CLIENT/SERVER

[cdapp]

Hi everyone,

I have set up a home network between two computers. Which was initially a peer to peer network. The operating system on these two computer were windows XP proffesional and home edition. But I recently replaced my home edition operating system with Windows server 2003. I did this because I am interested in learning about client/server network. Can anyone recommned a book that can help make the most out of this network. I understand my computer cannot be operated in a workgroup anymore. What is the first thing you will recommend I do since I cannot access resources on the server 2003 anymore? (I have resources I would like to access especially my printer which is connect to the computer with server 2003, use the drive as my network drive and much more....)

 

[jimp56]

I dont know of any good books but Technet would be a good place to start with reading through the server 03 documentation, there will be some good info there.

regarding your workgroup pc, did you configure the server as a standalone, or a domain controller? if you configured as a PDC, you can add the computer to the domain. you will need to use a user id with domain rights to do this. once thats done, you will log into the server (assuming you set up a regular user id on the server) from the computer and then you can set your access rights to server resources from the server itself.

doing this will create a new user profile on the computer, but it isnt that difficult to migrate documents and settings to the new profile from the old. make sure you can log into the computer as local administrator before joining the domain in case you have problems with the old user profile after joining - the administrator can access the old user profile to migrate settings and data. as a last resort, dis-joining the domain and renaming back to the original workgroup will get back your original user profile.

if the server is standalone and not a PDC, make sure both computers are in the same workgroup name, and create a user id on the server, and log onto the computer using that user name and password. you can then authenticate to the server's shared resources to gain access after you set permissions on the server, i am pretty sure.

this is just a really quick and incomplete guide, there are many more details to it, but this should give you an idea of what you can start doing. i may have missed a few points also but this is the general idea.

 

[Sleepsalot]

Go to a book store and get the windows press 70-290 cert book it will take you through all the steps. Usd price around $49.99.

Wayne

 

[linney]

This article might come in handy.

How do I install Active Directory on my Windows Server 2003 server?

http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_install_active_directory_on_windows_2003.htm

 

[cdapp]

My XP Proffesional and the Server 2003(this is an enterprise edition) are both configured in a workgroup with the same name MSHOME, will this work? Will I be able access resource or map network drives.

 

[Sleepsalot]

You will have to share the drives or folders you want to have access to. Right click on the object select properties then select the share tab. and click the share this folder. For complete drives you should create a new share and give it any name you want. The reason for this is so you can see the drives. They are already shared but as a hidden share. If you have any problem let me know.
sleepsalot@gmail.com

Wayne