Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Best Practices

The following are best practices from this chapter:

• Use System Manager as the central point of administration for Windows Server 2012 servers.

• Manage servers based on their roles by placing them into convenient groups.

• Try to maintain the network environment’s systems periodically to avoid any inefficiency.

• Audit not only to identify security breaches or suspicious activity, but also to gain insight into how the network, network devices, and systems are accessed.

• Enable audit policies through the local system policy or group policy objects.

• Remotely manage systems using Role and Feature tools, Remote Desktop for Administration, scripting, Windows Remote Management, and command-line utilities.

• Use System Center Operations ...