Chapter 13: File and Print Services

Chapter 13: File and Print Services

Overview

One of the original reasons for the emergence of the PC server, the provision of shared file and print services remains at the heart of a modern Windows NT technical infrastructure. These two services deal in the currency of computing, the file, so playing a fundamental role in any complete technical infrastructure. The success of file and print serving is rooted in the notion of data sharing and the more efficient use of computing resources.

The two services are dealt with together in this chapter because they have several things in common. They share the same protocol and are frequently hosted by the same server. More importantly, they are services that are used directly by users while at the same time being equally important to applications. File and print services depend on a common security environment and rely on a name resolution service.

In addition to providing file and print services for homogeneous Microsoft environments, Windows NT provides tools for integrating other platforms into a Windows NT based file and print serving architecture. Software from third parties expands the number of platforms Windows NT can be integrated with to encompass most of the popular ones currently in use.

Design of the technical infrastructure file and print services is part of the design activity shown on the project roadmap in Figure 13.1

Figure 13.1: Design Phase of Project

Structure of Chapter

This chapter is split into two main sections as shown in...

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