This chapter covers everything you need to know about security accounts in Windows XP Professional with sample questions to help you prepare for the MCSE 70-270 exam....

This chapter covers Microsoft-specified objectives for planning implementing managing and maintaining an Active Directory Infrastructure for Windows Server 2003....

Will Schmied and Robert Shimonski help you prepare for MCSE exam 70-293 by explaining best practices for planning implementation and maintenance of a DNS WINS system....

Will Schmied covers how to plan and implement a DNS namespace the correct DNS zone type DNS forwarders and DNS security and how to integrate with third-party DNS servers in preparation for MCSA MCSE Exam 70-296....

Designing an infrastructure that will properly support Windows Active Directory requires a large amount of pre-planning. Bill Ferguson and Diana Huggins help you prep for MCSE Exam 70-297....

In preparation for the MCSE Exam 70-294 Will Willis and David Watts define the Windows Server 2003 operations masters and what they do and detail what actions you should take if an operations master fails or becomes unavailable....

Rebecca Rohan continues her discussion of how to create a virtual private network without having a virtual nervous breakdown. Just because the thing is built that doesn t mean that you re done Next comes a little phase called troubleshooting....

In this sample chapter you ll learn how to implement a DHCP server including the installation process authorization of the server and the configuration of DHCP scopes....

It s supposed to be a virtual private network not a virtual nervous breakdown....

Learn how to effectively design an Active Directory infrastructure. You will explore the various means of gathering and analyzing business and technical requirements and you will learn how to assess the impact of Active Directory....

Learn how to implement monitor and troubleshoot security accounts and policies in Windows 2000 Professional. You will learn how to manage user and group accounts Active Directory and policy on your way to a better understanding of Windows 2000 Professional....

Will Schmied examines the DHCP service and how it is planned for and implemented in a Windows Server 2003 environment....

This sample chapter covers the Microsoft-specified objectives for the Planning and Implementing an Active Directory Infrastructure and Managing and Maintaining an Active Directory Infrastructure sections of the Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure exam....

James Whittaker suggests that developers and testers treat the software as a system and consider specific system attributes and properties as a way to design test cases. As he explains applying these ideas at Google has resulted in both more effective manual testing and a new way to design test automation....

Whether a car manufacturer or a state tax agency software glitches can have extensive mdash; and expensive mdash; repurcussions. In this article Jeff Papows President and CEO of WebLayers explains that proper IT governance can prevent many of these problems....