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Windows Server 2022 Administration Fundamentals - Third Edition

By : Bekim Dauti
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Book Image

Windows Server 2022 Administration Fundamentals - Third Edition

5 (1)
By: Bekim Dauti

Overview of this book

This third edition gets you up and running with Windows Server 2022, Microsoft's new server operating system, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, developed concurrently with Windows 10, version 21H2. The book begins by introducing computer networking and Windows Server concepts, gradually moving towards Windows Server 2022. With the help of step-by-step instructions and easy-to-understand graphics, you’ll become well versed with the roles, features, and functionalities of Windows Server 2022. Topics such as the installation process, upgrades, post-installation tasks, and initial server configuration are covered in detail. As you make progress, you’ll explore roles, features, and role services such as Active Directory, DNS, Hyper-V, remote access, storage, and printers, among others. The book then takes you through maintenance and troubleshooting tasks to guide you in efficiently managing Windows Server 2022. Finally, by working with numerous questions in each chapter and detailed answers at the end, you can test your understanding of the concepts covered. By the end of this Windows Server book, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge needed to update, maintain, and troubleshoot servers to ensure business continuity by relying on best practices and using step-by-step graphic-driven examples.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introducing Windows Server and Installing Windows Server 2022
6
Part 2: Setting Up Windows Server 2022
9
Part 3: Configuring Windows Server 2022
13
Part 4: Keeping Windows Server 2022 Up and Running
16
Part 5: Studying and Preparing for Microsoft Certification Exams

Understanding OUs and containers

The AD Users and Computers console provides OUs and default containers to ease the administration of objects. In the following sections, you will get acquainted with OUs and default containers.

What are OUs?

As mentioned earlier, to ease the administration of its objects, AD uses OUs. Users, groups, computers, and other OUs are generally placed within OUs. Usually, organizations create OUs to mirror their organizational business structures. Regardless of the number of tree domains in a forest, each domain can have its own OU hierarchy, as shown here:

Figure 5.15 – An example of an OU hierarchy in Windows Server 2022

Try associating the OUs with folders in File Explorer to understand them better. Next, we'll learn about default, pre-built containers in AD that are used to store users, computers, and other objects.

Default containers

Once the server gets promoted to a DC, several default containers are...