Windows Server 2008 Implementation and Administration provides and concise instruction for IT professionals trained to use earlier versions of Windows Server. It dispenses with common networking Windows technology and concepts that admins already know, such as DHCP, DNS, and basic Active Directory, to concentrate on the crucial features of the new software. This book aims to provide the bridge from the old to the new without making the reader invest in reading information they have already mastered. Therefore, this book contains topics that might be found in other Windows Server 2008 books, but organized in a way that enables the reader get to use these technologies much more quickly. As much as possible the book presents instructional how-to material with an eye towards presenting the potential to use Windows Server 2008 in new ways from their current Windows server systems.