Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Printed | Page 45 Bullet point 5. |
The instructions guide the user to type the PowerShell command to install the required features to the offline .vhdx file, however the quoted command includes the -Restart parameter which cannot be used when also specifying the -Vhd parameter. Removing the -Restart parameter allows the command to complete successfully. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Russell Singleton | Jan 20, 2014 | |
Printed | Page 93 2 nd poing on disadvantages of RSAT for Win8 |
Second point in disadvantages says: Note from the Author or Editor: |
Roar Gr?nmo | Jan 09, 2014 | |
Printed | Page 459 Step 1 |
The reader is instructed to open the Windows Powershell console. However, all subsequent steps are performed in Server Manager. The instruction should read: |
Christian DeFrancesco | Oct 08, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 355 Step 19 |
The command as written does not work, because -Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra is not a valid parameter. The command should be Install-WindowsFeature -Name Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Restart |
Christian DeFrancesco | Oct 06, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 343 More Info "Using the -Passthru Parameter" sidebar |
There is a line break in the URL, which inserts an extra hyphen into "power-shell", causing a 404 error. |
Christian DeFrancesco | Oct 05, 2013 | |
Page 119 Powershell cmdlet |
The text above the command states that it will run on SEA-SRV-1 but the command states SEA-DC-1. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Roth Fabrice | Oct 01, 2013 | ||
Page 46 Question 2 |
Question 2 should be Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell -Restart |
Anonymous | Sep 25, 2013 | ||
Printed | Page 30 5th bullet point |
The link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526776 no longer exists. It has been replaced with http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2744129. |
Paul Benfield | Sep 04, 2013 | |
Printed | Page 547-548 all AES bullets |
All bullets have the same contradicting and incorrect explanation. For example AES-GCM can be used only with quick mode. See also: http://technet.microsoft.com/nl-nl/library/dd125356(v=ws.10).aspx Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 30, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 526 Bottem of Page, Bullet "Outbound Rule" |
Change text "A rule that specifies how incoming..." to "A rule that specifies how outgoing..." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 30, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 461 Question 2, answer B. |
change tekst "Right-clicking on the Printers node..."to "Richt-clicking on the Print Servers node..." (see question 2.B. on page 449) Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 23, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 358 Answers question 4 |
Here three "Correct" answers are given, A, B and C. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 18, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 338 Question 4 |
the parameter "-VMNetworkAdapter" in answer B. is incorrect, should be "-VMNetworkAdapterName" (as the examples on page 334 show) Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 18, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 422 Exercise 1. Step 59. |
Same as with Step 57. The tekst should read: "... \\HOST7\Simple Share ..." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 17, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 422 Practice Step 41. |
"Select volume M in the..." should read "Select volume W in the..." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 17, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 376 Question 2, part C. |
Question 2 part C. "The computer management snap-in." I believe this is a mistake, and should have read: "The Disk Management snap-in." See page 365 TOP "Important", the three bullets. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 16, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 283 Exercise 1, step 14. |
It asks to do exactly the same as what is asked in step 13. I believe it is meant to ask the same as in step 13. but then for SERVER2 instead of SERVER1. So replace "SERVER1" with "SERVER2" in step 14. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 03, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 247 Top of page, first sentence |
"...the output of Show-Command -Module NetTCPIP shown previously..." should read "...the output of Get-Command -Module NetTCPIP shown previously..." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Nagel | Jun 02, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 220 Exercise 2 bullet 14. |
"Switch back to ACAC," should read "Switch back to ADAC," |
Frank Nagel | May 27, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 153 First sentence |
First domain controller in new forrest |
Patrick | May 15, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Page 8 Software as a Service (SaaS) bullet |
Third sentence reads: "This approach is typically is used to deliver..." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Leo | May 13, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 | |
Printed, PDF | Page 481 Under "Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" |
Book advises that Firewall policies are found under: Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Application Control Policies\ Windows Firewall with Advanced Security |
Alan Isherwood | May 05, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 435 "Quick Check: box |
The Quick Check box says that Internet Printing role is a deprecated feature in Windows Server 2012. As far as I can tell, that's incorrect, I can find no documentation on the Microsoft site saying this is the case (including http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831568.aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831468.aspx). Note from the Author or Editor: |
Alan Isherwood | May 04, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 434 "Real world" box |
The URL to find out more information on deprecated features is wrong and leads to a 404. |
Alan Isherwood | May 04, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 210 Bottom of page |
Book reads: Note from the Author or Editor: |
Nick Fletcher | Apr 22, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 551 Beneath Figure 11-16, point 2 |
Under "If only data integrity but not data encryption is required" point number 2 mentions usage of 3DES for data encryption. But that does not fit with the picture and also does not make sense if data encryption is NOT required. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Martin Beldman | Apr 09, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 254 2nd paragraph |
Book reads: "Now add a second scope for the IP address range 172.16.12.50 though 172.16.11.100". Note from the Author or Editor: |
Alan Isherwood | Apr 07, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed | Page 243 First dot point at top of page |
Book says "DNSSEC works by combining public key infrastructure (PKI) cryptography with DNS to use digital signatures and cryptography keys to sign DNZ zones ..." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Alan Isherwood | Apr 07, 2013 | Aug 12, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 172 More Info: Line 2 |
"d eployment" should be "deployment" |
Matt Bloomfield | Mar 19, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 40 Item 3 under "Manageing servers in small environments" |
Incomplete PowerShell command. |
Brad Stillion | Mar 15, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 55 & 74 List item 2 on both pages |
Book gives a URL to download the ADK from Microsoft's website as http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29929 , however that link leads to a 'page not found' error. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Alan Isherwood | Mar 09, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Page 196 More Info box |
The PDF version of the book has a problem with the hyperlink pointing to http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/ Note from the Author or Editor: |
Renato Massone | Mar 05, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 | |
PDF, Mobi | Page 169 Step 2 |
On the book we read "Set-Execution Policy Unrestricted". Note from the Author or Editor: |
Renato Massone | Mar 05, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
PDF, Mobi | Page 168 Last line |
The last command in the page is supposed to return information from a remote server, but since there's no -ComputerName parameter it is run on the local computer. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Renato Massone | Mar 05, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 27 1st paragraph below "Other tools and methodologies" heading |
Paragraph starts by saying: "Besides using MAP and SCCM, there are other tools and methodologies you can use to assess the readiness of your environment for migration to Windows Server 2012. The tools you could use include the following: Note from the Author or Editor: |
Alan Isherwood | Mar 05, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
PDF, Mobi | Page 164 Preparing for deploying the first domain controller in a new forest |
The first sentence reads "To deploy the first Windows Server 2012 domain controller in a new forest using Server Manager, you can run Windows PowerShell commands directly on the server", but the reference to Server Manager is incorrect and seems to come from the previous lesson. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Renato Massone | Mar 05, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
PDF, Mobi | Page 163 Question 2 |
The question asks "Which of the following statements is not correct concerning the deployment of the first Windows Server 2012 domain controller in an existing forest running an earlier version of Windows Server?" and both the A and C answers are correct. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Renato Massone | Mar 05, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
PDF, Mobi | Page 74 Step 6 |
On both the Mobi and PDF editions we read "Download the Windows Installer (.msi) file for the v64 version of MDT 2012" Note from the Author or Editor: |
Renato Massone | Mar 04, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
PDF, Mobi | Page 72 Step 10 |
On the introduction to the practice (page 71) it is written that "for the purposes of these exercises, the name of the server is assumed to be SERVER1". Note from the Author or Editor: |
Renato Massone | Mar 04, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 351 Last sentence |
The last sentence VM-1 has.. must be VM-3 has.. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Jacco van der Weele | Feb 22, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 357 Lesson 2 answer 1 D |
it can NOT be connected to a wireless network adapter Note from the Author or Editor: |
Jacco van der Weele | Feb 22, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 333 Router guard and Port mirroring section |
The explanation of Router guard is wrong. This is the same text as described at MAC address spoofing. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Jacco van der Weele | Feb 22, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 221 answers question 3 |
It states that C is the correct answer. I think B is the correct answer to the 'not' question. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Jacco van der Weele | Feb 20, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 514 Q1 |
Chapter 10, Lesson 3, Question 3. There is no "Choose all that apply" stated. Note from the Author or Editor: |
JPeltonen | Feb 12, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 497 Q1 |
"Stop Processing Items In This Extension If An Error Occurs" Note from the Author or Editor: |
JPeltonen | Feb 12, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 427 Q4 |
Chapter 8, Lesson 2, answer to question 4. Correct answers are listed A, B and C. Note from the Author or Editor: |
JPeltonen | Feb 11, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 429 Q1 |
Chapter 8, Lesson 3, answer to question 3. There is no "Choose all that apply" stated in question. Note from the Author or Editor: |
JPeltonen | Feb 11, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 428 Q1 |
Chapter 8, Lesson 3, answer to question 1. There is no "Choose all that apply" stated in question. Note from the Author or Editor: |
JPeltonen | Feb 11, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 248 1st paragraph |
The Last sentence of paragraph references the get-netipinterface lcommand, and displays the output below the paragraph, but the sentence actually states get-netipaddress. Note from the Author or Editor: |
oxfordsbsguy.com | Feb 07, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 41 First paragraph on page |
Instead of "Remote Roles and Features Wizard," it should be "Remove Roles and Features Wizard." |
Microsoft Press | Feb 04, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 233 Q2 |
The question says "Which of the following is not true...." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Yves Dufaz | Jan 30, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 260 Figure 6-10 |
The diagram references two protocols in the Transport layer - TCP & IPUD. |
Trevor Norrey | Jan 29, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 228 Under the "Quick Check" section. |
The quick check answer should be "Hot-standby mode", correct? Note from the Author or Editor: |
Brian Fillippo | Jan 28, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LOC24292 1st sentence |
"...using ADC, follow these steps:..." |
mgrossman | Jan 16, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LOC4232 1st paragraph |
"...because most of its attributes have been stripped away you can no longer recover it by restoring it from the AD Recycle Bin." |
mgrossman | Jan 16, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LOC4150 1st sentence |
b. Deleting administrative control over an OU and the objects it contains |
mgrossman | Jan 16, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LOC3665 top Powershell example |
Invoke-Command -ComputerName SEA-SRV-2, SEA-SRV-3 -ScriptBlock ` {Install-ADDSDomainController -InstallDns -DomainName corp.adatum.com |
mgrossman | Jan 16, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LO3228 1st sentence |
The Adprep command2012 installatio nuses parameters such as /forestprep and /domainprep..." should be "The Adprep command for 2012 installation uses parameters such as /forestprep and /domainprep..." |
mgrossman | Jan 16, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LOC1889 2nd sentence at top |
"These tasks include occasional or one-time tasks like adding new a new role..." should be "These tasks include occasional or one-time tasks like adding a new role..." |
mgrossman | Jan 13, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LOC2212 last sentence at bottom |
"You can configure any tile on the Dashboard to display service alerts the servers the tile represents..." should be "You can configure any tile on the Dashboard to display service alerts of the servers the tile represents..." or "You can configure any tile on the Dashboard to display service alerts for the servers the tile represents..." |
mgrossman | Jan 13, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LOC2084 first bullet at top |
"ARM) versions of Windows 8..." should be "ARM versions of Windows 8.." |
mgrossman | Jan 13, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | loc 850 #7 |
"...Upgrade:Install Widows..." should be "...Upgrade: Install Windows..." |
mgrossman | Jan 10, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Other Digital Version | LO 679 bottom paragraph |
"Map then provides you with an analysis..." |
mgrossman | Jan 09, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Page 390 Creating general-purpose SMB shares, 4th item |
"For example, if you specify Archive Share as the name for the new share being created on the E volume, the following local folder will be created for the new share: |
Anonymous | Jan 04, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 | |
PDF, Mobi | Page 63 Note Selecting Boot Media |
"Because Windows Server 2012 can be installed only on x64 system hardware, you must use either the LiteTouchPE_x64.wim or LiteTouchPE_x64.wim files as your boot media for kick-starting the deployment process" |
Anonymous | Jan 04, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 118 Q3 |
The questions asks "What action will the following command perform?" Note from the Author or Editor: |
Trevor Norrey | Jan 02, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 107 Q2 |
The question says "Which of the following are not purposes...." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Trevor Norrey | Jan 02, 2013 | Apr 05, 2013 |
PDF, Mobi | Page 44 (pdf) Top - Converting Server with A GUI to Minimal Server Interface |
Hi there, the PowerShell command given to convert between Server with a GUI to Minimal Server Interface appears to be incorrect. The command given is Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Restart, but I believe it should be Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell -Restart. Can you please double check this? I would also appreciate it if you could please advise me of the outcome. Kind regards, Marcus Note from the Author or Editor: |
Marcus Kan | Dec 28, 2012 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Printed | Page 310 5th line from bottom |
Original text: "if these default location remains unchanged." |
Sayed Hamdard | Dec 17, 2012 | Apr 05, 2013 |
Page 111 section above figure 3-19 |
The last sentence above the picture states [...Chapter 10, ?Deploying and managing virtualized workloads.?] |
Sven Decock | Dec 07, 2012 | Apr 05, 2013 | |
Page 43 2nd paragraph |
In the section "Converting Server Core to Minimal Server Interface" there should be a space between 'Infra' and '-Restart' in the PowerShell command Note from the Author or Editor: |
Sven Decock | Dec 04, 2012 | Apr 05, 2013 | |
Page 15 Item '4.' |
"SmigDeploy.exe /package /architecture amd64 /os WS08R2 /path C:\windows" |
Sven Decock | Dec 03, 2012 | Apr 05, 2013 | |
Page 44 First Paragraph |
Page 44 (PDF page 46) The quick check suggests the command Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Restart converts Server with GUI to minimal server interface. I believe the command for this is actually Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell -Restart. |
David Pearce | Nov 13, 2012 | Apr 05, 2013 |