S1   Administering Windows NT: A Course for UNIX People 
Aeleen Frisch, Exponential Consulting

Who should attend: UNIX system administrators who are also responsible for Windows NT systems (or who may become responsible for them at some point in the future). Students attending this class should be comfortable with general system administration concepts (filesystems, processes, user accounts, backups, and the like) as well as the major tools and procedures used to manage them on UNIX systems. A sense of humor will also be beneficial when initially approaching Windows NT.

The primary goal of this course is to help you apply what you already know about system administration under UNIX to the tasks and challenges of the Windows NT environment, in an effort to make that transition as easy and painless as possible. The course will include a variety of real-world examples and will focus on practical techniques and strategies for NT system administration. You can expect a very fast-paced, information-rich course.

Topics Covered:

	A Walking Tour of a Windows NT Server    The NT world view (WNT = ? VMS++)    The Client-Server System Model and its implications    Filesystem layout and essential system files    Processes under NT    Don't forget that it's a PC
	Tools to Aid in NT System Administration    What NT supplies    Commercial products and freely-available software    Making NT act like UNIX
	Booting under Windows NT    Normal startup and shutdown    Troubleshooting hints and strategies    Multi-OS system configurations
	Managing User Accounts    Mechanisms and procedures    NT groups    Security and user accounts
	Disks and Filesystems on Windows NT systems    The NTFS filesystem    Spanning disk partitions    Fault tolerance capabilities
	Networking under NT: Connecting to UNIX and Other Systems    What NT provides    NT and UNIX networks    Connecting to Windows systems    Filling in what NT is missing
	Printing on and from Windows NT Systems    Local printing    Printers and networks    Going to/from UNIX systems
	Overview of Windows NT Security    NT's view of system and network security    Controlling access to system resources    System monitoring and security