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A Linux Admin's Guide to Windows?

Posted by Cliff on from the stranger-in-a-strange-land dept.

Rexburg asks: "I recently took a job managing an all Windows network. While my knowledge of the OS is enough to perform the functions of my job, I want to have my bases covered. Naturally, I began the hunt for documentation, but all I can find are books to help Windows users/admins understand and use Linux. I need the opposite. Can the Slashdot crowd point a fellow OSS-head in the right direction?"

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  1. OReilly Is Your Friend by adamy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Look at the O'REilly series for NT/2K/XP system admin. They talk about doing the types of things you are used to on Unix (Scripting etc).

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  2. JSI by altp · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.jsiinc.com/

    There is an incredable wealth of information on that site.

    altp

  3. Better Yet: Go here... by BoomerSooner · · Score: 4, Informative

    TechNet

    If you're admining a winblows system you need to check for security releases daily and run every single piece of shit software they offer to harden your system.

    Good luck, you'll need it.

    BTW I admin about 10 windows machines, 8 linux machines, 1 solaris machine and 2 os x servers. By far I spend most of my time admining the Windows boxes. I would venture to guess around 90-95% of the time. Windows sucks but until it no longer pays the bills, I'm stuck.

  4. Re:Uh... Oh.... by sql*kitten · · Score: 4, Informative

    Install cygwin.

    Agreed. And then read this. And learn to use Perl's Win32::API. Most Unix people have no idea that Windows has all this stuff available - it's a bit different from Unix but if you want to use a command line a script everything, you can.