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Windows Server 2016 Administration Cookbook
Windows Server 2016 Administration Cookbook

Windows Server 2016 Administration Cookbook: Core infrastructure, IIS, Remote Desktop Services, Monitoring, and Group Policy

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Windows Server 2016 Administration Cookbook

Core Infrastructure Tasks

 Windows Server 2016 has many roles and features that can be used to accomplish all sorts of different tasks in your network. This chapter reflects on the most common infrastructure tasks needed to create a successful Windows Active Directory environment by using Server 2016. In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Configuring a combination Domain Controller, DNS server, and DHCP server
  • Adding a second Domain Controller
  • Organizing your computers with Organizational Units
  • Creating an A or AAAA record in DNS
  • Creating and using a CNAME record in DNS
  • Creating a DHCP scope to assign addresses to computers
  • Creating a DHCP reservation for a specific server or resource
  • Pre-staging a computer account in Active Directory
  • Using PowerShell to create a new Active Directory user
  • Using PowerShell to view system uptime
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  • <p>A focussed guide to help you with the core functionalities of Windows Server 2016</p>
  • <p>Explore tasks that will help you build a datacenter from scratch using Windows Server 2016</p>
  • <p>Step-by-step instructions for common Windows Server administration duties</p>

Description

<p>Windows Server 2016 is an operating system designed to run on servers. It supports enterprise-level data storage, communications, management, and applications. This book contains specially selected, detailed help on core, essential administrative tasks of Windows Server 2016.</p> <p>This book starts by helping you to navigate the interface of Windows Server 2016, and quickly shifts gears to implementing roles that are necessarily in any Microsoft-centric datacenter.</p> <p>This book will also help you leverage the web services platform built into Windows Server 2016, available to anyone who runs this latest and greatest Server operating system. Further, you will also learn to compose optimal Group Policies and monitor system performance and IP address management.</p> <p>This book will be a handy quick-reference guide for any Windows Server administrator, providing easy to read, step-by-step instructions for many common administrative tasks that will be part of any Server Administrator’s job description as they administer their Windows Server 2016 powered servers.</p> <p>The material in the book has been selected from the content of Packt's Windows Server 2016 Cookbook by Jordan Krause to provide a specific focus on key Windows Server administration tasks.</p>

Who is this book for?

<p>This book is for system administrators or IT professionals who want the skills to manage and maintain the core infrastructure of a Windows Server 2016 environment.  Prior experience in Windows Server 2012 R2 environments will be helpful.</p>

What you will learn

  • <ul><li>Become skilled in the navigation of Windows Server 2016, and explore the technologies and options that it provides</li>
  • <li>Build the infrastructure required for a successful Windows Server network</li>
  • <li>Move away from those open-source web server platforms and start migrating your websites to Server 2016 s Internet Information Services today</li>
  • <li>Provide a centralized point for users to access applications and data by confguring Remote Desktop Services</li>
  • <li>Compose optimal Group Policies</li>
  • </ul>

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Table of Contents

7 Chapters
Learning the Interface Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Core Infrastructure Tasks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Internet Information Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Remote Desktop Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Monitoring and Backup Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Group Policy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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No less than 3 times I had read a segment of this book and within a few due I came across a situation where the knowledge I gained was able to be implemented right away. Also this is an easy read.
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Great book
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The book is not that helpful. Too many words with only a few of the necessary points and illustrations to explain important points.
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