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Migrate to a dynamic, on-demand data delivery platform
"If you're looking to hit the ground running with any virtualization project, large or small, this book is going to give you the start you need, and along the way will offer you some cautionary tales that will even take some seasoned virtualization veterans by surprise." --From the foreword by Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst, Burton Group
Transform your IT infrastructure into a leaner, greener datacenter with expert guidance from a pair of industry professionals. Through clear explanations, examples, and a five-step deployment plan, Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to maximize the latest technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Consolidate your servers, set up virtual machines and applications, and manage virtual desktop environments. You'll also learn how to implement reliable security, monitoring, and backup procedures.
<ul>
<li>Select a virtualization platform and develop rollout plans 
</li>
<li>Perform pre-deployment network and workstation tests </li>
<li>Configure virtual machines, storage devices, and workloads</li>
<li>Set up and secure a fully virtualized and highly available server environment</li>
<li>Manage a centralized, on-demand application delivery framework</li>
<li>Handle volatile and persistent desktop virtualization</li>
<li>Use hypervisors to facilitate workload delivery</li>
<li>Implement failsafe system backup and recovery strategies</li>
</ul>

Virtualization, A Beginner's Guide

Computers & Technology

Ruest, Nelson

Ruest, Danielle

Games & Strategy Guides

McGraw=Hill

Discover the fastest way to migrate to Windows Server 2003 and begin to profit from its enterprise-ready features. Learn how to use the parallel network - a migration approach that provides constant rollback and limited impact on your existing network. Build your new network from the ground up. Begin by designing your Enterprise Network Architecture and then move on to feature by feature implementations. Learn to make the most of Active Directory as an object management environment to remotely configure PCs, Servers, Users and Groups.

Windows Server 2003: Best Practices for Enterprise Deployments (Tips & Technique)

Networking & Cloud Computing

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This handy resource offers busy network administrators clear and concise information for daily on-the-job tasks--all in a portable format. Key management tasks are presented in logically organized sections. You’ll get details on file, print, application, mail, terminal, streaming media, and remote servers--and much more.

Windows Server 2003 Pocket Administrator

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Your Definitive Resource on Microsoft Windows Server 2008
"Build your network the right way with expert advice! This book provides real-world help in implementing Windows Server 2008 with attention to the use of virtualization solutions covering all you need to know in one well-written guide to success." --Bob Kelly, AppDeploy.com and Technical Reviewer
Plan, set up, and administer a powerful, scalable Microsoft Windows Server 2008 environment. Featuring detailed explanations, best practices, pragmatic checklists, and real-world implementation examples, this comprehensive resource shows you how to deploy, manage, and secure WS08 on enterprise networks of all sizes.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference explains how to develop migration plans and transition to WS08, configure AD and Internet services, handle print and Web servers, and work with resource pools and network delegation rights. You'll get full coverage of the latest virtualization techniques, OU strategies, remote administration features, and storage maintenance utilities. Find out how to tune performance, deploy bulletproof security, create reliable system backups, and design failsafe disaster recovery plans. You'll also learn to rely on resource pools and virtual service offerings to create the very best Windows infrastructure implementation.
<ul>
<li>Migrate legacy networks to a Windows Server 2008-based infrastructure 
</li>
<li>Configure ADDS, User Services, DNS, DHCP, and IIS7 
</li>
<li>Set up the Network and Build Network Infrastructure Servers</li>
<li>Use Server Core to run the Hyper-V role on host servers</li>
<li>Design user and computer Group Policy strategies, network delegation rights, and OU strategies</li>
<li>Manage file, print, application, terminal, Web, and collaboration servers as virtual service offerings</li>
<li>Administer WS08 from the MMC, PowerShell, desktop, and command line </li>
<li>Optimize redundancy using Windows Clustering Services and NLB on both host and virtual machines </li>
<li>Secure WS08 using the Castle Defense System, BitLocker, Kerberos, EFS, PKI, smart cards, and biometrics</li>
<li>Back up and restore data using WBAdmin.exe, the Volume Shadow Copy service, and the Recovery Wizard 
</li>
<li>Rely on the most up-to-date task list to create a complete administration plan once the network is deployed </li>
</ul>

Microsoft Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference

Details the Enterprise Management Framework (EMF), a comprehensive series of easy to follow processes that cover everything from initiating communications with your user base to implementing standards and structuring training programs. Softcover.

Preparing for .NET Enterprise Technologies: A Practical Guide for People, PCs, and Processes Interacting in a .NET World

Programming

Addison-Wesley

Announcing an all-new Self-Paced Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on 70-238, one of the required exams for the new Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Messaging Administrator certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job. Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Focusing on deploying messaging solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, this official study guide covers topics such as planning: Exchange Server 2007 upgrade and migration implementations; backup and recover solutions; server role, storage group, and Exchange services deployments; antivirus, anti-spam, messaging compliance, and network layer security implementations; and, change management, patch and service packs implementation, and monitoring and reporting. Then assess yourself using 200+ practice questions on the CD, featuring multiple, customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. lue and a great career investment. For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-238): Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

GrandMasters

Certification

Microsoft Press

Get in-depth training and practice with the skills measured by the core exams for Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator certification—all in one box! Covering exams 70-640, 70-642, and 70-646, these three training kits include exam prep and practice tests to help you maximize your performance. You get official Microsoft® study guides, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. They come packed with the tools and features that exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. They also provide case scenarios and exercises for skills and expertise that you can apply to the job.
Focusing on administering Windows Server 2008, these official study guides cover topics such as configuring, managing, and supporting user and computer accounts, groups, Domain Name System (DNS) zones, client settings, and group policy objects; the new Active Directory® Lightweight Directory Services and Active Directory Rights Management Service; configuring remote access, Network Access Protection (NAP), network authentication, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, and DNS replication; creating virtual machines; installing server core; planning server roles; maintaining server security; planning data storage, network load balancing, and server backups; managing software deployment and versioning; and scheduling server deployments.
Work at your own pace through the lessons and hands-on exercises. Then assess yourself by using more than 900 practice and review questions on the CD, featuring multiple, customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives or chapters. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get a 120-day evaluation version of Windows Server 2008 and discount vouchers for all three exams—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-646): Windows Server® 2008 Server Administrator Core Requirements: Exams 70-640/642/646

Northrup, Tony

Holme, Dan

Reference

Announcing an all-new SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT designed to help maximize your performance on 70-640, the required exam for the new Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Server 2008 Active Directory® Configuration certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for skills and expertise that you can apply to the job. Focusing on Active Directory in Windows Server 2008, this official study guide covers configuring, managing, and supporting user and computer accounts, groups, Domain Name System zones and client settings; group policy objects; the new Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service and Active Directory Rights Management Service; backup and recovery; and communication security. Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Then assess yourself using 300+ practice questions on the CD, which features multiple, customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment. A Note Regarding the CD or DVD Assess your skills with practice tests. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies.

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-640): Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Get in-depth preparation for MCITP: Enterprise Administrator Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and 70-647—as you build real-world job skills. Get study guides, 1200+ practice questions, reviews, labs, and an exam discount. Your all-in-one kit includes: • Official self-paced study guides for four required exams • 1,045+ practice and review questions • Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results • Case scenarios, exercises, and best practices • 15% exam discount from Microsoft; good for four exams. (Limited time offer). • Fully searchable eBooks for all four study guides

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, 70-647): Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Administrator Core Requirements

Thomas, Orin

Desai, Anil

Mackin, J.C.

Miller, David R.

Mancuso, Paul

Policelli, John

McLean, Ian L.

Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-652—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time. Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to: <ul>
<li>Install, configure, and optimize Hyper-V </li> <li>Prepare management infrastructure, including remote administration 
</li> <li>Create and deploy VMs and VHDs 
</li> <li>Perform physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual migrations 
</li> <li>Plan security for hosts, VMs, and resource pools 
</li> <li>Automate Hyper-V operations 
</li> <li>Configure and manage high-availability clusters 
</li> <li>Monitor and optimize performance</li> </ul>
Assess your skills with the practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies. Your kit includes: <ul>
 <li>Official self-paced study guide. </li> <li>Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results. </li> <li>200+ practice and review questions. </li> <li>Case scenarios, exercises, and best practices. </li> <li>Fully searchable eBook of this guide, plus sample chapters from related books.</li> </ul>
 For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-652): Configuring Windows Server® Virtualization: Configuring Windows Server Virtualization

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