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Windows Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Mark Henderson, Jordan Krause
Book Image

Windows Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Mark Henderson, Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

Do you want to get up and running with essential administrative tasks in Windows Server 2019? This second edition of the Windows Server 2019 Cookbook is packed with practical recipes that will help you do just that. The book starts by taking you through the basics that you need to know to get a Windows Server operating system working, before teaching you how to navigate through daily tasks using the upgraded graphical user interface (GUI). You'll then learn how to compose an optimal Group Policy and perform task automation with PowerShell scripting. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with faster app innovation, improved Windows security measures, and hybrid cloud environments. After you’ve explored the functions available to provide remote network access to your users, you’ll cover the new Hyper-V enhancements. Finally, this Windows Server book will guide you through practical recipes relating to Azure integration and important tips for how to manage a Windows Server environment seamlessly. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with Windows Server 2019 essentials and have the skills you need to configure Windows services and implement best practices for securing a Windows Server environment.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Configuring Server Core from the console

In the previous recipe, we got Server Core installed, but we didn't do anything useful with it. In one of the screenshots, we displayed how you can flip the default Command Prompt over to PowerShell, and then run some commands, such as the Add-Computer cmdlet, in order to join the server to the domain. Beyond that, nothing has been configured and our server isn't performing any functions in our network yet. Let's walk through the standard items you can accomplish on any server when you bring it up for the first time in a domain network. Our hostname is already set and it's joined to our domain, but we still need to configure an IP address.

Getting ready

I have a new server and have run through the installation of Windows Server 2019. During installation, I chose the default selection for the Core version of Windows Server. Following installation, with the same process we used in Chapter 3, Networking, I am now sitting...