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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)

Understanding storage technologies (4)

Can you imagine what a file server would be without its data? Or, try thinking about the internet without data? Perhaps these questions may sound a little inappropriate given the fact that both the file server and the internet are intended to provide access to data. However, instantly the answers to these and related questions show how important data is to storage technologies that have been made to store data. So, besides the fact that storage technologies are an objective of the certification exams, their importance is absolute in the world of information and communications technologies (ICT), and that is why these technologies have a whole chapter in this book.

Identifying storage technologies (4.1)

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