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Windows Server 2016 Cookbook

Windows Server 2016 Cookbook

By : Jordan Krause
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Windows Server 2016 Cookbook

Windows Server 2016 Cookbook

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By: Jordan Krause
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Overview of this book

This hands-on Cookbook is stuffed full of practical recipes that will help you handle the essential administrative tasks in Windows Server 2016. You’ll start by familiarizing yourself with the look and feel of Windows Server 2016, and will then learn how to navigate through some daily tasks using the graphical interface. You will see how to compose optimal Group Policies and facilitate task automation with PowerShell 5.0 scripting. We will also take a look at the functions available to provide remote network access to your traveling users, and explore the much anticipated Nano Server and Hyper-V built-in integration support that is brand new in Windows Server 2016. By the end of this book, you will know how to take your Windows Server 2016-powered server and turn it into any common infrastructure role that might be required in your company.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Sections
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Conventions
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1. Learning the Interface
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1. Learning the Interface
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Introduction
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Shutting down or restarting the server
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Launching Administrative Tools
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Using WinKey + X for quick admin tasks
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Using the search function to launch applications quickly
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Managing remote servers from a single pane with Server Manager
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Using PowerShell to accomplish any function in Windows Server
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Installing a role or feature
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Administering Server 2016 from a Windows 10 machine
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Identifying useful keyboard shortcuts in Server 2016
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Setting your PowerShell Execution Policy
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Building and executing your first PowerShell script
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Searching for PowerShell cmdlets with Get-Help
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2. Core Infrastructure Tasks
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2. Core Infrastructure Tasks
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Introduction
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Configuring a combination Domain Controller, DNS server, and DHCP server
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Adding a second Domain Controller
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Organizing your computers with Organizational Units
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Creating an A or AAAA record in DNS
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Creating and using a CNAME record in DNS
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Creating a DHCP scope to assign addresses to computers
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Creating a DHCP reservation for a specific server or resource
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Pre-staging a computer account in Active Directory
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Using PowerShell to create a new Active Directory user
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Using PowerShell to view system uptime
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3. Security and Networking
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3. Security and Networking
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Introduction
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Requiring complex passwords in your network
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Using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to block unnecessary traffic
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Changing the RDP port on your server to hide access
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Multi-homing your Windows Server 2016
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Adding a static route into the Windows routing table
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Using Telnet to test a connection and network flow
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Using the Pathping command to trace network traffic
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Setting up NIC Teaming
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Renaming and domain joining via PowerShell
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Building your first Server Core
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4. Working with Certificates
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4. Working with Certificates
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Introduction
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Setting up the first Certification Authority server in a network
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Building a Subordinate Certification Authority server
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Creating a certificate template to prepare for issuing machine certificates to your clients
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Publishing a certificate template to allow enrollment
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Using MMC to request a new certificate
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Using the web interface to request a new certificate
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Configuring Autoenrollment to issue certificates to all domain joined systems
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Renewing your root certificate
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5. Internet Information Services
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5. Internet Information Services
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Introduction
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Installing the Web Server role with PowerShell
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Launching your first website
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Changing the port on which your website runs
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Adding encryption to your website
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Using a Certificate Signing Request to acquire your SSL certificate
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Moving an SSL certificate from one server to another
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Rebinding your renewed certificates automatically
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Hosting multiple websites on your IIS server
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Using host headers to manage multiple websites on a single IP address
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6. Remote Access
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6. Remote Access
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Introduction
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DirectAccess planning question and answers
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Configuring DirectAccess, VPN, or a combination of the two
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Pre-staging Group Policy Objects to be used by DirectAccess
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Enhancing the security of DirectAccess by requiring certificate authentication
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Building your Network Location Server on its own system
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Enabling Network Load Balancing on your DirectAccess servers
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Adding VPN to your existing DirectAccess server
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Replacing your expiring IP-HTTPS certificate
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Reporting on DirectAccess and VPN connections
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7. Remote Desktop Services
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7. Remote Desktop Services
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Introduction
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Building a single server Remote Desktop Services environment
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Adding an additional RDSH server to your RDS environment
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Installing applications on a Remote Desktop Session Host server
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Disabling the redirection of local resources
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Shadowing another session in RDS
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Installing a printer driver to use with redirection
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Removing an RD Session Host server from use for maintenance
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Publishing WordPad with RemoteApp
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Tracking user logins with Logon/Logoff scripts
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8. Monitoring and Backup
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8. Monitoring and Backup
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Introduction
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Using Server Manager as a quick monitoring tool
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Using the new Task Manager to its full potential
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Evaluating system performance with Windows Performance Monitor
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Using Format-List to modify PowerShell data output
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Configuring a full system backup using Windows Server Backup
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Recovering data from a Windows backup file
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Using IP Address Management to keep track of your used IP addresses
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Checking for viruses in Windows Server 2016
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9. Group Policy
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9. Group Policy
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Introduction
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Creating and assigning a new Group Policy Object
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Mapping network drives with Group Policy
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Redirecting the My Documents folder to a network share
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Creating a VPN connection with Group Policy
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Creating a printer connection with Group Policy
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Using Group Policy to enforce an Internet proxy server
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Viewing the settings currently enabled inside a GPO
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Viewing the GPOs currently assigned to a computer
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Backing up and restoring GPOs
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Plugging in ADMX and ADML templates
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10. File Services and Data Control
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10. File Services and Data Control
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Introduction
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Enabling Distributed File System and creating a Namespace
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Configuring Distributed File System Replication
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Creating an iSCSI target on your server
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Configuring an iSCSI initiator connection
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Configuring Storage Spaces
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Turning on data deduplication
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Setting up Windows Server 2016 work folders
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11. Nano Server and Server Core
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11. Nano Server and Server Core
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Introduction
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Configuring Server Core from the console
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Switching between Server Core and Desktop Experience?
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Building your first Nano Server
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Exploring the Nano Server console
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Managing Nano and Core with Server Manager
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Managing Nano and Core using remote MMC tools
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Managing Nano and Core with PowerShell remoting
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12. Working with Hyper-V
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12. Working with Hyper-V
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Introduction
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Creating a Windows Server that runs Hyper-V
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Creating a Hyper-V Server
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Networking your VMs
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Building your first virtual machine
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Using the VM Settings page
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Editing virtual hard disks
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Using Checkpoints as rollback points

Setting your PowerShell Execution Policy

To say that the Windows operating system can be manipulated by PowerShell is a gross understatement. They are fully intertwined, and PowerShell can be useful for so many tasks on your servers. However, the ability to run PowerShell scripts is disabled by default on many machines. The first stumbling block that many new PowerShell administrators bump into is the Execution Policy. It's quite simple: in order to allow PowerShell scripts to run on your server, the Execution Policy must be adjusted to allow that to happen. Let's introduce our first task in PowerShell by using some commands in this recipe that will set this policy for us.

This is also a good introduction to the idea of the verb-noun syntax that PowerShell utilizes. For example, we are going to make use of cmdlets called Get-ExecutionPolicy and Set-ExecutionPolicy. The Get-(parameter name) and Set-(parameter name) cmdlets are very common across all facets of cmdlets available in PowerShell. Wrap your mind around this verb-noun syntax and you will be well on your way to figuring out PowerShell on your machines.

Getting ready

We will be working within a PowerShell prompt on our Windows Server 2016 box.

How to do it…

Follow these steps to set the PowerShell Execution Policy:

  1. Right-click on the PowerShell icon and choose Run as administrator.

    How to do it…

  2. Type Get-ExecutionPolicy and press Enter in order to see the current setting of the PowerShell Execution Policy.

    How to do it…

  3. You can see that the current Execution Policy is set to RemoteSigned. Here is a short description of the different options for the policy:
    • Remote Signed: This is the default setting in Server 2016, which allows PowerShell scripts that are locally created to run. If you try running remote scripts, they must be signed by a trusted publisher in order to execute successfully.
    • All Signed: With this setting, all scripts will only be allowed to run if they are signed by a trusted publisher.
    • Restricted: With this setting, PowerShell is locked down so that scripts will not run.
    • Unrestricted: This setting will allow PowerShell to run scripts, with or without signing.

  4. For the purposes of our recipe and to make sure scripts will run for us as we progress through these recipes, let's set our Execution Policy to unrestricted. Go ahead and use this command:
    Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

    How to do it…

How it works…

The PowerShell Execution Policy is a simple setting and easy to change, but can make a world of difference when it comes to running your first scripts. If configured to be more restrictive than you intend, you will have trouble getting your scripts to run and may think that you have mistyped something, when in fact the issue is only the policy. On the other hand, in an effort to make your servers as secure as possible, on machines where you don't need to execute PowerShell scripts, it makes sense to restrict this access. You may also want to read some additional information on the signing of scripts to see whether creating and executing signed scripts would make more sense in your own environment. There are some in-built server functions that rely on a certain level of security with your Execution Policy. Setting your policy to unrestricted on all of your servers could result in some functions not working properly, and you may have to increase that level of security back to remote signed.

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