Provides foundation knowledge for installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting DNS in a Windows 2000 environment, for network designers, administrators, and support personnel. Early chapters provide information on standards and major components of DNS. Later chapters give information on planning and carrying out a DNS installation, discuss Windows 2000 networking, and give information needed to support a DNS network. Assumes knowledge of TCP/IP concepts and name resolution with DNS. Collier is senior technical instructor at the Advanced Computer Education Center, Southern Methodist University. Ruth is currently working with the Windows 2000 training curriculum as a program manager at Microsoft Corporation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)