Introduction

What Does This Book Cover?

Chapter 1: Server Overview This chapter covers understanding server installation options, choosing the correct operating system version options, Server core vs. Desktop Experience, Nano Server installation, interactive installs, automated install using WDS, VHD/VHDX installation source, how to perform unattended installs, perform upgrades, clean installs, and migrations. This chapter also covers identifying application servers, mail servers, database servers, collaboration servers, monitoring servers, and threat management. You will learn to understand server virtualization, virtual memory, virtual networks, VHD and VHDX formats. This chapter delves into identifying major hardware components, memory, ...

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