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Preface
For some time now, Microsoft Windows (in all its incarnations) has
been the dominant desktop operating system for businesses small and
large. But in recent years, the platform has also made significant
inroads into the server side of the equation. In the late 1990s, for
example, the now-legacy Windows NT 4.0 Server platform became popular
for running web servers using IIS and largely displaced Novell
NetWare in the file/print server arena. Other server applications
that ran on top of NT, such as Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL
Server, also made Windows a top platform for messaging/collaboration
and database servers.
Windows 2000 Server built upon the success of NT by adding increased
stability, reliability, and a new feature called Active Directory
that quickly overtook Novell Directory Services (NDS) as the dominant
enterprise-level directory service product. And Windows Server 2003,
the latest incarnation of server-side Windows, is likely to further
cement Microsoft's dominant position in the
enterprise, despite the serious challenges arising from Linux and
other open source software.
Why has Microsoft made such rapid gains in the server market? The
answer is found in the simplicity of administering the platforms. An
easy-to-use GUI, a consistent set of tools, wizards that walk you
through performing complex taskssuch features make it possible
to learn how to install, configure, and maintain Windows servers in
weeks, without any knowledge of a programming or scripting language
or learning a lot of complicated command-line syntax. In fact, you
can probably accomplish about 90% of all Windows administration
without ever opening a command prompt or running a script.
But it's that other 10% that can really matter
sometimes, and that's what this book is mainly
about.
