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		About Windows Server 2008 Essentials

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About Windows Server 2008 Essentials Windows Server 2008 Editions and System Requirements Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition Windows Web Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Features Matrix Windows Server 2008 Hardware Requirements Performing a Clean Windows Server 2008 Installation Obtaining Windows Server 2008 Starting the Installation Process Windows Server 2008 Activation Disk and Partition Management Accessing the Command Prompt During Installation Performing a Windows Server 2008 Upgrade Windows Server 2008 Upgrade Paths How an Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 Works Performing the Upgrade Windows Server 2008 Activation Windows Server 2008 Compatibility Report Accessing the Command Prompt During Installation Windows Server 2008 Command-line Tools Accessing the Command Window Windows Server 2008 Command-line Tool Summary Displaying a List of Commands Obtaining Help Information about Command-line Tools Configuring BitLocker Drive Encryption on Windows Server 2008 BitLocker Prerequisites Enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption Creating Partitions for BitLocker Drive Encryption Enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption Changing Group Policy for BitLocker Performing the Encryption and Generating Keys Regenerating BitLocker Startup Keys and Recovery Passwords Disabling BitLocker Drive Encryption Configuring Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Administration What is Remote Desktop? Enabling Remote Desktop Administration on the Remote Server Controlling Remote Desktop Access Remote Desktop Group Policy Starting the Remote Desktop Client Remote Desktop Client Configuration Options Remote Session Tracking Logging out from a Remote Desktop Session Running Multiple Remote Desktops Adding New GPT and MBR Disks to Windows Server 2008 Systems An Overview of MBR and GPT Partitions Styles Understanding MBR Disks Understanding GPT Disks Initializing a New Disk Converting Disks between MBR and GPT Partition Styles Creating and Managing MBR Disk Partitions on Windows Server 2008 Basic Disks Creating Partitions on an MBR Basic Disk Formatting a Volume using Disk Management Formatting a Volume from the Command Line Assigning and Changing Drive Letters and Mount Points Assigning and Changing Drive Letters and Mount Points from the Command Line Creating and Managing GPT Disk Partitions on Windows Server 2008 Basic Disks An Overview of GPT Partition Types Creating Primary Partitions on a GPT Basic Disk Formatting a Volume using Disk Management Formatting a Volume from the Command Line Assigning and Changing Drive Letters and Mount Points Assigning and Changing Drive Letters and Mount Points from the Command Line Extending and Shrinking Windows Server 2008 Partitions and Volumes Shrinking a Windows Server 2008 Partition Using Disk Management Shrinking a Partition from the Command Line Extending a Partition Using Disk Management Extending a Partition from the Command Line Creating and Managing Simple and Spanned Volumes on Windows Server 2008 An Overview of Dynamic Disks Converting Basic Disks to Dynamic Disks with Disk Management Converting Basic Disks to Dynamic Disks from the Command Line Creating a New Spanned Volume using Disk Management Creating a New Spanned Volume from the Command Prompt Creating and Managing Windows Server 2008 Striped (RAID 0) Volumes An Overview of Striped (RAID 0) Volumes Creating a Striped (RAID 0) Volume using Disk Management Creating a Striped (RAID 0) Volume from the Command Prompt Recovering a Striped Volume Creating and Managing Windows Server 2008 Mirrored (RAID 1) Volumes An Overview of Disk Mirroring (RAID 1) Creating a Mirrored (RAID 1) Set using Disk Management Creating a Mirrored (RAID 1) Volume from the Command Prompt Adding a Mirror to an Existing Volume Breaking and Removing Mirrored Sets Recovering a Mirrored Set Mirroring Windows Server 2008 GBT and MBR Boot and System Disks An Overview of GPT and MBR Partition Styles Mirroring Boot and System Volumes on an MBR Disk using Disk Management Mirroring Boot and System Volumes on an MBR Disk from the Command Prompt Mirroring Boot and System Volumes on a GPT Disk Configuring and Managing RAID 5 on Windows Server 2008 An Overview of RAID 5 Configuring RAID 5 Using Windows Server 2008 Disk Management Configuring RAID 5 from the Command Prompt using DiskPart Fixing RAID 5 Problems Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Installing Terminal Services Adding Users to the Remote Desktop Users Group Accessing Terminal Services from the Client Remote Desktop Client Configuration Options Logging out from a Remote Desktop Session Running Multiple Remote Desktops Installing Applications for Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Understanding Terminal Services Operating Modes Installing Terminal Server Applications using Control Panel Terminal Server Application Compatibility Scripts Configuring RemoteApps on Windows Server 2008 Preparing the Server for RemoteApps What are RemoteApps? Configuring a Application as a RemoteApp Making RemoteApps Available to Users via TS Web Access Making RemoteApps Available to Users via Windows Installer Packages Making RemoteApps Available to Users via .RDP Files Configuring Windows Server 2008 TS Web Access Installing TS Web Access Role Service Accessing the TS Web Access Page Configuring RemoteApps for TS Web Access Deploying a Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server Farm using TS Session Broker An Overview of the Terminal Services Session Broker Prerequisites for Implementing TS Session Broker Installing the Terminal Services Session Broker Adding Terminal Servers to the TS Session Broker Joining Terminal Servers to a TS Session Broker Configuring a Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services License Server Installing the Terminal Services License Server Activating the TS License Server Installing Client Access Licenses (CAL) Managing Windows Server 2008 Disk Quotas An Overview of Disk Quotas Configuring Disk Quotas Configuring Disk Quotas for Individual Users Querying Quotas from the Command Prompt Repairing and Defragmenting Windows Server 2008 Disks Using Check Disk to Scan For and Fix File System Errors Running Check Disk from the Command-prompt Defragmenting Disks with Disk Defragmenter Automated Disk Defragmentation Defragmenting Disks from the Command-line Configuring Windows Server 2008 File Sharing Standard and Public File Sharing Enabling Windows Server 2008 File Sharing Creating Shared Folders with Windows Explorer Creating Shared Folders on Remote Servers with Computer Management Creating Hidden Shares Understanding and Configuring Share Permissions Using NET SHARE to Configure Windows Server 2008 File Sharing Net Share Command-line Syntax Getting Share Information using Net Share Creating a Share using Net Share Using Net Share to Delete a Share from a Local Server Using Net Share to Delete a Share from a Remote Server Understanding Windows Server 2008 File and Folder Ownership and Permissions Ownership of Files and Folders Taking and Transferring Windows Server 2008 File and Folder Ownership File and Folder Permission Inheritance Basic File and Folder Permissions Special File and Folder Permissions Effective File and Folder Permissions Auditing Windows Server 2008 File and Folder Access Enabling File and Folder Auditing Configuring which Files and Folders are to be Audited Configuring Volume Shadow Copy on Windows Server 2008 Shadow Copy Considerations Using Computer Management to Enable and Configure Volume Shadow Copies Restoring an Entire Volume Configuring and Enabling Shadow Copy from the Command Line Restoring Shadow Copy Snapshots from Clients Building a Windows Server 2008 Network Load Balancing Cluster An Overview of Network Load Balancing Clusters Network Load Balancing Models Configuring Port and Client Affinity Installing the Network Load Balancing Feature Building a Windows Server 2008 Network Load Balanced Cluster Adding and Removing Network Load Balanced Cluster Nodes Configuring Windows Server 2008 DHCP Servers Installing the DHCP Server Role Authorizing DHCP Servers in Active Directory Understanding DHCP Scope Types Configuring IPv4 Scopes Using the DHCP Console Configuring DHCP Reservations Managing a Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server from the Command Line Installing the DHCP Feature from the Command Line Authorizing DHCP Servers in Active Directory Configuring Scopes at the Command Prompt Activating and Deactivating DHCP Scopes using Netsh Terminating a DHCP Lease using Netsh Configuring DHCP Reservations using Netsh Configuring DHCP Conflist Detection Backing Up and Restoring DHCP Configuration Information Configuring Windows Server 2008 NAP DHCP Enforcement Installing the Network Policy Server Configuring NAP in the NAP console Configuring DHCP Server NAP Settings Configuring NAP Settings for Scopes Setting Up a Windows Server 2008 Print Server Installing the Print Server Print Services Management Tools Adding Network Printers to the Print Server using Auto-detect Manually Adding Network Printers to a Print Server Adding a Locally Connected Printer Managing Windows Server 2008 Print Services Managing Remote Print Servers Migrating Printers and Queues Between Servers Configuring Printer Permissions Changing Printer Ownership Printer Pooling Configuration Configuring Printer Availability and Priority

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