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Windows Server 2016 Administration Fundamentals

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Windows Server 2016 Administration Fundamentals

Overview of this book

Windows Server 2016 is the server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, developed concurrently with Windows 10. This book is designed to get you started with Windows Server 2016. It will prepare you for your MTA 98-365 exam. With step-by-step instructions driven by targeted, easy-to-understand graphics, you will be able to understand the roles, features, functions, and quirks of Windows Server 2016. The book begins with the basics of Windows Server 2016, which includes the installation process and basic configuration. You will then move on to roles and features such as Active Directory, Hyper-V, Remote Access, Storage, and Printer. With the help of real-world examples, you will get to grips with the fundamentals of Windows Server 2016, which will help you solve difficult tasks the easy way. Later, the book also shows you maintenance and troubleshooting tasks, where with the help of best practices you will be able to manage Windows Server 2016 with ease. Each chapter ends with a questionnaire to ensure you make the best use of the content provided. By the end of this book, you will have the knowledge required to administer and manage Windows Server environments.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Summary

  • Hyper-V provides services that you can use to create and manage virtual machines and their resources
  • Fully virtualized mode enables an isolated and secure execution of one or more OSes in a single physical server where guest OSs use the host's OS resources
  • Paravirtualized mode does not simulate hardware, rather it offers a special API to modify the guest OS
  • Hyper-V architecture is based on a hierarchical format where the first level represents the hypervisor as the main element that constitutes the Hyper-V virtual platform
  • Components such as VSP and VSC, through logical channels for communication known as VMBus, enable communication between the root portion and the branch OSs
  • The server is required to support virtualization by enabling Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) or AMD Virtualization
  • Hyper-V Manager is an administration tool that you can use to manage virtual...