Chapter 8: SBS 2003 Administration

• The Server Management Console as Central Administrative Instance
• Server Management for Power Users
• User Management
• Adding a User
• Properties of User Accounts
• Adding Multiple Users
• Changing User Permissions
• Configuring Password Policies
• Specifying Logon Hours for a User
• Restrict Logon to Specific Computers
• Day-To-Day Work with User Accounts
• Managing User Profiles
• Types of User Profiles
• Checklist for Creating User Profiles
• Setting Up a Server-Based Profile
• Creating a Mandatory Profile
• Setting Up Home Folders
• Redirecting the My Documents Folder
• Changing Mailbox and Disk Quota Settings
• Specifying the Mailbox Size for a Specific User
• Specifying the Mailbox Size for all Users
• Setting Up Disk Quotas
• Managing User Templates
• Adding New User Templates
• Import and Export of Templates
• Export
• Import
• Management of Security Groups and Distribution Groups
• Fundamentals of Groups
• Group Types and Group Zones
• Default Groups
• Built-In Groups
• Global Groups
• Groups with Special Identities
• Setting Up and Editing Groups and Group Properties
• Creating a New Group
• Editing Membership Lists
• Deleting Groups
• Changing Group Properties
• Managing Client Computers and Server Computers
• Client Computers
• Adding Applications
• Settings of the Client Computer
• Further Management Options
• Server Computers
• Group Policy Management
• The Windows NT System Policy and the Windows 2003 Group Policy
• What GPO, GPC, and GPT Mean
• Processing and Inheriting Group Policies
• Contents of a GPO
• Software Settings
• Windows Settings
• Administrative Templates
• Executing Group Policies for Computers and Users
• Special Options for Group Policies
• Computer Configuration
• Multiple Logins under Windows XP till a GPO is Activated
• Implementation Strategy for Group Policies
• Number of GPOs per User and per Computer
• Number of Policies per GPO
• GPO Administration
• Special Logon and Log-Off Scripts
• The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)
• Administration through the GPMC
• Creating, Deleting, and Linking GPOs
• Backup of GPOs
• Managing Multiple Backups
• Restoring GPOs
• Restoring Existing GPOs
• Restoring Deleted GPOs
• Script-Driven Restoration of GPOs
• Restoration of GPOs with Software Installation Settings.
• Copying of GPOs
• Import and Export of GPOs
• Creating HTML Reports
• Migration Tables
• Application of Migration Tables
• Structure of the Migration Tables
• Creating a Migration Table
• Group Policy Modeling and Results
• Group Policy Results
• Task Delegation
• Creating GPOs
• Access to Individual GPOs
• Linking GPOs
• WMI Filters
• Delegating WMI Filters
• Folder Management through Group Policies
• Basic – Redirect everyone's folder to the same location
• Advanced – Specify locations for various user groups
• Folder Redirection Problems in Windows XP
• Software Management and Deployment through Group Polices
• Preparation
• Installation Source
• Recipients of the Software
• Installation
• Creating Software Development Points
• Administrative Setup
• Specifying the Installation Options
• Assigning and Publishing Packages
• General Settings for the Application Packages
• File Extensions Tab
• Categories Tab
• Editing and Removing Application Packages
• General Tab
• Deployment Tab
• Upgrades Tab
• Categories Tab
• Modifications Tab
• Security Tab
• Removing Application Packages
• Strategy for Configuring the Software Installation
• Windows Installer Technology and Repackaging
• Repackaging
• Creating a .mst File (Transform File)
• Troubleshooting in Group Policies

• Monitoring and Reporting
• Setting Up Monitoring
• The Server Performance Report
• The Usage Report
• Editing the Report Settings

• Backup and Restore
• Restoring Files with the Help of the Shadow Copy Feature
• Client Configuration for Shadow Copying
• Setting Up Shadow Copying on the Server
• Restoration by the User
• Restoring an Earlier Data Version
• Restoration of a Deleted File

• Administration of Network, Internet, and E-Mail
• The Remote Connection Diskette
• Problems in Remote Support via MSN Messenger
• Editing Connection Passwords and Configurations

• Internal Website
• Shares (local)
• Changing Configuration Settings for the SBS 2003
• Changing the Server IP Address
• Transferring the DHCP Service to the SBS 2003
• Changing the IP Address for the Internet Connection from Static to Dynamic and Vice Versa
• Changing the Dial-Up Connection Settings

• The Advanced Management Menu Item
• Active Directory Users and Computers
• Group Policy Management
• Computer Management
• Exchange and POP3 Connector
• Terminal Services Configuration
• Internet Information Services
• Migrating Server Settings