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Kathy Ivens
with Rich Benack, Christian Branson, Kenton Gardinier,
John Green, David Heinz, Tim Kelly, John Linkous,
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I’d like to thank all the talented people at McGraw-Hill/Osborne who worked so
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Athena Honore, who were directly involved in every step of this book’s creation.
Picture me delivering a loud and enthusiastic round of applause as I give special
thanks to the technical editor, David Heinz, for his expertise, and a standing ovation
for copy editor Bill McManus for his extremely skillful work.
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repay, for providing explanations, information, and an incredible amount of
patience (all delivered with a much appreciated sense of humor). Brandi Muller
of Waggener Edstrom Strategic Communications was a life saver whenever I
needed information.
—Kathy Ivens
This chapter is dedicated to my loving wife, Connie, for all her support in my
career and in our marriage.
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This is dedicated to my wife, Tanya. You always thought I'd reach the stars.
—Christian Branson
For my wife, Deborah, whose patience and support are neverending sources of
strength; and for my sons Andrew and Brandon, who never cease to inspire me.
—John Green
Dedicated to all the technology workers who have helped create the fantastic com-
puting environments we enjoy today; who endure the pain and complex learning
curves of new technologies in extremely short timeframes and apply them to
business problems we face today.
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To my parents.
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Dedicated to my wife, Karyn Santry, and children, Katie, Karleigh, and P.J.
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About the Author
Kathy Ivenshas been a computer consultant and author since 1985. She has written
and contributed to more than forty books, and hundreds of magazine articles. She also
writes the Reader Challenge forWindows 2000 Magazine(formerly known asWindows
NT Magazine).
Expert Contributors
I owe a deep debt of gratitude to a number of experts who shared their knowledge
and writing skills to make this book accurate and useful to readers.
Rich Benackis a security support engineer with Microsoft Product Support and
Services (PSS). He provides virus and computer intrusion support to Microsoft
customers as well as technical support in securing Microsoft products. He is also a
Major in the United States Air Force Reserve working for the Department of Defense
CyberCrime Center (DCCC). At the DCCC, Rich provides forensics supportand
technicalanalysisonMicrosoft-relatedforensicsissues.RichhasaB.S.in
Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana as well as a B.S. in Computer
Information Management from the College of St Mary in Nebraska. He has earned an
M.S.inGeographywithaspecializationinRemoteSensingandcomputermapping
from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Rich also has advanced blackbelts in Tae
Kwon Do and Hap Ki Do.
Christian Bransonhas been a Systems Engineer for 12 years. He worked for
Microsoft Product Support Services for six years as a support professional and a lab
engineer. He has also been a network administrator in San Antonio's largest hospital
system, and a field support engineer as a contractor to the Army. He lives in Dallas
with Tanya, his wife of 24 years, and their son, Ian.
Kenton Gardinier, MCSA, MCSE, and CISSP, is a senior consultant with
Convergent Computing. He has designed and implemented technical and business
driven solutions for organizations of all sizes for over 10 years. He is an author of
numerous books (his latest isWindows Server 2003 Unleashed), print magazine articles,
and online articles on computer technology. In addition, he speaks on technology
issues at conferences nationwide.
John Green, MCSE and MCDBA, is a former member of the Windows and .NET
Magazine lab and author of numerous magazine articles. He is president of Nereus
Computer Consulting.
David Heinzhas been involved in computer systems management for eight years.
He has worked for several small businesses and for Micron Technology as a systems
manager. He is a columnist at www.myitforum.com. He lives in Las Vegas with his
family and can be reached at [email protected].
Tim Kellyis a technology leader for a major credit card processing company. He
leads the development and implementation of a new process management web
application for customers in multiple vertical industries, based on the Microsoft .NET
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development environment and Windows 2000/Windows 2003 platforms. He worked
for three years with Microsoft (1998-2001), at the time of the rollout of Windows 2000
and assisted multiple corporate customers with Active Directory implementations,
Exchange 2000 implementations, and transitions from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows
2000 technologies. He has worked extensively in the electronic commerce and highly
available web applications space for the last five years, and counts as his specialties IIS,
Microsoft Clustering Technologies, Microsoft SQLServer availability, Active Directory,
and core networking technologies. He is a graduate of the University of Idaho (B.S.),
and Auburn University (M.B.A.) and has 10 years experience in the technology field.
When not having fun losing hair to new technology, Tim enjoys family time with his
wonderful wife, Lynn, and sons Russell and Jackson. He also enjoys jumping out of
perfectly safe airplanes.
John Linkousis president of Technology Workflow Solutions, LLC (www.
techworkflow.com), an end-to-end technology integration vendor. He specializes
in integrating a broad range of technologies, including operating systems, messaging
products, relational and object-oriented database systems, vertical market products,
and enterprise management solutions across multiple platforms. His company’s clients
include organizations in the financial services, healthcare, aerospace, and food service
industries. When John’s not in a plane, train, automobile, or data center, he lives in
suburban Philadelphia, PA. He can be reached at [email protected].
Christopher McKitterickreceived his M.A. in writing from the University of
Kansas. He has a B.A. in English, with minor concentrations in writing, astronomy, and
psychology. He has been a technical writer, developmental editor, and documentation
manager at Microsoft in the Windows Division for nearly five years, and also has
numerous fiction, poetry, essay, nonfiction, and miscellaneous publications to his name.
Chris is currently teaching technical communications at the University of Kansas, has
taught astronomy and fiction writing, directed observatory and planetarium programs,
built nearly 100 telescopes, and is an expert on restoring automobiles. Chris chairs the
TheodoreSturgeonMemorialAwardforbestshortsciencefictionoftheyear;hasserved
as a juror for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel of
the year; and works with the Center for the Study of Science Fiction (http://www.ku
.edu/~sfcenter/index.html).
Patrick J. Santry,MCT, MCSE, MCSA, MCP+SB, A+, i-Net+, CIW CI, is an
independent consultant specializing in Web-based solutions using Microsoft .NET
technologies. Patrick is a contributing author and technical editor of several books
and magazine articles on Microsoft technologies.
Mitch Tulloch, MCSE, Cert.Ed., is a consultant, trainer and author of more than a
dozen computing books includingAdministering IIS4, Administering IIS5, Administering
ExchangeServer 5.5, andAdministering Exchange 2000 Server, all from McGraw-Hill/
Osborne.He is also the author of theMicrosoft Encyclopedia of Networking, now in
its second edition, and the upcomingMicrosoft Encyclopedia of Security, both from
Microsoft Press. Mitch has also developed university-level IT courses and written
feature articles for industry magazines like NetworkWorld. He can be reached
through his website, www.mtit.com.
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Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
1 Introducing Windows Server 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Windows Server 2003 Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Standard Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Enterprise Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Datacenter Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Web Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Brand New in Windows Server 2003! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
New Remote Administration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
New Active Directory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Availability and Reliability Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Resultant Set of Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hardware Compatibility List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Symmetric Multiprocessing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Clustering Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Plug and Play Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ACPI Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Developing a Deployment Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Document the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Document the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Document the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Document the Legacy Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Prepare for Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Complete the Preinstallation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Understanding Installation Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Winnt.exe vs. Winnt32.exe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing from CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Booting to the Windows Server 2003 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Running Setup.exe from CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing from an MS-DOS Boot Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Network Sharepoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Logon Scripts and Batch Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Automated Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Choosing an Automated Installation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unattended Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SYSPREP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remote Installation Services (RIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
3 System Basics for Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Manage Your Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Configure Your Server Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Removing Server Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Configure Your Server Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Set Up Server Roles Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Remote Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Enable Remote Desktop on the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Client Remote Connection Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting a Remote Desktop Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Running a Remote Desktop Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Leaving a Remote Desktop Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Managing the Connections from the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Joining the Console Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using a Snap-in for Remote Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changes in IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Use Web Edition for IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Preventing IIS Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Do You Need to Activate Your Copy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
How Activation Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Activating Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Activating after the Grace Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Software Compatibility Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Test Compatibility with the Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Set Compatibility Options Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
4 The Windows Server 2003 Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Overview of the Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Registry Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Hives and Hive Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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