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Mastering Windows Server 2019, Third Edition

You're reading from Mastering Windows Server 2019, Third Edition The complete guide for system administrators to install, manage, and deploy new capabilities with Windows Server 2019

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801078313

Length 690 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Windows Server

Concepts

Networking

Author (1):

Jordan Krause

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Windows Server 2019

2. Installing and Managing Windows Server 2019 FREE CHAPTER

3. Active Directory

4. DNS and DHCP

5. Group Policy

6. Certificates in Windows Server 2019

7. Networking with Windows Server 2019

8. Remote Access

9. Hardening and Security

10. Server Core

11. PowerShell

12. Redundancy in Windows Server 2019

13. Containers and Nano Server

14. Hyper-V

15. Troubleshooting Windows Server 2019

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

17. Index

Appendix: Answers to the end-of-chapter Questions

The Sconfig utility

Now we will take a step backward and check out a tool that is available inside Server Core, but one that is generally only useful when working on the console of your server. As you have seen, any time that you boot Server Core, you land inside a Command Prompt window from which you can flip over into PowerShell and then use traditional Windows cmdlets to configure your new Server Core instance.

Alternatively, you may employ the Sconfig utility. This is a set of tools, kind of like command-line shortcuts, for implementing the basic items needed to bring your new server online and get it connected to the network. The purpose of Sconfig is to be step 1 after installing the operating system, taking care of the initial configurations on the new server so that you can then jump over to using one of the more robust administrative interfaces, such as Server Manager or Windows Admin Center.

Immediately after spinning up a Server Core instance, you find yourself...

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Authors (1)

Jordan Krause

Jordan Krause

Jordan Krause is an IT professional of more than 20 years and has received 10 Microsoft MVP awards for his work with Microsoft server and networking technologies. As one of the world's first experts on Microsoft DirectAccess, his authorship journey began with a book on remote access technology and has evolved into numerous writings on more extensive topics such as Windows Server, security, and Group Policy. Jordan lives in beautiful West Michigan (USA) and manages a team of IT engineers spread across the country.

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