Windows NT Server 4.0 for NetWare Administrators

By Robert Bruce Thompson
January 1900
Pages: 756
ISBN 10: 1-56592-280-8 | ISBN 13: 9781565922808
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This book provides a fast-track means for experienced NetWare administrators to build on their knowledge and master the fundamentals of using the Microsoft Windows NT Server. The broad coverage of many aspects of Windows NT Server is balanced by a tightly focused approach of comparison, contrast, and differentiation between NetWare and NT features and methodologies.
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Sales of Windows NT have been growing steadily, partially at the expense of Novell NetWare. In response to this phenomenon, this new book from O'Reilly and Associates provides a fast-track means for experienced NetWare administrators to build on their knowledge and master the fundamentals of using Microsoft Windows NT Server. The broad coverage of many aspects of Windows NT Server is balanced by a tightly focused approach of comparison, contrast, and differentiation between NetWare and NT features and methodologies. The book is aimed directly at NetWare administrators who are thinking, "I know how to do this with NetWare; how do I do it with NT?" Topics covered in Windows NT Server 4.0 for NetWare Administrators include:

Windows NT network configuration (DHCP, WINS, DNS, and RAS)
Disk configuration and administration
User management and access control
Print services
Backup and restore
Introduction to the NT Registry
NetWare integration tools
Mixed NetWare and NT server environments

Table of Contents

Introduction to Windows NT Server
Introduction to Microsoft Networking
Configuring Windows NT Server Networking
Managing Disk Storage with Windows NT Server
Managing Users and Groups
Controlling Access to Volumes, Folders and Files
Printing with Windows NT Server
Backing Up Windows NT Server
Working with the Windows NT Registry
Monitoring and Optimizing Server Performance
Understanding TCP/IP
Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Using Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
Using Domain Name Service (DNS)
Using Remote Access Service (RAS)
Microsoft Tools for NetWare Integration
Building Clients for Mixed NetWare and Windows NT Server Environments
Using Gateway Service for NetWare (GSNW)
Using File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW)
Managing Servers in a Mixed NetWare and Windows NT Server Environment
Migrating to a Pure Windows NT Server Environment

Appendix A. Windows NT Server Resources Appendix B. Norton Utilities for Windows NT

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Windows NT Server 4.0 for NetWare Administrators Review, July 27 1998
Submitted by Walter Kiernan [Respond | View]

I just would like to tell you that I really like your book. Very few books give a high level and high density of information while being very fluently readable. It is a pleasure to read "NT Server for Netware Admins".

Andreas Roeschies
and@ostenberg.ping.de
<HR> November 22, 1997 This is a great book. As a Netware administrator with no NT experience, I was looking for one book that would help me learn NT quickly. This book does that. It tells me exactly what I need to know about NT, and it puts that information in context with what I already know about Netware. I'm puzzled by Mr. Kiernan's criticisms of it. As he says, the book is informative and well-written. The first part of the book covers NT specifics, and the last part deals exhaustively with integrating Netware and NT. I thought the author was even handed. He appears to like NT, but frequently pointed out problems with it and even things that Netware does better. I went back to the bookstore and bought another copy for one of my friends. I'd recommend this book without reservations to anyone who knows Netware and wants to learn about NT.
David Smith
<HR> November 21, 1997 I was very disappointed with the book, and returned my copy. I expected a book that would explain Microsoft networking and NT server in terms that a NetWare administrator could follow: this book doesn't deliver. The author spends considerable time telling us how NT is "better" than NetWare 3. Why? If you want an up-to-date NOS, you will upgrade to IntranetWare, NT or UNIX. Comparing NT to NetWare 3 is pointless. This book should have been titled "How to replace your NetWare 3 network with NT 4.0" It spends too much time telling us how lousy NetWare is, and why we should get rid of it. Much of the book comes off as Microsoft cheerleading. As an NT reference, this book is informative and well-written. But if does little to help NetWare administrators work with NT, or to integrate NT into a NetWare network.

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Media reviews "If you're currently a CNE and you need to get on the fast track to NT certification, then this book will take you there. Although this book is not an official study guide, we suggest you go out and get it if you're a CNE seeking MS certification. Although our contributor has not finished going through this book entirely, he has told us that this book has been instrumental in helping him understand the differences between NetWare and NT without starting from scratch. 'Two thumbs way up!' he told us."

Hardcore Rating = 9.5. UPDATE: THIS BOOK IS NOW OFFICIALLY HARDCORE'S ULTIMATE PICK FOR CNE'S WANTING TO BE MCSE'S.

-- http://www.hardcoremcse.com

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