Karen Gettman
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Neil Rowe
Development Editor
Mark Renfrow
Managing Editor
Gina Kanouse
Project Editor
Betsy Harris
Copy Editor
Karen Annett
Senior Indexer
Cheryl Lenser
Proofreader
Kathy Ruiz
Technical Editor
Jeff Guillet, MCSE:
Messaging, MCSA,
MCP+I, CISSP
Publishing Coordinator
Cindy Teeters
Book Designer
Gary Adair
Senior Compositor
Jake McFarland
Contributing Writers
Kimberly Amaris, PMP
Scott G. Chimner, CISSP,
MCSE, MCSA
Stefan Garaygay, MCSE
Jeff Guillet, MCSE:
Messaging, MCSA,
MCP+I, CISSP
Robert Jue, MCSE, MCDBA
Tyson Kopczynski, CISSP,
GSEC, GCIH, MCSE Security
Alec Minty, MCSE
Shirmattie Seenarine
Colin Spence, MCP
James V. Walker, MCP, MCSE
Chris Wallace, MCSA, MCSE
Contents at a Glance
Part I Windows Server 2008 Overview
1 Windows Server 2008 Technology Primer ............................................3
2 Planning, Prototyping, Migrating, and Deploying Windows
Server 2008 Best Practices ................................................................39
3 Installing Windows Server 2008 and Server Core .................................73
Part II Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
4 Active Directory Domain Services Primer..........................................105
5 Designing a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory............................139
6 Designing Organizational Unit and Group Structure...........................165
7 Active Directory Infrastructure........................................................185
8 Creating Federated Forests and Lightweight Directories.......................217
9 Integrating Active Directory in a UNIX Environment .........................235
Windows 2008 Server Unleashed Part 1/2
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