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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

  • Servers provide network services and handle user requests to access services
  • Cache is a processor's memory
  • Cores are a processor's processing units
  • Word size has to do with the processor's internal architecture and defines the data bus size, the instructions size, and the address size
  • VT refers to the processor's ability in relation to the virtualization concept
  • RAM and ROM are considered to be primary storage
  • ECC memory enables you to detect and correct memory faults
  • SDDC and DDDC enable multiple memory faults to be detected and corrected
  • Hot-swapability is the technology that enables the replacement of damaged disks with new disks while servers are running
  • Servers usually have more than one network interface
  • NIC teaming enables you to increase bandwidth from/to the server
  • NLB enables you to distribute the network load across servers
  • Network separation...