Windows Server 2019 Administration Fundamentals - Second Edition

Windows Server 2019 Administration Fundamentals - Second Edition

by Bekim Dauti
Released October 2019
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781838550912

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Book description

Deploy, set up, and deliver network services with Windows Server 2019, and prepare for the MTA 98-365 exam

Key Features

  • Get started with server installation, performance monitoring, and server maintenance
  • Develop the skills necessary to manage an enterprise environment
  • Implement networking and security best practices in your Windows Server environment

Book Description

Windows Server 2019 is the server operating system introduced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, developed concurrently with Windows 10. This book will not only get you started with Windows Server 2019, but will also help you prepare for the MTA 98-365 exam. With step-by-step instructions and easy-to-understand graphics, you will become well-versed with the roles, features, and functions of Windows Server 2019.

Starting with the installation process, upgrades, and basic configuration, you will move on to explore roles and features such as Active Directory, Hyper-V, remote access, storage, and printers. The book then takes you through maintenance and troubleshooting tasks to guide you in efficiently managing Windows Server 2019. In addition, it covers Windows Server 2019 best practices using real-world examples. Complete with questionnaires, and detailed answers at the end of the book, you can test your understanding of the concepts covered in each chapter.

By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the knowledge you need to troubleshoot, update, and maintain servers so as to ensure business continuity.

What you will learn

  • Grasp the fundamentals of Windows Server 2019
  • Understand how to deploy Windows Server 2019
  • Discover Windows Server post-installation tasks
  • Add roles to your Windows Server environment
  • Apply Windows Server 2019 GPOs to your network
  • Delve into virtualization and Hyper-V concepts
  • Explore ways to tune, maintain, update, and troubleshoot Windows Server 2019
  • Study relevant concepts in preparation for the MTA 98-365 exam

Who this book is for

If you are a system administrator or an IT professional who wants to deploy and configure Windows Server 2019, this book is for you. You can also use this as a reference guide for the MTA: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals: 98-365 exam.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright and Credits
    1. Windows Server 2019 Administration Fundamentals Second Edition
  3. Dedication
  4. About Packt
    1. Why subscribe?
  5. Foreword
  6. Contributors
    1. About the author
    2. About the reviewer
    3. Packt is searching for authors like you
  7. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. To get the most out of this book
      1. Download the color images
      2. Conventions used
    4. Get in touch
      1. Reviews
  8. Section 1: Introducing Windows Server and Installing Windows Server 2019
  9. Getting started with Windows Server
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding computer networks
      1. What is a computer network?
      2. Types of computer networks
        1. Personal Area Network (PAN)
        2. LAN
        3. MAN
        4. WAN
      3. Understanding computer network components
        1. Understanding clients and servers
        2. Understanding hosts and nodes
      4. Understanding computer network architectures
        1. P2P network architecture
        2. Client/server network architecture
      5. Understanding IP addressing and subnetting
        1. IPv4 network addresses
        2. IPv6 network addresses
        3. IPv4 subnetting
    3. Understanding servers
      1. Understanding server hardware and software
        1. Understanding a  CPU
        2. Understanding memory
        3. Understanding disks
        4. Understanding a network interface
      2. Understanding server sizes, form factors, and shapes
      3. Understanding a Network Operating System
        1. Windows Server overview
        2. Linux Server overview
        3. macOS Server overview
    4. Understanding Windows Server
      1. Windows Server timeline
    5. Chapter exercise – downloading Windows Server 2019
      1. Downloading Windows Server 2019
    6. Summary
    7. Questions
    8. Further reading
  10. Introducing Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Windows Server 2019 overview
      1. Windows Server 2019 editions
      2. Windows Server 2019 versus Windows Server 2016
      3. Minimum and recommended system requirements
    3. What's new in Windows Server 2019?
      1. Understanding the System Insights feature
      2. Understanding hybrid cloud support
      3. Understanding Storage Migration Service
      4. Understanding the Storage Replica feature
      5. Understanding Microsoft Defender ATP
      6. Support for Kubernetes
      7. Support for Docker containers
      8. What is Windows Admin Center?
    4. Chapter exercise – downloading Windows Admin Center
      1. Downloading Windows Admin Center
    5. Summary
    6. Questions
    7. Further reading
  11. Installing Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding the installation of Windows Server 2019
      1. Understanding partition schemes
      2. Understanding boot options
      3. Accessing the advanced startup options
    3. Performing various Windows Server 2019 installation methods
      1. Choosing Desktop Experience, Server Core, or Nano Server installation
      2. Performing a clean installation
      3. Performing an installation over a network
      4. Performing an unattended installation using Windows ADK and MDT
      5. Performing an in-place upgrade
      6. Performing migration using WSMT
    4. Chapter exercise – setting up WDS
      1. Installing WDS
      2. Setting up WDS
    5. Summary
    6. Questions
    7. Further reading
  12. Post-Installation Tasks in Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding devices and device drivers
      1. Getting to know computer devices and device drivers
      2. Working with devices and device drivers
        1. Accessing Devices and Device Manager
          1. Adding devices and installing device drivers
          2. Updating device drivers
          3. Removing devices and uninstalling device drivers
          4. Managing devices and disabling device drivers
          5. Rolling back device drivers
          6. Troubleshooting a device driver
      3. Getting to know PnP, IRQ, DMA, and driver signing
        1. Understanding PnP
        2. Interrupt Request (IRQ) and Direct Memory Access (DMA)
        3. Understanding driver signing
    3. Understanding the registry and services
      1. Understanding the Windows Server registry
      2. Understanding Windows Server services
      3. Getting to know service startup types
      4. Working with the registry and services
        1. Accessing and managing Windows Registry keys and values
          1. Modifying a registry value
          2. Renaming a registry value
          3. Deleting a registry value
        2. Accessing and managing Windows services
          1. Setting up service recovery options
          2. Delaying the start of a service
          3. Run as settings for a service
          4. Starting the service
          5. Stopping a service
          6. Restarting the service
      5. Explaining registry entries, service accounts, and dependencies
        1. Adding a new registry key
        2. Adding service accounts
        3. Adding a service dependency
    4. Understanding Windows Server initial configuration
      1. Getting to know the Windows Server initial configuration
        1. Using Server Manager in Desktop Experience
        2. Using server configuration in Server Core
    5. Chapter exercise – performing an initial Windows Server configuration
      1. Performing Windows Server initial configuration using Server Manager
        1. Changing the server name
        2. Joining a domain
        3. Enabling Remote Desktop
        4. Setting up the IP address
        5. Checking for updates
        6. Turning off IE enhanced security
        7. Changing the time zone
        8. Activating Windows Server
      2. Performing Windows Server initial configuration using Server Configuration
        1. Changing the server name
        2. Joining the domain
        3. Enabling Remote Desktop
        4. Setting up the IP address
        5. Checking for updates
        6. Changing the time zone
        7. Activating Windows Server
    6. Summary
    7. Questions
    8. Further reading
  13. Section 2: Setting Up Windows Server 2019
  14. Directory Services in Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding the AD infrastructure
      1. Understanding the DC
      2. Understanding the domain
      3. Understanding the tree domain
      4. Understanding the forest
      5. Understanding the child domain
      6. Understanding operations master roles
      7. Understanding domain versus workgroup
      8. Understanding trust relationship
      9. Understanding functional levels
      10. Understanding namespaces
      11. Understanding sites
      12. Understanding replication
      13. Understanding schema
      14. Understanding Microsoft Passport
    3. Understanding DNS
      1. Installing the DNS role
      2. Understanding hosts and lmhosts files
      3. Understanding hostnames
      4. Understanding DNS zones
      5. Understanding WINS
      6. Understanding UNC
    4. Understanding OUs and containers
      1. What are OUs?
      2. Understanding default containers
      3. Understanding hidden default containers
      4. Uses of the default containers
      5. Delegating control to an OU
    5. Understanding accounts and groups
      1. Understanding domain accounts
      2. Understanding local accounts
      3. Understanding user profiles
      4. Understanding computer accounts
      5. Understanding group types
      6. Understanding default groups
      7. Understanding group scopes
      8. Understanding group nesting
        1. Understanding AGDLP and AGUDLP
    6. Chapter exercise – installing the AD DS and DNS roles and promoting the server to a DC
      1. Installing the AD DS and DNS roles, and promoting the server to a DC
    7. Summary
    8. Questions
    9. Further reading
  15. Adding Roles to Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding server roles and features
      1. Understanding server roles
      2. Understanding role services
      3. Understanding server features
      4. Understanding Server Manager
    3. Understanding application servers
      1. Understanding mail servers
      2. Understanding database servers
      3. Understanding collaboration servers
      4. Understanding monitoring servers
      5. Understanding threat management servers
    4. Understanding web services
      1. What is IIS?
      2. What is WWW?
      3. What is FTP?
      4. Understanding separate worker processes
      5. Adding components to the IIS
      6. Understanding sites
      7. Understanding ports
      8. Understanding SSL
      9. Understanding certificates
    5. Understanding Remote Access
      1. Understanding Remote Assistance
      2. Understanding RSAT
      3. Understanding RDS
      4. Understanding RDS Licensing
      5. Understanding RDG
      6. Understanding VPN
      7. Understanding App-V
      8. Understanding multiple ports
    6. Understanding file and print services
      1. Understanding the File Services role
      2. Understanding the PDS role
        1. What is a local printer?
        2. What is a network printer?
        3. What is printer pooling?
        4. What is web printing?
        5. What is web management?
      3. Understanding driver deployment
      4. Understanding user rights, NTFS permissions, and share permissions
      5. Understanding the auditing of file servers
    7. Chapter exercise – installing web server (IIS) and PDS roles
      1. Installing the web server (IIS) role
      2. Installing a PDS role
    8. Summary
    9. Questions
    10. Further reading
  16. Section 3: Configuring Windows Server 2019
  17. Group Policy in Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding GP
      1. Managing GPOs
        1. Accessing the GPM console from the Administrative Tools
        2. Accessing the GPM console from the Run dialog box
        3. Accessing the GPM console from the Server Manager
      2. GPO configuration values
      3. Processing GPOs
    3. Types of GP editors
      1. Local Group Policy Editor
      2. Updating local GPOs
      3. Configuration policies
        1. Computer configuration policies
        2. User configuration policies
    4. Chapter exercise – examples of GPOs for system admins
      1. Renaming the administrator account
      2. Renaming the guest account
      3. Blocking the Microsoft accounts
      4. Prohibiting access to the Control Panel and PC settings
      5. Denying access to all removable storage classes
    5. Summary
    6. Questions
    7. Further reading
  18. Virtualization with Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding server virtualization
      1. Understanding virtualization modes
      2. Understanding Hyper-V architecture
      3. Hyper-V installation requirements
      4. Understanding nested virtualization
    3. Getting to know Hyper-V Manager
      1. Configuration settings in Hyper-V
      2. Creating and configuring VHDs
      3. Managing a VMs' virtual memory
      4. Setting up virtual networks
      5. Understanding checkpoints
      6. Understanding VHD and VHDX formats
      7. Understanding P2V conversions
      8. Understanding V2P conversions
      9. Configuring VM settings
      10. Managing VMs
    4. Chapter exercise – installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2019
      1. Installing the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2019
    5. Summary
    6. Questions
    7. Further reading
  19. Storing Data in Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding storage technologies
      1. Different storage types
        1. ATA, PATA, SATA, and SCSI interfaces
        2. PCI and PCIe
      2. Understanding local storage
        1. Direct-attached storage (DAS)
      3. Understanding network storage
        1. Network-attached storage (NAS)
        2. Storage area network (SAN)
      4. Differentiating between block-level storage and file-level storage
      5. Understanding adapter and controller types
      6. Understanding serial bus technologies
      7. Understanding storage protocols
      8. Understanding file sharing protocols
      9. Understanding FC, HBA, and FC switches
      10. What is iSCSI hardware?
      11. What is S2D?
      12. What is dedup?
      13. What is storage tiering?
      14. Managing storage with Server Manager and Windows PowerShell
    3. Understanding RAID
      1. Types of RAID
      2. Hardware versus software RAID
      3. Understanding SDS
      4. Understanding resiliency using S2D
      5. Understanding high availability (HA)
    4. Understanding disk types
      1. Understanding HDD
      2. Understanding SSD
      3. Understanding optical disk drives
      4. Understanding basic disks
      5. Understanding dynamic disks
      6. Understanding mount points
      7. Understanding filesystems
      8. Mounting a VHD
      9. Understanding DFS
    5. Chapter exercise – enabling dedup on Windows Server 2019
      1. Enabling dedup on Windows Server 2019
    6. Summary
    7. Questions
    8. Further reading
  20. Section 4: Keeping Windows Server 2019 Up and Running
  21. Tuning and Maintaining Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding server hardware components
      1. Understanding the processor
      2. Understanding memory
      3. Understanding the disk
      4. Understanding the network interface
      5. Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit architectures
      6. Understanding removable drives
      7. Understanding graphics cards
      8. Understanding cooling
      9. Understanding power usage
      10. Understanding physical ports
    3. Understanding performance monitoring
      1. Understanding the performance monitoring methodology
      2. Understanding performance monitoring procedures
      3. Understanding server baselines
      4. Understanding Performance Monitor
        1. Running Performance Monitor
      5. Understanding Resource Monitor
        1. Running Resource Monitor
      6. Understanding Task Manager
      7. Running Task Manager
      8. Understanding performance counters
        1. Setting up Data Collector Sets
    4. Understanding logs and alerts
      1. The purpose of performance logs and alerts
    5. Chapter exercise – the performance logs and alerts service
      1. Starting the performance logs and alerts service
      2. Accessing the Performance Monitor logs folder
      3. Creating performance data logs
      4. Setting up performance counter alerts
    6. Summary
    7. Questions
    8. Further reading
  22. Updating and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2019
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Understanding updates
      1. Understanding Windows Update
      2. Updating Windows Server 2019
      3. Updating Microsoft programs
      4. Updating non-Microsoft programs
      5. Updating the device drivers
      6. Understanding WSUS
    3. Understanding the troubleshooting methodology
      1. Best practices, guidelines, and procedures
      2. Understanding the troubleshooting process
      3. Systematic versus specific approach
      4. Understanding the troubleshooting procedures
      5. Understanding the ITIL
      6. Understanding Event Viewer
    4. Understanding the startup process
      1. Understanding BIOS
      2. Understanding UEFI
      3. Understanding TPM
      4. Understanding POST
      5. Understanding MBR
      6. Understanding BCD
      7. Understanding bootloader
      8. Understanding the boot sector
      9. Understanding the boot menu
      10. Understanding Safe Mode
    5. Understanding business continuity
      1. Understanding DRP
      2. Understanding data redundancy
      3. Understanding clustering
      4. Understanding folder redirection
      5. Understanding backup and restore
      6. Understanding Active Directory (AD) restore
      7. Understanding power redundancy
    6. Chapter exercise – using Event Viewer to monitor and manage logs
      1. Setting up centralized monitoring
      2. Filtering Event Viewer logs
      3. Changing the default logs location
    7. Summary
    8. Questions
    9. Further reading
  23. Section 5: Getting Ready for the Certification Exam
  24. Preparing for the MTA 98-365 Exam
    1. What is the MTA certification?
      1. Who should take the MTA 98-365 exam?
      2. Which skills are measured by the MTA 98-365 exam?
        1. Understanding server installation (10–15%)
          1. Understanding device drivers
          2. Understanding services
          3. Understanding server installation options
        2. Understanding server roles (25–30%)
          1.  Identifying application servers
          2. Understanding web services
          3. Understanding remote access
          4. Understanding file and print services
          5. Understanding server virtualization
        3. Understanding Active Directory (20–25%)
          1. Understanding accounts and groups
          2. Understanding organizational units (OUs) and containers
          3. Understanding the Active Directory infrastructure
          4. Understanding Group Policy (GP)
        4. Understanding storage (10–15%)
          1. Identifying storage technologies
          2. Understanding RAID
          3. Understanding disk types
        5. Understanding server performance management (10–15%)
          1. Identifying major server hardware components
          2. Understanding performance monitoring
          3. Understanding logs and alerts
        6. Understanding server maintenance (15–20%)
          1. Identifying steps in the startup process
          2. Understanding business continuity
          3. Understanding updates
          4. Understanding troubleshooting methodology
      3. What should you expect in the 98-365 exam?
      4. How should you prepare for the 98-365 exam?
      5. How do you register for the 98-365 exam?
      6. On the day of the 98-365 exam
      7. Post-98-365 exam certification path
    2. Useful resources
  25. Assessments
    1. Chapter 1: Introducing Windows Server
    2. Chapter 2: Introducing Windows Server 2019
    3. Chapter 3: Installing Windows Server 2019
    4. Chapter 4: Post-Installation Tasks in Windows Server 2019
    5. Chapter 5: Directory Services in Windows Server 2019
    6. Chapter 6: Adding Roles to Windows Server 2019
    7. Chapter 7: Group Policy in Windows Server 2019
    8. Chapter 8: Virtualization with Windows Server 2019
    9. Chapter 9: Storing Data in Windows Server 2019
    10. Chapter 10: Tuning and Maintaining Windows Server 2019
    11. Chapter 11: Updating and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2019
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Product information

  • Title: Windows Server 2019 Administration Fundamentals - Second Edition
  • Author(s): Bekim Dauti
  • Release date: October 2019
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781838550912