September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
88h 3m
English
book
Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Overview
This is the most comprehensive and realistic guide to Windows Server 2012 planning, design, prototyping, implementation, migration, administration, and support. Extensively updated, it contains unsurpassed independent and objective coverage of Windows Server 2012’s key innovations, including improved virtualization components, enhanced security tools, new web and management resources, and Windows 8 integration.
Windows Server 2012 Unleashed reflects the authors’ extraordinary experience implementing Windows Server 2012 in large-scale environments since its earliest alpha releases, reaching back more than two years prior to its official launch. Microsoft MVP Rand Morimoto and his colleagues fully address every aspect of deploying and operating Windows Server 2012, including Active Directory, networking and core application services, security, migration from Windows Server 2003/2008, administration, fault tolerance, optimization, troubleshooting, and much more.
Valuable for Windows professionals at all skill levels, this book will be especially indispensable for intermediate-to-advanced level professionals seeking expert, in-depth solutions. Every chapter contains tips, tricks, best practices, and lessons learned from actual deployments: practical information for using Windows Server 2012 to solve real business problems.
Plan and migrate from Windows Server 2003 and 2008
Leverage powerful capabilities that are truly new in Windows Server 2012
Install Windows Server 2012 and the GUI-less Windows Server Core
Upgrade to Windows Server 2012 Active Directory
Utilize advanced AD capabilities including federated forests and identity management
Plan and deploy network services, from DNS and DHCP to IPv6, IPAM, and IIS
Protect systems and data with server-level security, transport-level security, and security policies
Deliver true end-to-end secured anytime/anywhere access to remote/mobile clients
Efficiently configure and manage users, sites, OUs, domains, and forests through Server Manager console
Create more fault-tolerant environments with DFS, clustering, and Network Load Balancing
Leverage major Hyper-V virtualization improvements in availability, redundancy, and guest support
Manage Active Directory more efficiently with Active Directory Administrative Center, Best Practice Analyzer, and PowerShell scripts
Systematically tune, optimize, debug, and troubleshoot Windows Server 2012
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