Summary
In this chapter, we provided an overview of the traditional on-premises data center, hybrid, and cloud models. Within the cloud model, we covered three primary service offerings known as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Next, we reviewed implementing access management as it relates to both physical and user access to Windows servers and infrastructure. We then covered using the tiered model approach in AD and best practices around implementing the privileged access strategy model.
The following section covered Windows Server management tools. We reviewed local tools such as Server Manager and Event Viewer and discussed deploying Windows Updates using WSUS and managing servers remotely with Windows Admin Center. We then moved on to Azure services for managing Windows servers both on-premises and in the cloud. In this section, we provided details about the Azure portal, using the Marketplace, permissions with RBAC, ARM Azure Backup, Azure Update Management, ASR, Azure ARC, and Azure...
