3ds Max 9 Essentials or Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2008

3ds Max 9 Essentials: Autodesk Media and Entertainment Courseware

Author: Autodesk

Bring 3D film effects to the big screen. Generate realistic characters for a top-selling game. Create rich and complex design visualization. Autodesk® 3ds Max® 9 lets you maximize your productivity and tackle challenging animation projects. And this book, developed by Autodesk insiders, lets you master the essential tools and techniques.

Learn how to use 3ds Max 9 confidently in a production environment. Each chapter of this book has a series of theory lessons and one lab. The theory lessons introduce you to the functional areas of 3ds Max and explain these features with short simple examples. The lab demonstrates a practical application of the theory. Combined, each chapter delivers a sound understanding of the functions, features and principles behind 3ds Max 9, and shows you how to apply this knowledge to real-world situations.

* A hands-on introduction to 3ds Max 9 from the Autodesk development team
* Tutorials and exercises designed for flexibility and ease of use
* Companion CD with tutorial media including support models, materials, textures, and animations

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Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2008

Author: Brad Pric

• With over 300 pages of new material, this in-depth guide delivers exactly the information that systems administrators and network application developers need to manage and maintain Active Directory
  
• Each chapter has been revised to address the new components, enhancements, and capabilities brought by Windows Server 2008 to the directory services
  
• Covers domain name system design, Active Directory forest and domain design, maintaining organizational units, managing group policy, implementing best practices, and more; PowerShell is also addressed throughout the book to provide specific scripting solutions in context
  
• Windows Server is the leading network operating system in the world, topping Unix for first place in 2005
  

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

Part 1: Active Directory Design.

Chapter 1: Active Directory Fundamentals.

Chapter 2: Domain Name System Design.

Chapter 3: Active Directory Domain Services Forest and Domain Design.

Chapter 4: Organizing the Physical and Logical Aspects of AD DS.

Chapter 5: Flexible Single Master Operations Design.

Part 2: Active Directory Object Management.

Chapter 6: Managing Accounts: User, Group, and Computer.

Chapter 7: Maintaining Organizational Units.

Chapter 8: Managing Group Policy.

Chapter 9: Managing Active Directory Security.

Part 3: Active Directory Service Management.

Chapter 10: Managing Access with Active Directory Services.

Chapter 11: Managing Active Directory Rights Management Services.

Chapter 12: Managing Active Directory Certificate Services.

Chapter 13: Managing the Flexible Single Master Operations Roles.

Chapter 14: Maintaining the Active Directory Database.

Part 4: Active Directory Best Practices and Troubleshooting.

Chapter 15: Microsoft’s Troubleshooting Methodology for Active Directory.

Chapter 16: Troubleshooting Problems Related to Network Infrastructure.

Chapter 17: Troubleshooting Problems Related to the Active Directory Database.

Part 5: Streamlining Management with Scripts.

Chapter 18: ADSI Primer.

Chapter 19: Active Directory Scripts.

Chapter 20: Monitoring Active Directory.

Chapter 21: Managing Active Directory with PowerShell.

Appendix A: The Bottom Line.

Index.