fixed-Length and Short-Form Exam Strategy 15 The Adaptive Exam Strategy 17 Question-Handling Strategies 17 Mastering the Inner Game 18 Additional Resources 19 Chapter 2 Introduction to Windows 2000 Active Directory 23 Active Directory 24 Directory Database 24 Domain Controllers 24 Fault Tolerance 24 The Scalability of Active Directory 25 Central Administration 25 Security Model 26 Technologies Supported in Windows 2000 26 X.500 26 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) 26 Domain Name System (DNS) 27 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) 27 Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 27 Logical Structure of a Domain 28 Objects and Attributes 28 Organizational Units (OU) 29 Domains 29 Trees 29 Forests 30 Naming Conventions 31 The Schema 32 Physical Structure of a Domain 32 The Physical Structure and Sites 33 Domain Controllers 33 Trust Relationships 35 Two-Way Transitive Trusts 36 One-Way Nontransitive Trust 36 Practice Questions 38 Need to Know More? 42 Chapter 3 Installing Windows 2000 Server 43 Windows 2000 Server Requirements 44 Minimum Windows 2000 Server Requirements 44 Maximum Windows 2000 Server Requirements 45 Windows 2000 Server Installations 45 Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM Installation 45 Windows 2000 Server Network Installation 48 Automatic Installation Using Setup Manager 49 Automated Installation Using Disk Duplication 52 Domain Controller Installation 53 Upgrade Paths for Windows 2000 55 Order of Upgrading Domain Controllers 55 Order of Upgrading Member Servers 56 Windows 2000 Member Servers to Windows 2000 Domain Controllers 56 Upgrading NT 4.0 Servers to Windows 2000 Servers 56 Upgrading NT 3.51 Servers to Windows 2000 Servers 56 Upgrading NT 3.1-3.5 Servers to Windows 2000 Servers 56 Mixed Mode and Native Mode 56 Mixed Mode 57 Native Mode 57 Troubleshooting 57 Hardware Problems 57 Hard Drive Problems 58 Media Problems 58 Services Not Starting 58 DCPROMO Problems 59 Practice Questions 60 Need to Know More? 66 Chapter 4 Hardware Devices and System Optimization 67 Hardware Devices 68 Plug and Play 68 Device Manager 69 Hardware Profiles 70 Multiple Monitors 70 Operating System Settings 71 Drivers 71 Updating Drivers 71 Driver Signing 72 System Performance 73 Monitoring System Peformance 73 Optimizing System Performance 77 Practice Questions 79 Need to Know More? 84 Chapter 5 Networking Services 85 Networking Services 86 Network Adapters and Drivers 86 TCP/IP 88 NWLink 96 Modems 99 Troubleshooting Networking Services 101 Practice Questions 105 Need to Know More? 111 Chapter 6 Organizational Units and Objects 113 The MMC 114 The Default Active Directory Users And Computers 114 Objects 116 User Objects 116 Group Objects 120 Computer Objects 123 Contact Objects 123 Organizational Units 123 Containers 125 Group Policies 126 The Addition of GPOs to an Organization 126 The Implementation Order of GPOs 126 The Inheritance of GPOs 127 Overriding Inheritance 127 Blocking Inheritance 128 Configuring GPOs 128 Implementing GPOs 129 Practice Questions 131 Need to Know More? 138 Chapter 7 Managing Storage 139 Disk Management Using MMC 140 Introduction to Windows 2000 Storage 140 Basic Storage 141 Dynamic Storage 141 Storage Fault Tolerance 142 Configuring Volumes on Dynamic Disks 143 A Simple Volume on a Dynamic Disk 143 Spanned Volumes on Dynamic Disks 144 Mirrored Volumes on Dynamic Disks 145 Configuring a Mirrored Volume on Dynamic Disks 145 Extending a Mirrored Volume 145 Recovering from a Mirrored Volume Failure 145 Striped Volumes on Dynamic Disks 146 Extending a Striped Volume 146 Recovering from a Striped Volume Failure on Dynamic Disks 146 RAID 5 Volumes on Dynamic Disks 146 Extending a Striped Volume 146 Recovering from a RAID 5 Volume Failure on Dynamic Disks 147 Partitions on Basic Disks 147 Mirrored Sets on Basic Disks 147 Configuring a Mirrored Set on Basic Disks 148 Recovering from a Mirrored Set Failure on Basic Disks 148 Striped Sets on Basic Disks 148 RAID 5 Sets on Basic Disks 148 Recovering from a Striped Set with Parity Failure on Basic Disks 148 Mounting Volumes 149 Configuring Mounted Volumes 149 Disk Management of Storage 150 Upgrading Basic Disks to Dynamic Disks 150 Reverting from a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk 152 Deleting Volumes and Sets 152 Updating Disk Management Storage Information 152 Drive Letters 153 Adding Storage 153 Error Checking Storage 154 Disk Defragmentating 154 Practice Questions 156 Need to Know More? 162 Chapter 8 Files and Folders in Windows 2000 163 Windows 2000 Server File Systems 164 FAT 164 FAT32 165 NTFS 5.0 165 Files and Folders 166 Publishing Shared Folders 167 Administration and Implementation of Files and Folders 167 Offline Files 169 Permissions 171 Hierarchy of Permissions 171 Share Permissions 172 Security Permissions 172 Combined Permissions 176 Data Compression 176 Drive Compression 177 File and Folder Compression 177 Inheritance of Compression 178 The compact Command 178 Disk Quotas 179 Configuring Disk Quotas 179 Troubleshooting Disk Quota Problems 181 Practice Questions 183 Need to Know More? 190 Chapter 9 Print Servers and Web Servers 191 Print Servers 192 Installing and Configuring Printers 192 Setting Permissions on Printers 195 Monitoring and Managing Network Printers 196 Accessing Windows 2000 Printers 199 Troubleshooting Printer Problems 199 Web Services in Windows 2000 201 Installing and Configuring IIS 202 Permission to Web Resources 204 Monitoring Web Resources 209 Troubleshooting Web Resources 209 Practice Questions 210 Need to Know More? 217 Chapter 10 Network Resources 219 Software Management 220 Windows Installer 220 Software Installation And Maintenance 220 Remote Installation Services (RIS) 222 Distributed File System (Dfs) 223 Standalone Dfs 225 Domain Dfs 226 Client Access to Dfs 227 Terminal Services 227 Application Server Mode 228 Remote Administrator Mode 228 Installation of Terminal Services 228 Configuring Terminal Services 229 Licensing Terminal Services 232 Client Access to Terminal Services 233 Routing And Remote Access 234 Remote Access Protocols 235 Configuration of a Remote Access Server 236 Configuring Remote Access Permissions and Policies 237 Managing Routing 238 Virtual Private Network (VPN) 239 Configuring a VPN 239 Monitoring and Securing a VPN 240 Practice Questions 242 Need to Know More? 248 Chapter 11 Windows 2000 Security 249 Manually Configuring Security Policies 250 Group Policies 250 Local Security Policy 250 Domain Security Policy 254 Security Configuration And Analysis Tool 255 Configuring and Analyzing a Computer 255 Security Templates 257 Security Permissions 259 Auditing 259 Auditing Files and Folders 261 Auditing Printers 262 Local Audit Policy 263 Accessing Audited Events 263 Encrypting File System (EFS) 265 Encrypting Using EFS 265 Decrypting Using EFS 266 Troubleshooting EFS 266 IP Security (IPSec) 267 Delegation of Control Wizard 269 Practice Questions 270 Need to Know More? 276 Chapter 12 Backup and Recovery 277 Windows 2000 Backup 278 Backing Up Files and Folders 279 Restoring Files and Folders 282 Scheduling Backups 282 System State Data 285 Restoring System State Data on a Domain Controller 286 Advanced Startup Options 288 The Recovery Console 289 Installing Recovery Console 290 Executing Recovery Console from the Setup CD-ROM 290 Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) 291 Creating an ERD 291 Repairing a Server Using an ERD 291 A Windows 2000 Boot Disk 292 ARC Path Naming Conventions 292 Practice Questions 294 Need to Know More? 300 Chapter 13 Troubleshooting Windows 2000 301 Installation Troubleshooting 302 Boot Process Troubleshooting 302 Hardware Troubleshooting 303 HAL Troubleshooting 303 NIC Troubleshooting 303 Modem Troubleshooting 304 Updating Drivers Troubleshooting 304 Network Services Troubleshooting 304 CSNW and GSNW Troubleshooting 305 DHCP Troubleshooting 305 DNS Troubleshooting 305 Troubleshooting Tools 306 System Monitor 306 Network Monitor 307 Event Viewer 307 Managing Processes 307 Backup 308 Regedit and Regedt32 308 Disk Utilities 310 Resource Kit 310 TechNet 311 Practice Questions 312 Need to Know More? 316 Chapter 14 Sample Test 317 Chapter 15 Answer Key 339 Glossary 353 Index 373