Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Best Practices
The following are best practices from this chapter:
• Verify that Windows Server 2012 supports your hardware, devices, and drivers.
• Stick to using the recommended or optimal hardware and software requirements.
• Make sure you document your server configuration information and perform a backup of any data that you want to keep.
• Use the Windows Server 2012 Server Manager Local Server view to conduct post-installation tasks.
• Utilize Windows Server Core installations when the highest level of security is warranted.
• Use a consistent naming convention to name the servers and client machines.
• Use only Internet standard characters in your computer name. This includes the letters A–Z (uppercase and lowercase), the numbers 0–9, ...
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