Book excerpt: Comprehensive, authoritative, and eminently practical, Inside Windowsreg; Server 2003 is an essential resource for IT professionals. Containing in-depth coverage of the newest Windows server technology, this book guides you through the complexities of installing, configuring, and managing a Windows Server 2003 system. Thousands of practical tips, recommendations, diagnostic aids, and troubleshooting techniques based on actual deployments and migrations help you set up and maintain a high-performance, reliable, and secure server that meets or exceeds the needs of its users. You will find coverage of the more than 200 new features incorporated into Windows Server 2003, along with numerous updates and improvements, including: bull; bull;Volume Shadow Copy feature that permits taking snapshots of changes to files bull;Forest Trust type that permits two-way, transitive trusts between forests bull;64-bit architecture that supports Intel Itanium and Itanium-2 servers bull;Many new command line tools, including how to manage a headless server with no keyboard, video, or mouse bull;Dozens of features to improve your systemiquest;s security For each feature, the book discusses underlying design principles, provides process descriptions that help identify interoperability issues, and details procedures for installation and configuration. In particular, the book focuses on the increasingly critical issues of security, remote access, and system interoperability. Specific topics covered include: bull; bull;Performing upgrades and automated installations bull;Adding hardware bull;Managing DNS bull;Managing Active Directory replication and security bull;Working with network access security and Kerberos bull;Managing group policies with a mixture of platforms bull;Managing shared resources bull;Managing file encryption and a public key infrastructure bull;Managing remote access and Internet routing bull;Recovering from system failures With the information and experience-based advice in Inside Windowsreg; Server 2003, you will be well equipped to deploy and manage a highly effective and smoothly functioning system. 0735711585B03172003