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Mastering Windows Server 2019 - Second Edition

By : Jordan Krause
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Mastering Windows Server 2019 - Second Edition

By: Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

Mastering Windows Server 2019 – Second Edition covers all of the essential information needed to implement and utilize this latest-and-greatest platform as the core of your data center computing needs. You will begin by installing and managing Windows Server 2019, and by clearing up common points of confusion surrounding the versions and licensing of this new product. Centralized management, monitoring, and configuration of servers is key to an efficient IT department, and you will discover multiple methods for quickly managing all of your servers from a single pane of glass. To this end, you will spend time inside Server Manager, PowerShell, and even the new Windows Admin Center, formerly known as Project Honolulu. Even though this book is focused on Windows Server 2019 LTSC, we will still discuss containers and Nano Server, which are more commonly related to the SAC channel of the server platform, for a well-rounded exposition of all aspects of using Windows Server in your environment. We also discuss the various remote access technologies available in this operating system, as well as guidelines for virtualizing your data center with Hyper-V. By the end of this book, you will have all the ammunition required to start planning for, implementing, and managing Windows.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

DA, VPN, or AOVPN? Which is best?

VPN has been around for a very long time, making it a pretty familiar idea to anyone working in IT. Always On VPN certainly brings its share of new capabilities, but under the hood what AOVPN is doing is launching a traditionally configured VPN connection, so the connection flow is similar to what we have always known. In this chapter, we have also discussed quite a bit about DirectAccess in order to bring you up to speed on this alternative method of automatically connecting your remote clients back to the data center. Now that you know there are two great connectivity platforms built into Windows Server 2019 for enabling your mobile workforce, which one is better?

You don't have to choose! You can actually run both of these technologies side-by-side, even on the same Remote Access Server. Each technology has its pros and cons, and the ways...