Book description
Dive in—and discover how to really put Windows Server 2012
to work! This supremely organized reference packs the details you
need to plan and manage a Windows Server 2012
implementation—including hundreds of timesaving solutions,
troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. Learn how the experts tackle
Windows Server 2012—and challenge yourself to new levels of
mastery. Topics include:
Managing Windows Server 2012 systems
Storage and file systems
TCP/IP networking
DHCP and DNS
Active Directory
Group Policy
Security and access
Troubleshooting hardware
Performance monitoring and tuning
Backup and recovery
Table of contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
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1. Windows Server 2012 Overview
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1. Introducing Windows Server 2012
- Getting to know Windows Server 2012
- Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
- Planning for Windows Server 2012
- Thinking about server roles and Active Directory
- Planning for availability, scalability, and manageability
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2. Deploying Windows Server 2012
- Getting a quick start
- Product licensing
- Preparing for a Windows Server 2012 installation
- Installing Windows Server 2012
- Performing additional administration tasks during installations
- Troubleshooting installation
- Postinstallation tasks
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3. Boot Configuration
- Boot from hardware and firmware
- Boot environment essentials
- Managing startup and boot configuration
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Managing the Boot Configuration Data store and its
entries
- Viewing BCD entries
- Creating and identifying the BCD data store
- Importing and exporting the BCD data store
- Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries
- Setting BCD entry values
- Changing Data Execution Prevention and physical address extension options
- Changing the operating system display order
- Changing the default operating system entry
- Changing the default timeout
- Changing the boot sequence temporarily
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1. Introducing Windows Server 2012
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2. Managing Windows Server 2012 Systems
- 4. Managing Windows Server 2012
- 5. Windows Server 2012 MMC Administration
- 6. Configuring Roles, Role Services, and Features
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7. Managing and Troubleshooting Hardware
- Understanding hardware installation changes
- Installing devices
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Working with device drivers
- Device driver essentials
- Understanding and troubleshooting driver signing
- Viewing driver Information
- Viewing Advanced, Resources, and other settings
- Installing and updating device drivers
- Restricting device installation using Group Policy
- Rolling back drivers
- Removing device drivers for removed devices
- Uninstalling, reinstalling, and disabling device drivers
- Managing hardware
- 8. Managing the Registry
- 9. Software and User Account Control Administration
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10. Performance Monitoring and Tuning
- Tuning performance, memory usage, and data throughput
- Tracking a system’s general health
- Tracking events and troubleshooting by using Event Viewer
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11. Comprehensive Performance Analysis and Logging
- Establishing performance baselines
- Comprehensive performance monitoring
- Resolving performance bottlenecks
- Performance logging
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3. Managing Windows Server 2012 Storage and File Systems
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12. Storage Management
- Essential storage technologies
- Installing and configuring file services
- Configuring storage
- Managing MBR disk partitions on basic disks
- Managing GPT disk partitions on basic disks
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Managing volumes on dynamic disks
- Creating a simple or spanned volume
- Configuring RAID 0: Striping
- Recovering a failed simple, spanned, or striped disk
- Moving dynamic disks
- Configuring RAID 1: Disk mirroring
- Mirroring boot and system volumes
- Configuring RAID 5: Disk striping with parity
- Breaking or removing a mirrored set
- Resolving problems with mirrored sets
- Repairing a mirrored system volume
- Resolving problems with RAID-5 sets
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13. TPM and BitLocker Drive Encryption
- Working with trusted platforms
- Managing TPM
- Introducing BitLocker Drive Encryption
- Using hardware encryption, secure boot, and Network Unlock
- Deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption
- Setting up and managing BitLocker Drive Encryption
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14. Managing File Systems and Storage
- Understanding the disk and file-system structure
- Using FAT
- Using NTFS
- Advanced NTFS features
- Using ReFS
- Using file-based compression
- Managing disk quotas
- Automated disk maintenance
- Automated optimization of disks
- Managing storage spaces
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15. File Sharing and Security
- File-sharing essentials
- Creating and publishing shared folders
- Managing share permissions
- Managing access permissions
- Managing file shares after configuration
- Managing claims-based access controls
- Auditing file and folder access
- Shadow copy essentials
- Managing shadow copies in Computer Management
- Configuring shadow copies at the command line
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16. Managing File Screening and Storage Reporting
- Understanding file screening and storage reporting
- Managing file screening and storage reporting
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17. Backup and Recovery
- Disaster-planning strategies
- Disaster preparedness procedures
- Developing backup strategies
- Backing up and recovering your data
- Backing up and restoring Active Directory
- Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
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12. Storage Management
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4. Managing Windows Server 2012 Networking and Domain Services
- 18. Networking with TCP/IP
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19. Managing TCP/IP Networking
- Installing TCP/IP networking
- Configuring TCP/IP networking
- Managing network connections
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Troubleshooting and testing network settings
- Diagnosing and resolving network connection problems
- Diagnosing and resolving Internet connection problems
- Performing basic network tests
- Diagnosing and resolving IP addressing problems
- Diagnosing and resolving routing problems
- Releasing and renewing DHCP settings
- Diagnosing and fixing name-resolution issues
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20. Managing DHCP
- DHCP essentials
- DHCP security considerations
- DHCP and IPAM
- Planning DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 implementations
- Setting up DHCP servers
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Configuring TCP/IP options
- Levels of options and their uses
- Policy-based assignment
- Options used by Windows clients
- Using user-specific and vendor-specific TCP/IP options
- Setting options for all clients
- Setting options for RRAS and NAP clients
- Setting add-on options for directly connected clients
- Defining classes to get different option sets
- Advanced DHCP configuration and maintenance
- Setting up DHCP relay agents
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21. Architecting DNS Infrastructure
- DNS essentials
- Planning DNS implementations
- Security considerations
- Architecting a DNS design
- 22. Implementing and Managing DNS
- 23. Implementing and Maintaining WINS
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5. Managing Active Directory and Security
- 24. Active Directory Architecture
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25. Designing and Managing the Domain Environment
- Design considerations for Active Directory replication
- Design considerations for Active Directory search and global catalogs
- Design considerations for compatibility
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Design considerations for Active Directory authentication and
trusts
- Universal groups and authentication
- NTLM and Kerberos authentication
- Authentication and trusts across domain boundaries
- Authentication and trusts across forest boundaries
- Examining domain and forest trusts
- Establishing external, shortcut, realm, and cross-forest trusts
- Verifying and troubleshooting trusts
- Delegating authentication
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Design considerations for Active Directory operations
masters
- Operations master roles
- Using, locating, and transferring the schema master role
- Using, locating, and transferring the domain naming master role
- Using, locating, and transferring the relative ID master role
- Using, locating, and transferring the PDC emulator role
- Using, locating, and transferring the infrastructure master role
- Seizing operations master roles
- 26. Organizing Active Directory
- 27. Configuring Active Directory Sites and Replication
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28. Implementing Active Directory Domain Services
- Preinstallation considerations for Active Directory
- Installing Active Directory Domain Services
- Cloning virtualized domain controllers
- Uninstalling Active Directory
- Creating and managing organizational units
- Delegating the administration of domains and OUs
- 29. Deploying Read-only Domain Controllers
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30. Managing Users, Groups, and Computers
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Managing domain user accounts
- Configuring user account policies
- Creating Password Settings Objects and applying secondary settings
- Understanding user account capabilities, privileges, and rights
- Assigning user rights
- Creating and configuring domain user accounts
- Configuring account options
- Configuring profile options
- Troubleshooting user accounts
- Maintaining user accounts
- Managing groups
- Managing computer accounts
- Recovering deleted accounts
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Managing domain user accounts
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31. Managing Group Policy
- Understanding Group Policy
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Implementing Group Policy
- Working with Local Group Policy
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Working with Group Policy Management Console
- Using Group Policy Management Console
- Accessing forests, domains, and sites in Group Policy Management Console
- Creating and linking a new GPO in Group Policy Management Console
- Editing an existing GPO in Group Policy Management Console
- Linking to an existing GPO in Group Policy Management Console
- Working with starter GPOs
- Deleting an existing GPO in Group Policy Management Console
- Working with the default Group Policy Objects
- Managing Group Policy through delegation
- Managing Group Policy inheritance and processing
- Using scripts in Group Policy
- Applying Group Policy through security templates
- Maintaining and troubleshooting Group Policy
- 32. Active Directory Site Administration
- A. Index to Troubleshooting Topics
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Windows Server® 2012 Inside Out
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2013
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735668690
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