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Windows Server 2016 Cookbook

By : Jordan Krause
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Windows Server 2016 Cookbook

By: Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

This hands-on Cookbook is stuffed full of practical recipes that will help you handle the essential administrative tasks in Windows Server 2016. You’ll start by familiarizing yourself with the look and feel of Windows Server 2016, and will then learn how to navigate through some daily tasks using the graphical interface. You will see how to compose optimal Group Policies and facilitate task automation with PowerShell 5.0 scripting. We will also take a look at the functions available to provide remote network access to your traveling users, and explore the much anticipated Nano Server and Hyper-V built-in integration support that is brand new in Windows Server 2016. By the end of this book, you will know how to take your Windows Server 2016-powered server and turn it into any common infrastructure role that might be required in your company.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Windows Server 2016 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Creating a Hyper-V Server


Wait a minute, didn't we just do this? No, we did not. What we did in our previous recipe was install the Hyper-V role onto a traditional Windows Server 2016. You can implement Hyper-V onto a server running Desktop Experience, a Server Core, or even use a Nano Server to host virtual machines. But an actual Hyper-V Server on the other hand, that is something else altogether.

When you build out a Windows Server 2016 and install the Hyper-V role on it, it is nice and easy to configure and is the way that most admins build their virtualization hosts. But there are a couple of drawbacks, primarily related to cost. As we have already mentioned, if you use Windows Server 2016 Standard as your host, you will only be permitted to run two virtual machines. That is a seriously limiting factor. On the other hand, you can install Windows Server 2016 Datacenter on your host and then run an unlimited number of VMs, but the cost for Datacenter is considerably higher than a Standard...