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Mastering Windows Server 2019 - Second Edition

By : Jordan Krause
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Mastering Windows Server 2019 - Second Edition

By: Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

Mastering Windows Server 2019 – Second Edition covers all of the essential information needed to implement and utilize this latest-and-greatest platform as the core of your data center computing needs. You will begin by installing and managing Windows Server 2019, and by clearing up common points of confusion surrounding the versions and licensing of this new product. Centralized management, monitoring, and configuration of servers is key to an efficient IT department, and you will discover multiple methods for quickly managing all of your servers from a single pane of glass. To this end, you will spend time inside Server Manager, PowerShell, and even the new Windows Admin Center, formerly known as Project Honolulu. Even though this book is focused on Windows Server 2019 LTSC, we will still discuss containers and Nano Server, which are more commonly related to the SAC channel of the server platform, for a well-rounded exposition of all aspects of using Windows Server in your environment. We also discuss the various remote access technologies available in this operating system, as well as guidelines for virtualizing your data center with Hyper-V. By the end of this book, you will have all the ammunition required to start planning for, implementing, and managing Windows.

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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1
Getting Started with Windows Server 2019
Getting Started with Windows Server 2019
The purpose of Windows Server
It's getting cloudy out there
Windows Server versions and licensing
Overview of new and updated features
Navigating the interface
Using the newer Settings screen
Task Manager
Task View
Summary
Questions
2
Installing and Managing Windows Server 2019
Installing and Managing Windows Server 2019
Technical requirements
Installing Windows Server 2019
Installing roles and features
Centralized management and monitoring
Windows Admin Center (WAC)
Enabling quick server rollouts with Sysprep
Summary
Questions
3
Core Infrastructure Services
Core Infrastructure Services
What is a Domain Controller?
Using AD DS to organize your network
The power of Group Policy
Domain Name System (DNS)
DHCP versus static addressing
Back up and restore
MMC and MSC shortcuts
Summary
Questions
4
Certificates in Windows Server 2019
Certificates in Windows Server 2019
Common certificate types
Planning your PKI
Creating a new certificate template
Issuing your new certificates
Creating an auto-enrollment policy
Obtaining a public-authority SSL certificate
Exporting and importing certificates
Summary
Questions
5
Networking with Windows Server 2019
Networking with Windows Server 2019
Introduction to IPv6
Your networking toolbox
Building a routing table
NIC Teaming
Software-defined networking
Azure Network Adapter
Summary
Questions
6
Enabling Your Mobile Workforce
Enabling Your Mobile Workforce
Always On VPN
DirectAccess
Remote Access Management Console
DA, VPN, or AOVPN? Which is best?
Web Application Proxy
Requirements for WAP
Latest improvements to WAP
Summary
Questions
7
Hardening and Security
Hardening and Security
Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection
Windows Defender Firewall – no laughing matter
Encryption technologies
Banned passwords
Advanced Threat Analytics
General security best practices
Summary
Questions
8
Server Core
Server Core
Why use Server Core?
Interfacing with Server Core
Windows Admin Center for managing Server Core
The Sconfig utility
Roles available in Server Core
What happened to Nano Server?
Summary
Questions
9
Redundancy in Windows Server 2019
Redundancy in Windows Server 2019
Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Configuring a load-balanced website
Failover clustering
Clustering tiers
Setting up a failover cluster
Recent clustering improvements in Windows Server
Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
Summary
Questions
10
PowerShell
PowerShell
Why move to PowerShell?
Working within PowerShell
PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment
Remotely managing a server
Desired State Configuration
Summary
Questions
11
Containers and Nano Server
Containers and Nano Server
Understanding application containers
Containers and Nano Server
Windows Server containers versus Hyper-V containers
Docker and Kubernetes
Working with containers
Summary
Questions
12
Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V
Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V
Designing and implementing your Hyper-V Server
Using virtual switches
Creating a new virtual switch
Implementing a new virtual server
Managing a virtual server
Shielded VMs
Integrating with Linux
ReFS deduplication
Hyper-V Server 2019
Summary
Questions
13
Assessments
Assessments
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Windows Server 2019
Chapter 2: Installing and Managing Windows Server 2019
Chapter 3: Core Infrastructure Services
Chapter 4: Certificates in Windows Server 2019
Chapter 5: Networking with Windows Server 2019
Chapter 6: Enabling Your Mobile Workforce
Chapter 7: Hardening and Security
Chapter 8: Server Core
Chapter 9: Redundancy in Windows Server 2019
Chapter 10: PowerShell
Chapter 11: Containers and Nano Server
Chapter 12: Virtualizing Your Data Center with Hyper-V
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Roles available in Server Core

Server Core is obviously a restricted form of the operating system, and some of the roles inside Windows Server are just not designed to work properly within that limited context. Fortunately for us, most of them are, which enables Server 2019 administrators to deploy most of their critical infrastructure via the more secure Server Core platform. Here is a list of the roles that are currently supported to run on a Windows Server 2019 Server Core instance:

  • Active Directory Certificate Services
  • Active Directory Domain Services
  • Active Directory Federation Services
  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
  • Active Directory Rights Management Services
  • Device Health Attestation
  • DHCP Server
  • DNS Server
  • File Services
  • Host Guardian Service
  • Hyper-V
  • Print and Document Services
  • Remote Access
  • Volume Activation Services
  • Web Server (IIS)
  • Windows Server Update...
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