Summary
In this chapter, we provided an overview of the traditional on-premise data center and the most current model available, known as the cloud. Within the cloud model, we covered the three primary services, known as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and then finished this section with an overview of the hybrid model. Next, we reviewed secure access management as it relates to both physical and user access to Windows servers and infrastructure. We then covered privileged access models with best practices for secure access management.
The following section covered Windows Server management tools, including Server Manager, Event Viewer, WSUS, and Windows Admin Center. The final section of this chapter moved on to Azure services for managing Windows servers. In this section, we provided details about the Azure portal and Marketplace, Azure RBAC, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Backup, Azure Update Management, and Azure Site Recovery. While we quickly scratched the surface of many available tools...
