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Working with Certificates

Understanding certificates is something that I avoided for many years in my technology career. For many facets of IT, you never had to deal with them. That was for the networking guys, not anybody doing development or desktop support. Times have changed, and a solid understanding of the common certificate types is quickly becoming an ability that anyone in support should possess. More and more security is becoming focused on certificates, and with the exponential increase in the amount of applications that are served via the Web, understanding the certificates that protect these services is more important than ever.

Almost anyone who has set up a website has dealt with SSL certificates from a public certification authority (CA), but did you know that you can be your own CA? That you can issue certificates to the machines in your network right from your...

Key benefits

Identify and mitigate security risks in your Windows Server 2016 infrastructure

Learn how to build a PKI and use it to issue certificates within your network

In-depth information for setting up Microsoft DirectAccess

Description

Windows Server 2016 is an operating system designed to run on today’s highly performant servers, both on-premise and in the cloud. It supports enterprise-level data storage, communications, management, and applications. This book builds off a basic knowledge of the Windows Server operating system, and assists administrators with taking the security of their systems one step further. You will learn tips for configuring proper networking, especially on multi-homed systems, and tricks for locking down access to your servers. Then you will move onto one of the hottest security topics of the year – certificates. You will learn how to build your own PKI, or how to better administer one that you already have. You will publish templates, issue certificates, and even configure autoenrollment in your network. When we say “networking” we don’t only mean inside the LAN. To deal safely with mobile devices, you will learn about the capabilities of Windows Server 2016 for connecting these assets securely back into the corporate network, with information about DirectAccess and VPN. 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 these key Windows Server tasks.

Who is this book for?

If you are a Windows Server administrator interested in learning the key security and networking functions available in Windows Server 2016, keep this book close at hand. If you are a server administrator setting up certificate services for the first time you will also benefit from the step-by-step instructions on implementation of a PKI.

What you will learn

Implement solid networking and security practices into your Windows Server environment

Design your own PKI and start issuing certificates today

Connect your remote laptops back to the corporate network using Microsoft s own remote access technologies, including DirectAccess

Learn to use commands that will help you with monitoring network traffic.

Build and explore your first Server Core instance today!

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