Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Administrator's Companion, 2nd Edition

Chapter 1. Overview of Windows Server 2003

• Versions of Windows Server 2003

• Deploying Windows Server 2003 and Windows Clients

• Network Management

• Interoperability

• System and Network Security

• Availability and Reliability

• Active Directory

• Storage and File System Support

• Communications

• Internet Services and .NET Application Services

• Scalability

• The Need for Planning

• Summary

Veteran system administrators love to regale newcomers to the field with hair-raising tales of the olden days when everything was much worse (or better, depending on the particular old-timer you speak to). This, of course, is much like the relative who never stops telling stories about walking to school in the snow even if they grew up in Tahiti. What makes computer technology different is that ...