Chapter 3: Server Infrastructure Management

The data center is constantly evolving and services traditionally used by hosting servers in physical data centers are now virtualized and using serverless computing models in the cloud. No matter how your infrastructure is deployed or what infrastructure is used, each presents a unique security challenge for an organization. In this chapter, we will provide an overview of the data center and cloud models as they exist today. We will discuss security access strategies for Windows servers as they are relevant to all infrastructure models to ensure not just anyone can access Windows without going through the proper access controls. You will learn about the available management tools used for on-premises, ...

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