Additional Resources for Connecting Remote Sites

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

These resources contain additional information related to this chapter.

Related Information

• "Planning for Deployment" in Planning, Testing, and Piloting Deployment Projects of this kit for more information about creating hardware and software inventories and mapping your existing network before deploying new features.

• "Deploying Domain Name System (DNS)" and "Deploying WINS" in this book for more information about name resolution.

• "Deploying DHCP" in this book for more information about IP address assignment.

• "Deploying Dial-up and VPN Remote Access Servers" and "Deploying Remote Access Clients Using Connection Manager" in this book for more information about using the Routing and Remote Access service to connect individual computers (such as computers of users working from home or mobile users) to a central office.

• "Deploying Internet Authentication Service (IAS)" in this book for more information about deploying IAS.

• "Designing the Site Topology" in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services of this kit for more information about Active Directory replication between sites.

• "Designing a Public Key Infrastructure" in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services of this kit for more information about creating a certificate infrastructure.

• The Networking Collection of the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference (or see the Networking Collection on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for more information about Internet Authentication Service (IAS), Routing and Remote Access, demand-dial routing, virtual private networking, unicast IP routing, and Network Address Translation (NAT).

• The Virtual Private Networks link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources for more information about virtual private networking.

• The Windows Catalog link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources for more information about hardware compatibility.

• The Active Directory Branch Office Planning Guide link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources for more information about planning and deploying Active Directory for multiple branch office sites.

Related Help Topics

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• "Setting up demand dial routing Setting Up Demand-Dial Routing" and "Deploying Router-to-Router VPNs" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for more information about deploying site-to-site connections.

• "Routing Scenarios" and "Virtual Private Network Implementation Examples" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for more examples of test lab deployments for site-to-site connections.

Related Job Aids

• "Example: Contoso Connects Remote Sites" (DNSREM_1.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Example: Contoso Connects Remote Sites" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).

• "Site-to-Site Connection Deployment Steps" (DNSREM_2.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Site-to-Site Connection Deployment Steps" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).