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Find Additional Content Online As new or updated material becomes available that complements your book, it will be posted online on the Microsoft Press Online Windows Server and Client Web site. Based on the final build of Windows Server 2008, the type of material you might find includes updates to book content, articles, links to companion content, errata, sample chapters, and more. This Web site will be available soon at www.microsoft.com/learning/books/online/serverclient and will be updated periodically.

System Requirements

To view the eBook of this title, you need any system that is capable of running Adobe Reader, available from http://www.adobe.com. To view the capture files (*.cap), you must have Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1 or later. For more detailed information about system requirements, refer to the System Requirements page in the back of the book.

IPv6 Protocol and Windows Product Versions

There are different versions of the Microsoft IPv6 protocol for Windows. In this book, I have chosen to confine the discussion to the IPv6 implementation in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. IPv6 in previous versions of Windows is typically not described except as

a point of contrast to IPv6 in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

A Special Note to Teachers and Instructors

This book originated from courseware and retains many of the attributes of courseware, including objectives at the beginning of each chapter and review questions at the end of each chapter. If you are a teacher or instructor tasked with inculcating an understanding of IPv6 protocols and processes in others, I strongly urge you to consider using this book and the slides on the companion CD-ROM as a basis for your own IPv6 course.

The slides are included to provide a foundation for your own slide presentation. The included slides contain either bulleted text or my original PowerPoint drawings that are synchronized with their chapter content. Because the slides were completed after the final book pages were done, there are some minor differences between the slides and the chapter content. These changes were made to enhance the ability to teach an IPv6 course based on the book.

The template I have chosen for the included slides is intentionally simple so that there are minimal issues with text and drawing color translations when you switch to a different template. Please feel free to customize the slides as you see fit.