Preface

Welcome to Getting Started with Windows Server Security is a critical component for any organization. It can be implemented in various levels. Every organization has its own security polices based on their business and technical requirements. These policies must apply to end-to-end devices and services to effectively secure your IT infrastructure. As a security administrator, it is your responsibility to convert these business requirements into technical requirements. This book provides various methods to analyze your requirements and convert them based on the best practices and industry standards.

This book will walk you through different security tools and their configurations and implementation details based on my real-world experience. The goal is to have a protected and secure Microsoft Server infrastructure platform at the end of this journey. To achieve this goal in an efficient way, this book is divided into various chapters. Each chapter will provide you step-by-step instructions to secure your server infrastructure based on the installed components and applications on the server. For a security or Windows Server administrator, this book can be used as a reference manual when securing or hardening your server infrastructure.