Windows Server 2022 Administration Fundamentals: A beginner's guide to managing and administering Windows Server environments, 3rd Edition

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and credits
Contributors
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introducing Windows Server and Installing Windows Server 2022
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Windows Server
	Technical requirements
	Getting to know computer networks
		What is a computer network?
		The types of computer networks
	Exploring computer network components
		Clients and servers
		Hosts and nodes
	Investigating computer network architectures
		P2P network architecture
		Client/server network architecture
	Getting to know IP addressing and subnetting
		IPv4 network addresses
		IPv6 network addresses
		IPv4 subnetting
	Exploring servers
		Server hardware and software
		Server sizes, form factors, and shapes
	Understanding a NOS
		Windows Server overview
		Linux Server overview
		macOS Server overview
	Understanding Windows Server
		The Windows Server timeline
	Chapter exercise – downloading Windows Server 2022
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Introducing Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	An overview of Windows Server 2022
		Windows Server 2022 editions
		Windows Server 2022 versus Windows Server 2019
		The minimum and recommended system requirements
	What’s new in Windows Server 2022?
		Microsoft Edge Chromium
		Azure hybrid center
		Storage Migration Service
		Storage Replica
		Secured-core server
		Azure Kubernetes Service
		Containers
		Windows Admin Center
	Chapter exercise – downloading Windows Admin Center
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 3: Installing Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding the installation of Windows Server 2022
		Getting to know the partition schemes
		Getting to know the boot options
		Accessing the advanced startup options
	Various Windows Server 2022 installation methods
		Choosing Desktop Experience, Server Core, or Nano Server installation
		A clean installation
		Installing over a network
		Unattended installation
		An in-place upgrade
		Migrating network services
		Trying Windows Server 2022 in Azure
	Chapter exercise – setting up WDS
		Installing WDS
		Setting up WDS
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 4: Post-Installation Tasks in Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding devices and device drivers
		Getting to know computer devices and device drivers
		Working with devices and device drivers
		Getting to know PnP, IRQ, DMA, and driver signing
	Understanding the Windows Registry and its services
		Windows Server Registry
		Windows Server services
		Working with Windows Registry and its services
	Understanding Windows Server initial configuration
		Using Server Manager in Desktop Experience
		Using Server Configuration in Server Core
	Chapter exercise – performing an initial Windows Server configuration
		Performing Windows Server initial configuration using Server Manager
		Performing Windows Server initial configuration using Server Configuration
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Part 2: Setting Up Windows Server 2022
Chapter 5: Directory Services in Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding the Active Directory infrastructure
		DC
		Domains
		Tree domain
		Forest
		Child domain
		Operations master roles
		Comparing a domain with a workgroup
		Trust relationship
		Functional levels
		Namespaces
		Sites
		Replication
		Schema
		Microsoft Passport
	Understanding DNS
		Adding the DNS role
		The hosts and lmhosts files
		Hostnames
		DNS zones
		WINS
		UNC
	Understanding OUs and containers
		What are OUs?
		Default containers
		Hidden default containers
		Uses of default containers
		Delegating control to an OU
	Understanding accounts and groups
		Domain accounts
		Local accounts
		User profiles
		Computer accounts
		Group types
		Default groups
		Group scopes
		Group nesting
	Chapter exercise – installing the AD DS and DNS roles and promoting the server to a DC
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 6: Adding Roles in Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding server roles and features
		Server roles
		Role services
		Server features
		Server Manager
	Understanding application servers
		Email server
		Database server
		Collaboration server
		Monitoring server
		Data protection server
	Understanding web services
		IIS
		WWW
		FTP
		Separate worker processes
		Adding components to the IIS
		Sites
		Ports
		SSL
		Certificates
	Understanding Remote Access
		Remote Assistance
		RSAT
		RDS
		RDS Licensing
		RDG
		VPN
		App-V
		Multiple ports
	Understanding file and print services
		File Services role
		PDS role
	Understanding user rights, NTFS permissions, and share permissions
		Understanding file server auditing
	Chapter exercise – installing the Web Server (IIS) and PDS roles
		Installing the Web Server (IIS) role
		Installing a PDS role
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Part 3: Configuring Windows Server 2022
Chapter 7: Group Policy in Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding GP
		Managing GPOs
		GPO configuration settings
		Processing GPOs
	Types of GP editors
		Local Group Policy Editor
		Updating local GPOs
		GPO configuration settings
	Chapter exercise – examples of GPOs for system administrators
		Renaming the administrator account
		Renaming the guest account
		Blocking the Microsoft accounts
		Prohibiting access to the Control Panel and PC settings
		Denying access to all removable storage classes
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 8: Virtualization with Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding server virtualization
		Virtualization modes
		The Hyper-V architecture
		Hyper-V’s installation requirements
		Nested virtualization
	Getting to know Hyper-V Manager
		Configuration settings in Hyper-V
		Creating and configuring VHDs
		Managing a VM’s virtual memory
		Setting up a virtual network
		Understanding checkpoints
		VHD and VHDX formats
		P2V conversion
		V2P conversion
		Configuring VM settings
		Managing VMs
	Chapter exercise – installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2022
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 9: Storing Data in Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding storage technologies
		Exploring different storage types
		Adapter and controller types
		Serial bus technologies
		Storage protocols
		File-sharing protocols
		The HBA and FC switches
		The iSCSI hardware
		S2D
		Dedup
		Storage tiering
		Managing storage
	Understanding RAID
		Types of RAID
		Hardware versus software RAID
		SDS
		Resiliency using S2D
		High availability
	Understanding disks
		HDDs
		SSDs
		ODDs
		Basic disk
		Dynamic disk
		Mount points
		Filesystems
		Mounting a VHD
		DFS
	Chapter exercise – enabling Dedup on Windows Server 2022
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Part 4: Keeping Windows Server 2022 Up and Running
Chapter 10: Tuning and Maintaining Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding server hardware components
		Processor
		Memory
		Disk
		Network interface
		32-bit and 64-bit architectures
		Removable drives
		Graphics cards
		Cooling
		Power supply
		Physical ports
	Understanding performance monitoring
		Performance monitoring methodology
		Performance monitoring procedures
		Server baselines
		Performance Monitor
		Resource Monitor
		Task Manager
		Performance counters
	Understanding logs and alerts
	Chapter exercise – working with the Performance Logs & Alerts service
		Starting the Performance Logs & Alerts service
		Accessing the Performance Monitor logs folder
		Creating performance data logs
		Setting up performance counter alerts
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 11: Updating and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2022
	Technical requirements
	Understanding updates
		Understanding Windows Update
		Updating Microsoft programs
		Updating third-party programs
		Updating the device drivers
		Getting to know WSUS
	Understanding the troubleshooting methodology
		Best practices, guidelines, and procedures
		Troubleshooting process
		The systematic versus the specific approach
		Troubleshooting procedures
		ITIL
		Event Viewer
	Understanding the startup process
		BIOS
		UEFI
		TPM
		POST
		MBR
		BCD
		Bootloader
		Boot sector
		Boot menu
		Safe Mode
	Understanding business continuity
		DRP
		Data redundancy
		Clustering
		Folder redirection
		Backup and restore
		Active Directory (AD) restore
		Power redundancy
	Chapter exercise – using Event Viewer to monitor and manage logs
		Setting up centralized monitoring
		Filtering Event Viewer logs
		Changing the default logs location
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Part 5: Studying and Preparing for Microsoft Certification Exams
Chapter 12: Preparing for Microsoft Certifications
	What is Microsoft Certification?
	What is Microsoft role-based certification?
	Who should take a Microsoft Certification exam?
	Which skills are measured by Microsoft Certification exams?
		Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises and cloud environments (30–35%)
		Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment (10–15%)
		Manage virtual machines and containers (15–20%)
		Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure (15–20%)
		Manage storage and file services (15–20%)
	What should you expect in a Microsoft Certification exam?
	How should you prepare for a Microsoft Certification exam?
	How do you register for a Microsoft Certification exam?
	On the day of the Microsoft Certification exam
	New Microsoft Certification validity period and renewal format
	Summary
	Further reading
Assessments
Index
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