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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)

Setting up NIC Teaming

Teaming your network cards basically means installing two NICs onto the same server, plugging them both into the same network, and joining them together in a team. This gives you NIC redundancy in case of a failure, and redundancy is always a great thing! Sounds simple, right? Well, with Windows Server 2019, it actually is. This seemingly easy task has been challenging to put into practice with previous versions of the operating system, but with 2019, we can do this properly from a single interface and actually count on it to work as we expect it to.

Getting ready

We are going to set up a NIC team on a Windows Server 2019 machine. There are two NICs installed on this server, neither of which have yet been configured.

How to do it…

With the following steps, we can start teaming up:

  1. Open Server Manager and from the left-hand pane, go ahead and click on Local Server.
  2. Near the middle of the screen, you will see a section marked NIC...