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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)

Managing Server Core using remote MMC tools

Another powerful way to interact with servers that you are not logged in to, or that you cannot log in to in a traditional sense, such as Nano Server and Server Core, is to make use of the MMC tools from a remote system. By launching MMC and snapping in consoles, or by running the tools straight from the Administrative Tools folder and then specifying which server you want to interact with, you can continue with the centralized management mentality while making changes to systems you are not actively logged in to. This feature has actually existed in Windows Server for almost 20 years, but again it's not one that is used all that often. Let's test this out together.

Getting ready

I just finished using a remote copy of Server Manager to install the DHCP role onto CORE01. Now I want to actually configure the DHCP service. Because the console of Server Core isn't going to allow me to simply log in and open the DHCP management...