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Monday, June 7, 1999
Full Day Tutorial Session (9:00 am - 5:00 pm):
M2   Administering Windows NT: A Course for UNIX People (NEW)
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 include:

-   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
 


Aeleen Frisch (M2 Instructor)   has been a system administrator for over 15 years. She currently looks after a very heterogeneous network of UNIX and Windows NT systems. She is the author of several books, including Essential Windows NT System Administration.
 


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