You're reading from Windows Server 2019 Cookbook Over 100 recipes to effectively configure networks, manage security, and administer workloads

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838987190

Length 650 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Hyper-V

Concepts

Servers

Authors (2):

Jordan Krause

Mark Henderson

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Learning the Interface

2. Chapter 2: Core Infrastructure Tasks FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Networking

4. Chapter 4: Working with Certificates

5. Chapter 5: Internet Information Services

6. Chapter 6: Remote Access

7. Chapter 7: Remote Desktop Services

8. Chapter 8: Monitoring and Backup

9. Chapter 9: System Insights

10. Chapter 10: Group Policy

11. Chapter 11: File Services and Data Control

12. Chapter 12: Server Core

13. Chapter 13: Working with Hyper-V

14. Chapter 14: Containers and Docker

15. Chapter 15: Desired State Configuration and Automation

16. Chapter 16: Hardening Your Infrastructure

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