This module presents Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) as a tool for building collaborative applications within Microsoft® Outlook® 2000. At the end of this module, students will be able to determine when CDO is an appropriate development tool. They will be able to distinguish among the CDO Library, the CDO Rendering Library.

This module presents Component Object Model (COM) add-ins as a way of developing solutions for Microsoft® Outlook® 2000 and other Microsoft Office 2000 applications. At the end of this module, students will be able to write, debug, compile, and register a COM add-in. They will also be able to use one of the shared Office object models, Command Bars, to programmatically create and modify toolbars and menus. Students will also be able to create a custom property page for Outlook 2000 by using a COM add-in....

This module provides students with an introduction to Microsoft® Outlook® team folders. At the end of this module, students will be able to describe how team folders can be used in a collaborative solution. They will also be able to use the Team Folders Wizard and deploy this tool to other users.

This module provides students with the ability to create a digital dashboard by using features of Microsoft® Outlook® 2000. The module enables students to associate folder home pages with Outlook 2000 folders, incorporate the Outlook view control on Web pages, and customize the default Outlook Today.

This module provides students with a detailed understanding of the Microsoft® Outlook® 2000 object model. At the end of this module, students will be able to use Outlook development tools and the Outlook 2000 object model to develop components of collaborative applications.

Module Strategy Use the following strategy to present this module: Working with Outlook 2000 Items Introduce each of the Outlook 2000 item objects that can be accessed programmatically. Explain the purpose of the intrinsic Item object and how it is used. Show how to reference form controls from form scripting. List and describe objects that are most commonly supported by Outlook 2000 items.

This module provides students with an overview of programming with Microsoft® Outlook® 2000. At the end of this module, students will be able to determine the best way to write code for their Outlook 2000 solutions. They will be able to differentiate between form scripting, Component Object Model (COM) add-ins, and Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications project files and the role of each program type in an Outlook 2000 solution.

This module shows students how to incorporate Microsoft® Outlook® 2000 views into their collaborative solutions. At the end of this module, students will be able to customize the current view, create new views, and make views available to other users.

This module shows students how to develop simple and complex custom forms by using Microsoft® Outlook® 2000. At the end of this module, students will be able to build simple forms that use fields, standard controls, and Microsoft ActiveX® controls, and set form and control properties.

This module provides students with an introduction to public folders. They will learn how public folders can be incorporated into a collaborative solution. They will also learn how to create a new public folder and set its properties. The module concludes with an introduction to how Microsoft® Exchange Server replication can be used to manage public folder data.

Module Strategy Use the following strategy to present this module: Overview of Collaborative Solutions Describe the digital nervous system and how it provides the following four solutions: E-Commerce, Knowledge Management, Business Operations, and Infrastructure. Explain the categories of collaborative applications and describe the components of collaborative applications.

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to design a Microsoft® Exchange 2000 organization for an enterprise environment. The course includes scenarios, strategies, and job aids to guide the student through the tasks necessary to designing an Exchange 2000 organization that has multiple administrative and routing groups. The course focuses on designing an environment that is based on the business needs of a specific company.

This chapter covers configuring and managing an Internet or intranet server for HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and NNTP services and security. You’ll learn how to set up a Windows 2000- based Web server to host Web and FTP sites, act as an e-mail server, and host newsgroups.

This chapter covers everything you need to know about the Windows 2000 printing service. Despite all of our efforts to create a paperless office, printers are not going away. And for all intents and purposes, for good or for evil, printers are becoming more sophisticated, cheaper, and easier to use every day.

This chapter provides an understanding of access control to network file and folder resources. Chapter 21 provided an in-depth review of the Windows 2000 file systems, especially NTFS. Now, let’s look at the file systems from other viewpoints: users and applications and, of course, administrators.

This chapter explores the many aspects of the Windows 2000 file system, including file system structure, the Distributed File System, auditing, and system repair and recovery.

Windows 2000 Server is being widely considered as an alternative to mainframe-type systems for high-end computing requirements. This will place tremendous burden and responsibility on Windows 2000 administrators to ensure maximum availability of systems. This chapter thus discusses service level and provides an introduction to Windows 2000 Server performance monitoring.

In Windows 2000, auditing provides a means of tracking events and is an important facet of security for individual computers as well as the enterprise. As described in other chapters (notably Chapter 6, which covers the Event Viewer), Microsoft defines an event as any significant occurrence in the operating system or an application that requires users (particularly administrators) to be notified. Events are recorded in event logs that you can manage with the Event Viewer console snap-in.

The registry is the core repository of configuration information in Windows 2000, storing information about the operating system, applications, and user environment on standalone workstations and member servers (non-domain controllers).

Every MIS or network administrator has a horror story to tell about backing up and restoring systems or data. One organization, where we now manage more than a dozen backup servers, has data processing centers spread all over the United States, and all are inter-connected via a large private wide area network. In mid-1999, a valuable remote Microsoft SQL Server machine just dropped dead. The IT doctor said it had died of exhaustion . . . five years of faithful service and never a day’s vacation. After trying everything to revive it, we instructed the data center’s staff to ship the server back to HQ for repairs....