"Whether you're a Techie, Architect, or a Project Manager, this masterpiece of tricks and traps will help you plan, test, and implement your Citrix environment."

—Chris Walter, Senior Consultant, CGI
"Whether you are a terminal services veteran or entirely new to the world of remote desktop, Mathers makes it easy to understand everything from the initial Terminal Services project planning to the complete network and management implementation. This book is definitely something a Terminal Services administrator is going to want to have handy."

—Matthew Harris, Microsoft Windows Server MVP - Terminal Server
This book brings together all the insights, knowledge, and step-by-step guidance you need to deliver robust, scalable, and stable server-based computing solutions with Microsoft Windows Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0. Building on two best-selling previous editions, expert consultant Todd W. Mathers has fully updated this book to cover both Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server environments.

Drawing on nearly a decade of experience, Mathers addresses the entire project lifecycle, from needs assessment through planning, testing, deployment, and support. He covers the full spectrum of deployments, from Terminal Services for small businesses through enterprise-class Terminal Services/Citrix server farms. Along the way, Mathers presents proven examples and best practices for virtually every challenge, from server security to group policies, patch management to automated client deployment. Coverage includes

• Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame: how they relate, and how to determine what you need

• Common implementation traps and "gotchas"—and how to avoid them

• Planning client hardware/software, server hardware, networking, hotfix distribution, and more

• Step-by-step installation, including service-pack integration and answer files

• Detailed checklists and tuning techniques for optimizing performance and stability

• New Windows Server 2003 licensing requirements: overcoming the misinterpretations

• Expanded coverage of security in both Terminal Services and Citrix environments

• New and improved solutions for client drive and printer mapping

• Interoperability between MetaFrame 1.8 and MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0

• User profile and account creation, configuration, and management

• RDP and ICA client configuration, in detail

• Application compatibility: using Terminal Services' application support features

• Using Session Directory to track and reconnect sessions in clustered environments

• Complete command references for Terminal Services and MetaFrame XP

If you're an administrator, architect, or developer using or evaluating Windows thin-client technologies, Windows® Server 2003/2000 Terminal Server Solutions will be your indispensable single-source reference.
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The fastest route to true PHP mastery!

So...you've been asked to pitch in on a PHP project...starting now. Or maybe one's on the horizon. Or maybe you need to get real PHP skills onto your résumé. You've done web stuff. Maybe used other scripting languages. Now you want to get productive with PHP, fast.

Welcome. We wrote this book for you. We'll leverage what you already know, so you'll go further, faster than you ever expected.

You'll get the real nuts and bolts, not theory or hooey. You'll learn through dozens of focused examples: tested for reliability, crafted for clarity, easy to adapt for your own projects.

Need specific solutions? This book's modular, high-efficiency format delivers them—instantly. Award-winning author Steven Holzner draws on his unparalleled experience teaching programming: No other PHP guide covers this much, this well, this quickly. Dig in, get started, get results—today!

• All you need to succeed with PHP in Linux or Windows

• Master core concepts: operators, flow control, strings, arrays, functions, and more

• Learn essential web techniques: cookies, session management, automated email, FTP, and more

• Use PHP 5's object model and object-oriented techniques

• Efficiently handle text boxes, buttons, and other HTML controls

• Create web forms, validate user input, and check browsers

• Work with MySQL and other databases

Includes concise PHP 5 language and functional references!

All the book's programming examples are available for download on the companion web site.

Spring Into is a new series of fast-paced tutorials from Addison-Wesley. Each book in the series is designed to bring you up-to-speed quickly. Complex topics and technologies are reduced to their core components, and each component is treated with remarkable efficiency in one- or two-page spreads. Just the information you need to begin working...now! And because the books are example-rich and easy to navigate, you'll find that they make great on-the-job references after you've mastered the basics.

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The fastest route to true HTML/CSS mastery!

Need to build a web site? Or update one? Or just create some effective new web content? Maybe you just need to update your skills, do the job better.

Welcome. This book's for you. We'll leverage what you already know about the web, so you'll go further, faster than you ever expected. You'll master today's best practices: the real nuts and bolts, not theory or hooey. You'll learn through dozens of focused HTML, XHTML, and CSS examples: crafted for simplicity and easy to adapt for your own projects.

Need specific solutions? This book's modular, visual, high-efficiency format delivers them instantly. Molly E. Holzschlag draws on her unparalleled experience teaching Web design and development. No other HTML/CSS guide covers this much, this well, this quickly. Dig in, get started, get results!

• All you need to succeed with HTML, XHTML, and CSS in real-world projects

• Learn how to build web pages that'll work in any environment, on virtually any contemporary browser

• Construct templates that simplify every page you develop

• Structure and tag text so it's easy to work with and manage

• Add images, media, and scripts—quickly and reliably

• Discover the right ways to use HTML tables

• Build easy-to-use forms and validate your users' input

• Use CSS to take total control over your site's look and feel

• Master core CSS techniques: color, images, text styles, link effects, lists, navigation, and more

• Control margins, borders, padding, positioning, floats, even Z-index

• Design efficient, compatible, easy-to-manage CSS layouts

Includes concise XHTML and CSS annotated references: quick help for every language element

Spring Into... is a new series of fast-paced tutorials from Addison-Wesley. Each book in the series is designed to bring you up to speed quickly. Complex topics and technologies are reduced to their core components, and each component is treated with remarkable efficiency in one- or two-page spreads. Just the information you need to begin working...now! And because the books are example-rich and easy to navigate, you'll find that they make great on-the-job references after you've mastered the basics.
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