Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services

Microsoft has released a book describing how to design, deploy, upgrade to, or restructure to a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environment. This book also describes how to design and deploy Windows Server 2003 distributed security services for authentication, access control, and certificate use.

Here is a brief outline of the contents:

• Book Cover (front)
  
• Introduction
  
• Part I: Designing and Deploying Directory Services
  
• Ch 1: Planning an Active Directory Deployment Project
  
• Ch 2: Designing the Active Directory Logical Structure
  
• Ch 3: Designing the Site Topology
  
• Ch 4: Planning Domain Controller Capacity
  
• Ch 5: Enabling Advanced Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Features
  
• Ch 6: Deploying the Windows Server 2003 Forest Root Domain
  
• Ch 7: Deploying Windows Server 2003 Regional Domains
  
• Ch 8: Upgrading Windows NT 4.0 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
  
• Ch 9: Upgrading Windows 2000 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Domains
  
• Ch 10: Restructuring Windows NT 4.0 Domains to an Active Directory Forest
  
• Ch 11: Restructuring Active Directory Domains Between Forests
  
• Ch 12: Restructuring Active Directory Domains Within a Forest
  
• Part II: Deploying Distributed Security Services
  
• Ch 13: Planning a Secure Environment
  
• Ch 14: Designing an Authentication Strategy
  
• Ch 15: Designing a Resource Authorization Strategy
  
• Ch 16: Designing a Public Key Infrastructure
  
• Ch 17: Planning a Smart Card Deployment
  
• Glossary
  
• Index
  

Part two of this book seemed more interesting to me in preparing the design and planning documents needed to create a sound foundation of distributed security services. Thought you guys might want to read Microsoft's take on it.

You can download the entire book here. Enjoy.

Posted by SilverStr at April 15, 2004 12:54 AM | TrackBack