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Windows Server 2016 Administration Fundamentals

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Windows Server 2016 Administration Fundamentals

Overview of this book

Windows Server 2016 is the server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, developed concurrently with Windows 10. This book is designed to get you started with Windows Server 2016. It will prepare you for your MTA 98-365 exam. With step-by-step instructions driven by targeted, easy-to-understand graphics, you will be able to understand the roles, features, functions, and quirks of Windows Server 2016. The book begins with the basics of Windows Server 2016, which includes the installation process and basic configuration. You will then move on to roles and features such as Active Directory, Hyper-V, Remote Access, Storage, and Printer. With the help of real-world examples, you will get to grips with the fundamentals of Windows Server 2016, which will help you solve difficult tasks the easy way. Later, the book also shows you maintenance and troubleshooting tasks, where with the help of best practices you will be able to manage Windows Server 2016 with ease. Each chapter ends with a questionnaire to ensure you make the best use of the content provided. By the end of this book, you will have the knowledge required to administer and manage Windows Server environments.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Summary

  • BIOS is a program that controls the functionality of the server hardware components
  • Modern computers do not have legacy BIOS residing in the ROM; instead, they are equipped with UEFI
  • Tracks look like concentric circles and there are thousands of them on a disk
  • Sectors are the tracks' divisions and their size depends on the file system that the server's OS uses
  • A boot sector is the sector on a server's disk that contains the information to boot your server
  • A boot loader is a program that loads the OS kernel into RAM
  • In Windows OS there are two types of bootloaders: NTLDR and BOOTMGR
  • The MBR is created when disk partitions are created too; however the MBR resides outside the disk partitions
  • In Multi-booting, every time you turn on your computer, you will notice a boot menu that lists multiple OSes
  • BCD represents a store consisting of specific files that enable...