Chapter 1. Deploying and updating Windows Server 2012 R2

Deploying and servicing Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is a routine task that you will perform in your career as a systems administrator. Deploying the operating system is something you generally do once per server, especially now that it’s easier to restore a system image from backup, than it is to deploy from scratch. Servicing includes keeping your deployment images and your deployed services up to date. In your job role, you’re likely to spend a lot more time on these tasks than you will on deployment. In this chapter, you’ll learn about configuring and servicing Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 images, about the tools included with Windows Server that ...

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