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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 / Windows 2000 Server Tips

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Tip Title

Provide custom DHCP options with user classes

Add a global catalog server for redundancy

Reduce group policy objects to simplify administration

Delegate a group policy object

Configure a DHCP relay agent

Simplify printer management with pass-through sharing

Delay service startup by adding dependencies

View advanced features in the AD Users and Computers console

Prevent telnet access from trusted domains

Routing with Windows 2000 Server

Give ftp users their own folders to simplify access

Give your Web sites personality with custom HTTP error messages

Grant dial-in access to remote users

Configure server-side Dynamic DNS

Move user profiles with MOVEUSER

Remove ISAPI filters for performance and security

Delegate subdomains in DNS

Use round-robin DNS for simple load balancing

Add roles to a Certificate Authority server

Revoke certificates on a Windows Certification Authority

Postpone a major disk swap with a mounted volume

Include client shares in a DFS root

Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base more effectively

Manage Macintosh share permissions

Add SSL capability to IIS

Control console command extensions

Reduce IIS logging to improve performance

Improve disaster recovery with RIS and group policies

Support RADIUS servers with IAS

View and manage permissions from a console

Troubleshoot router problems with pathping

Use the Route command to view and add routes

Test restore to ensure valid backups

Simplify Remote Assistance through group policy

Consolidate servers with VMWare GSX

Sniff out trouble with Network Monitor

Integrate UNIX systems with Services for UNIX

Simplify DHCP with superscopes

Configure ftp sites for security

Enable authentication for selected portions of a Web site

Clean up DNS with scavenging

Enable RIP on a Windows 2000 router

Set up a Dfs root

Allow dial-up clients to use multilink

Secure file systems with RAID

Integrate Windows and UNIX systems with NFS

Change Server licensing modes

Direct Web traffic with host headers

Secure a virtual SMTP server

Separate roaming profiles and offline folders

Back up the IIS metabase for disaster recovery

Create custom management consoles

Create a secure persistent connection between two remote networks

Add a printer for UNIX clients

Specify an OU when joining a computer to a domain

Allow Web directory browsing without enabling browsing

Troubleshoot DNS issues

Create and manage DNS reverse lookup

Manage trust relationships

Configuring reverse lookup for SMTP

Brand web sites with document footers

Secure traffic between SMTP servers

Configure moderated newsgroups for an NNTP virtual server

Manage zone transfer settings for DNS

Quick backup and recovery of the registry

Create a script to e-mail service failure notification

Deploy connection settings for remote users

Set up a news server with the NNTP service

Sniff traffic to and from a server with Network Monitor

Configure a caching-only DNS forwarder

Control printer publishing in the Active Directory

Manage Dynamic DNS server settings

Install service packs on cluster members

Track and manage licenses and licensing modes

Check your Web server for vulnerabilities

Manage web server performance and bandwidth

Personalize your FTP site in IIS

Perform remote management with Remote Desktop Connection

Use SRV records for flexibility

Allocate specific IP addresses through DHCP with reservations

Disable routing for RRAS

Track remote access with RRAS logging

Audit problem users

Configure cache settings for shared folders

Publish shares in the Active Directory

Apply server policies with security templates

Edlin lives in Windows Server

Script tasks in Windows Server

Configure ratings on your web sites

Check and update root hints for DNS

Simplify cross-subnet and cross-firewall printing with IPP

Display Help for server components without installing those components

Disable round robin DNS

Consolidate servers and test deployments with virtualization

Configure folder redirection for users through group policy

Simplify printer management with printer pooling

Disable remote registry modification

Disable caching for shared folders

Change the listening port for Remote Desktop Connection

Add RADIUS server capability to Windows 2000

Configure a server for SNMP

Create a console for persistent filters in Event Viewer

Configure DHCP relay for remote access clients

Deploy applications with group policy

Deploy applications with group policy - continued

Integrate UNIX systems with Services for UNIX

Understand group policy application

Lock down the desktop

Explore open ports

Audit problem users

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