An overview of Microsoft's newest operating system that provides decision-making information to managers who might be considering upgrading their companies' systems. Technical information about the system is provided, comparisons with other operating systems such as UNIX and Windows 95 are discussed, and Microsoft's Windows current and future strategies are looked at. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Ari Kaplan, Morten Strunge Nielsen

Coriolis Group, LLC, The

United States, United States of America

Albany, NY, New York State, 1998

PT, 1998

Includes index.

subject: Microsoft Windows NT; Operating systems (Computers)

contributor: Internet Archive

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unit_name: Internet Archive

topic: Microsoft Windows NT; Operating systems (Computers)

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Introduction
2. (p2) Chapter 1 Windows Everywhere
2.1. (p3) Why Windows?
2.2. (p4) Network-Where And How?
2.3. (p5) Microsoft's Universal Windows Plan
2.3.1. (p6) Windows NT Workstation Sets The Pace
2.3.2. (p7) Windows NT Server At Full Tilt
2.3.3. (p8) What Is Windows CE?
2.3.4. (p9) Coming Soon: NetPCs
2.3.5. (p10) On Its Way: Windows Terminals
2.4. (p11) Microsoft Has Its Eyes On Consumers
2.5. (p12) Microsoft Sees No Limits To Growth Within The Windows Family
2.6. (p13) Microsoft's Only Fear: The Network Computer
2.7. (p14) Can Microsoft Live Up To The Expectations Of The Outside World?
3. (p15) Chapter 2 Microsoft's Plans Until The Year 2000
3.1. (p16) Sorry, But Which NT Do You Mean?
3.2. (p17) Understanding Microsoft's Product Differentiation
3.2.1. (p18) Windows NT Workstation
3.2.2. (p19) The Three Windows NT Servers
3.2.3. (p20) Predicting NT Server's Future
3.3. (p21) The Primary Target Areas: High-End Markets And Scalability
3.3.1. (p22) Scalability Day
3.4. (p23) It's Not Just A Question Of Scalability
3.5. (p24) IBM And Microsoft: An Odd Couple
3.6. (p25) Microsoft Focuses On The Architecture
3.6.1. (p26) What Do The Analysts Think?
3.7. (p27) What's In The Cards For The Future?
4. (p28) Chapter 3 Welcome To The RevolutionA Survey
4.1. (p29) From NT 4.0 To NT 5.0
4.1.1. (p30) Important New Features In NT Workstation 5.0
4.1.2. (p31) Important New Features In NT Server 5.0
4.1.3. (p32) Upgrading To NT 5.0
4.1.4. (p33) The New User Interface
4.1.5. (p34) The Big News: Active Directory
4.1.6. (p35) Greatly Enhanced Manageability
4.1.7. (p36) Ready For The Distributed Future
4.1.8. (p37) Scalability And Fault Tolerance
4.1.9. (p38) Many New Features For The File System
4.1.10. (p39) Even More Focus On Network Communication
4.1.11. (p40) A Critical Priority: Security
4.1.12. (p41) Other Advanced Technologies
4.1.13. (p42) More New Server Applications
4.2. (p43) NT Workstation 5.0 Vs. Windows 98
4.3. (p44) More Benefits Than Shortcomings
5. (p45) Chapter 4 Directory Services: A Whole New World
5.1. (p46) Why Directory Services?
5.2. (p47) Understanding Directory Services
5.2.1. (p48) X. 500
5.2.2. (p49) Not A True Client/Server Without Directory Services
5.3. (p50) The Recent History Of Directory Services
5.3.1. (p51) Microsoft's Active Directory
5.4. (p52) It's All In Your Point Of View
5.5. (p53) Is Porting The Key To Success For Directory Services?
5.5.1. (p54) NDS
5.5.2. (p55) StreetTalk
5.5.3. (p56) Active Directory
5.6. (p57) Know Your LDAP!
5.7. (p58) The Solutions Aren't As Similar As They May Seem
5.7.1. (p59) NDS
5.7.2. (p60) StreetTalk
5.7.3. (p61) Active Directory
5.8. (p62) Some Words Of Warning
5.9. (p63) It Takes Time
6. (p64) Chapter 5 Introducing The Tools For The Distributed World Of The Future
6.1. (p65) Objects Are The Basis Of The Distributed World
6.1.1. (p66) COM Vs. CORBA
6.1.2. (p67) Java
6.2. (p68) Microsoft DNA-The New Miracle Cure?
6.2.1. (p69) What Is DNA?
6.2.2. (p70) Focus On COM+
6.2.3. (p71) From COM To DCOM
6.2.4. (p72) DFS And Other Initiatives For Distributed Storage
6.2.5. (p73) Transactions And Message Queuing
6.3. (p74) Microsoft's Strategy For Distributed IT Environments
7. (p75) Chapter 6 Better Scalability And Fault Tolerance
7.1. (p76) A Brief History
7.2. (p77) The First Prerequisite: Fault Tolerance
7.2.1. (p78) Clustering For Improved Fault Tolerance
7.3. (p79) The Second Prerequisite: Scalability
7.4. (p80) The Third Prerequisite: Better Utilization Of Common Server Hardware
7.5. (p81) The Fourth Prerequisite: Access To Existing Company Applications
7.6. (p82) The Fifth Prerequisite: Strong Technical Support
7.7. (p83) The Success Of NT 5.0 In The Future
8. (p84) Chapter 7 Easier Server Administration
8.1. (p85) Administration In The Windows NT Environment
8.2. (p86) Very Different, But Fundamentally Alike
8.3. (p87) Microsoft Management Console
8.3.1. (p88) Just What Precisely Is MMC?
8.3.2. (p89) The MMC User Interface
8.3.3. (p90) MMC's Future
8.4. (p91) Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
8.5. (p92) Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
8.6. (p93) New Facilities In NT 5.0
8.7. (p94) More To Come
8.8. (p95) Avoid The Hassle-Start Using MMC Now!
9. (p96) Chapter 8 Daily User Administration
9.1. (p97) TCO And ZAW: Microsoft's Latest Mantras
9.1.1. (p98) The Essence Of ZAW: IntelliMirror And Application Management
9.1.2. (p99) The Zero Administration Kit
9.1.3. (p100) Enhanced Application Management
9.2. (p101) Windows Scripting Host
9.3. (p102) Improved User Administration
9.4. (p103) Honestly: It Is Much Better
10. (p104) Chapter 9 More Emphasis On Network Communication
10.1. (p105) The Same Network Client?
10.1.1. (p106) NT Workstation
10.1.2. (p107) NT Server
10.2. (p108) From WINS To DDNS
10.3. (p109) Brave New Security
10.4. (p110) Admission Control Services
10.5. (p111) Extra Security On Network Packets
10.6. (p112) RRAS: Routing And Much Better RAS
10.7. (p113) More TAPI
10.8. (p114) Many New TCP/IP Details
10.9. (p115) NDIS 5.0 And ATM Support
10.10. (p116) Conclusion
11. (p117) Chapter 10 From Domains To Trees
12. (p131) Chapter 11 Security At Last
13. (p147) Chapter 12 From WINS To DDNS
14. (p160) Chapter 13 Designing Your Network Environment With Active Directory
15. (p173) Chapter 14 The Reality Of Active Directory
16. (p188) Chapter 15 ADSI: The Vision Of The Future
17. (p195) Chapter 16 NTFS Version 5
18. (p212) Chapter 17 More On DFS And DOOM
19. (p222) Chapter 18 The Many Old And New Services
20. (p231) Chapter 19 Backoffiffice And Other Server Applications
21. (p244) Chapter 20 Revolution At A Price
22. (p250) Appendix A Migration From NOS To Active Directory
23. (p254) Index

theme: Microsoft Windows NT; Operating systems (Computers)

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