An enterprise network is a network for an organization that has several thousand employees and that operates at multiple sites. Typically, large networks have several different standards in use across the network. Interoperability and communication are constant challenges for the information staffs of enterprise networks.
The diagram inside the back cover of this book illustrates the enterprise network for Terra Flora, a fictitious international floral company.
The Terra Flora enterprise network was created in Microsoft laboratories to demonstrate Windows NT interoperability features for an enterprise network. The Windows NT Server Resource Kit: Windows NT Server Networking Guide contains chapters that show you how Windows NT Server solved the interoperability challenges posed by the Terra Flora enterprise network.
Chapters 4 and 5 in this book show you how to use Windows NT Server Internet Information Server (IIS) to meet business communication needs—from team communication to mission-critical applications. The chapters use scenarios that are presented as if an administrator were implementing a staged rollout of Internet Information Server to the company. See Chapter 4, "Desktop Scenarios," for a complete description of the Terra Flora company and its network.
The scenarios in this chapter use or simulate multiple servers. The scenarios covered are: