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Mastering Windows Server 2019, Third Edition - Third Edition

By : Jordan Krause
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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

Summary

The Microsoft core stack of infrastructure technologies generally consists of Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP—and often you will find all three of these housed on the same servers. Understanding these technologies and knowing how to utilize their associated toolsets is an essential part of any server administrator's life. As a manager in an IT company, I will tell you with surety that having a grasp on this will greatly improve your chances of finding that sysadmin role you've been seeking.

I hope these last two chapters have been beneficial to your overall understanding of the ways that companies make use of Windows Server technology and have given you something to help prepare for IT life in a business setting. Next, we turn to another baked-in component of any Active Directory-focused environment, but one that is often underutilized. Group Policy is an amazingly powerful tool that can be used to enhance security and create automation inside any domain...