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Getting Started with Nano Server

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Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782175223

Pages 406 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Charbel Nemnom

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Introduction to Nano Server

2. Getting Started with Nano Server

3. Deploying Nano Server in a Virtual Machine and on Physical Hardware

4. Deploying Hyper-V Cluster on Nano Server

5. Deploying, Managing, and Monitoring Nano Server with System Center 2016

6. Managing Nano Server with Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell DSC

7. Managing Nano Server with Third-Party Tools

8. Running Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers on Nano Server

9. Troubleshooting Nano Server

10. Running Other Workloads on the Nano Server

Chapter 1. Introduction to Nano Server

Nano Server is a new headless, 64-bit only, deployment option in Windows Server 2016 that has been optimized for data centers and for next-generation, distributed applications. Nano Server is the future of Windows Server; it is similar to Windows Server in Server Core mode, but significantly smaller, has no local logon capability, and only supports 64-bit applications, tools, and agents. It takes up far less disk space, sets up significantly faster, and requires far fewer updates and restarts much faster than Server with Desktop Experience.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

The story behind Nano Server
The journey to Nano Server
What makes Nano Server unique?
Nano Server improvements

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Authors (1)

Charbel Nemnom

Charbel Nemnom is a Cloud Solutions Architect for itnetX (Switzerland) AG and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for cloud and datacenter management. He has over 17 years of professional experience in IT. He works predominantly with the most recent versions of Windows Server, System Center, Microsoft Azure, and Azure Stack. Charbel has previously contributed to several books, all of which were published by Packt. He is Microsoft-, Cisco-, and PMI- certified and holds the following credentials: MCP, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCS, MCSE, CCNP, ITIL, and PMP. You can follow him on Twitter at @CharbelNemnom.

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