The text is intended to help students study, train, and prepare for specific computer, networking, and system installation certification examinations related to the MCSE exams sponsored by Microsoft, as well as software related products by Microsoft. It is crafted and intended for students in an academic setting, with appropriate pedagogical tools and practice problems for MCSA and MCSE.

This textbook, combined with the hands-on Lab Guide, is a powerful Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure course that provides first-line knowledge and skills.

This combination, along with the certification-specific test materials on the ExamGear CD that comes with this book, prepares you for the Microsoft 70-217 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure certification exam.

• Each chapter begins with a listing of the Microsoft exam objectives to be achieved within that chapter.
• New terminology to be learned is listed at the beginning of each chapter.
• Step-by-step hands-on instructions for accomplishing particular tasks have been included at appropriate points in the text.
• The chapter summary restates the objectives found at the beginning of the chapter.
• The end-of-chapter Review section consists of fifteen open-ended questions, and the Chapter Quiz contains ten multiple-choice questions.
• The Glossary contains a comprehensive list of computer and software terms that are applicable to the Windows 2000 product line. It also defines many acronyms as well as the terms they are based on.
• The complete hands-on Lab Guide, which is also included on the accompanying CD-ROM, provides 60 procedures to reinforce the theoretical material discussed in the textbook.