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Mastering Windows Server 2019, Third Edition - Third Edition

By : Jordan Krause
Book Image

Mastering Windows Server 2019, Third Edition - Third Edition

By: Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

Written by a nine-time Microsoft MVP award winner with over twenty years of experience working in IT, Mastering Windows Server 2019 is a hands-on guide for anyone looking to keep their skills up to date. This third edition comes with four new chapters to provide you with the in-depth knowledge needed to implement and use this operating system in any environment. Centralized management, monitoring, and configuration of servers are key to an efficient IT department. This book delves into multiple methods for quickly managing all your servers from a ‘single pane of glass' — the ability to monitor different servers across a network using Server Manager, Windows PowerShell, and even Windows Admin Center — from anywhere. Despite the focus on Windows Server 2019 LTSC, you will still explore containers and Nano Server, which are more related to the SAC of server releases. This additional coverage will give you insights into all aspects of using Windows Server 2019 in your environment. This book covers a range of remote access technologies available in this operating system, teaches management of PKI and certificates, and empowers you to virtualize your datacenter with Hyper-V. You will also discover the tools and software included with Windows Server 2019 that assist in the inevitable troubleshooting of problems that crop up.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Index
Appendix: Answers to the end-of-chapter Questions

PowerShell

Let's be honest, many of us are still using Command Prompt on a daily basis. If you have cut over and are using the newer PowerShell prompt as a total replacement for Command Prompt, I applaud you! I, however, still tend to open up cmd.exe as a matter of habit, though with the most recent releases of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, I am definitely making a more conscious effort to use the newer, bluer, prettier, and more powerful interface that is PowerShell. In this chapter, we are going to explore some of the reasons that you should do so too. Other than the fact that Microsoft seems to have shrunk the default text size in Command Prompt to deter us from using it, which I find pretty funny, we are going to take a look at some of the technical reasons that PowerShell is far and away more useful and powerful than Command Prompt could ever dream of being.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Why move to PowerShell?
  • Working within...