To navigate the documentation set, follow these guidelines:

• If you are new to the documentation set and new to Microsoft Windows®, read the overview documents first to familiarize yourself with the organization of the documentation set, as well as with Windows concepts and how protocols relate to each other. We recommend that you read the overview documents in this order:

  1. [MS-DOCO]: Windows Protocols Documentation Roadmap

  2. [MS-SECO]: Windows Security Overview

  3. The Windows protocols overview documents:

     • [MS-PROTO]: Windows Protocols Overview: Read this for an overview of the protocols that are implemented in Windows server operating systems in order to communicate with Windows client operating systems.

     • [MS-SYS]: Windows System Overview: Read this for an overview of the protocols that are implemented in the Windows server operating systems and used to deliver file and print services, and group and user administration services.

  4. After you read the preceding documents, go to the [Windows Protocols Web Site] to access the protocol specifications in which you are interested.

• If you are familiar with the documentation set and new to Windows:

  1. Read [MS-SECO] first and then [MS-PROTO]. [MS-PROTO] can help you determine which protocols are closely related to each other. You can use the protocols tables in [MS-PROTO] to determine the short names of the protocol specifications you are interested in reading.

  2. Go to the [Windows Protocols Web Site] to access the protocol specifications.

• If you are familiar with the documentation set and Windows, go directly to the [Windows Protocols Web Site] to access the protocol specifications in which you are interested.