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Mastering Windows Server 2019 - Second Edition

By : Jordan Krause
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Mastering Windows Server 2019 - Second Edition

By: Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

Mastering Windows Server 2019 – Second Edition covers all of the essential information needed to implement and utilize this latest-and-greatest platform as the core of your data center computing needs. You will begin by installing and managing Windows Server 2019, and by clearing up common points of confusion surrounding the versions and licensing of this new product. Centralized management, monitoring, and configuration of servers is key to an efficient IT department, and you will discover multiple methods for quickly managing all of your servers from a single pane of glass. To this end, you will spend time inside Server Manager, PowerShell, and even the new Windows Admin Center, formerly known as Project Honolulu. Even though this book is focused on Windows Server 2019 LTSC, we will still discuss containers and Nano Server, which are more commonly related to the SAC channel of the server platform, for a well-rounded exposition of all aspects of using Windows Server in your environment. We also discuss the various remote access technologies available in this operating system, as well as guidelines for virtualizing your data center with Hyper-V. By the end of this book, you will have all the ammunition required to start planning for, implementing, and managing Windows.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

General security best practices

Sometimes we need only to rely on ourselves, and not necessarily functionality provided by the OS, to secure our systems. There are many common-sense approaches to administratorship (if that is a word) that are easy to accomplish but are rarely used in the field. The following are a few tips and tricks that I have learned over the years and have helped companies implement. Hopefully, you as the reader have even more to add to this list as to what works well for you, but if nothing else this section is intended to jog your thinking into finding creative ways with which you can limit administrative capability and vulnerability within your network.

Getting rid of perpetual administrators

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