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You're reading from MCSA Windows Server 2016 Certification Guide: Exam 70-741 The ultimate guide to becoming MCSA certified

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789535600

Length 182 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Windows Server

Concepts

IT Certification

Authors (2):

Vladimir Stefanovic

Sasha Kranjac

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Configuring Core Networking FREE CHAPTER

2. Configuring DNS

3. Configuring DHCP

4. Understanding IPAM

5. Implementing Network Access

6. Understanding Distributed File System

7. Advanced Networking Infrastructure

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Installing DNS servers

In this section, we will address the requirements for installing the DNS server role in Windows Server 2016. Before we proceed, let's take a look at name resolution fundamentals.

Windows Server and the Windows client operating systems use name resolution to translate or map numerical IP addresses – which are used for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication – to computer names, which are easier to remember. Windows operating systems use two types of names in name resolution: host names and NetBIOS names.

For resolving host names to IP addresses, Windows operating systems DNS is used, and for resolving NetBIOS names, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is used. The hostname can contain letters, numbers, hyphens, and periods, and can be up to 255 characters long. Hostname can exist in nickname form or domain...

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Authors (2)

Sasha Kranjac

Sasha Kranjac has been recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director (RD), Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in two categories (Azure and Security), he is Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), MCT Regional Lead, Certified EC-Council Instructor (CEI), a CompTIA Instructor, speaker at international conferences, user groups, and events, and a book author on cloud security, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Windows Server. Sasha is the CEO of Kloudatech, an IT training and consulting company, a Microsoft Partner, an AWS Partner, and a CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner, specialized in cybersecurity, cloud security architecture and IT training. They deliver high quality vendor and custom IT training and PowerClass Workshops internationally. He is also the CEO of Kranjac Consulting and Training, a consulting, training, and engineering company, specialized in civil engineering and CAD design.

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Vladimir Stefanovic

Vladimir Stefanovic is Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and System Engineer with 10+ years of experience in IT industry. Over the IT career, Vladimir has worked in all areas of IT administration, from IT technician to current System Engineer position. As a lead System Engineer in Serbian IT company SuperAdmins and lead technician trainer in Admin Training Center, he successfully delivered a numerous of project and courses. He is also active conference speaker, with a long list of conferences like as MCT Summits (USA, Germany, Greece), ATD, WinDays, KulenDayz, Sinergija (Regional Conferences). He is a leader of a few user groups and active community member, with mission to share knowledge as much as possible.

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