Efficiently manage and administer enterprise environments using Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Key Features
Book DescriptionDo you want to get up and running with essential administrative tasks in Windows Server 2019? This second edition of the Windows Server 2019 Cookbook is packed with practical recipes that will help you do just that. The book starts by taking you through the basics that you need to know to get a Windows Server operating system working, before teaching you how to navigate through daily tasks using the upgraded graphical user interface (GUI). You'll then learn how to compose an optimal Group Policy and perform task automation with PowerShell scripting. As you advance, youll get to grips with faster app innovation, improved Windows security measures, and hybrid cloud environments. After youve explored the functions available to provide remote network access to your users, youll cover the new Hyper-V enhancements. Finally, this Windows Server book will guide you through practical recipes relating to Azure integration and important tips for how to manage a Windows Server environment seamlessly. By the end of this book, youll be well-versed with Windows Server 2019 essentials and have the skills you need to configure Windows services and implement best practices for securing a Windows Server environment.What you will learn
Get up and running with Windows Server 2019's new features Install, configure, and administer Windows Server 2019 effectively Configure the server to host any enterprise application Discover ways to manage a server without a GUI Safeguard your virtual machines in the event of server failure Explore new ways to integrate Windows Server with Microsoft Azure Deploy Windows containers using Docker
Who this book is forThis Windows Server 2019 book is for system administrators and IT professionals who have basic experience in Windows environments and are interested in acquiring the skills and knowledge needed to manage and maintain the core infrastructure required for a Windows Server 2019 environment.
Table of Contents
Learning the Interface
Core Infrastructure Tasks
Security and Networking
Working with Certificates
Internet Information Services
Remote Access
Remote Desktop Services
Monitoring and Hybrid Backup
System Insights
Group Policy
File Services and Data Control
Windows Server Core
Hyper-V and Azure
Containers and Docker
Desired State Configuration and Automation
Hardening your infrastructure
Mark Henderson is a Site Reliability Engineer. He has worked for companies like Take 2 Games and Stack Overflow. He has Bachelor of Information Systems and over 13 years of experience in Windows administration, focussed on internet-facing applications and scaling enterprise applications. He works daily with containers, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Active Directory, IIS, SQL Server, and .NET. He lives in a quiet, peaceful beach town in Australia with his family, but has been working with small, medium and large American companies since 2015 Jordan Krause is an IT professional with more than 25 years of experience and has received 10 Microsoft MVP awards for his work with Microsoft server and networking technologies. One of the world's first experts on Microsoft DirectAccess, his authorship journey began with a book about Microsoft remote access technologies and has evolved into a dozen books on more extensive topics such as Windows Server, security, Group Policy, and even cookbooks (not the food kind). Jordan lives in beautiful West Michigan (USA) and manages a team of IT engineers spread across the country.