- Windows Server 2016 Cookbook
- Windows Server 2016 Cookbook
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Learning the Interface
- Introduction
- Shutting down or restarting the server
- Launching Administrative Tools
- Using WinKey + X for quick admin tasks
- Using the search function to launch applications quickly
- Managing remote servers from a single pane with Server Manager
- Using PowerShell to accomplish any function in Windows Server
- Installing a role or feature
- Administering Server 2016 from a Windows 10 machine
- Identifying useful keyboard shortcuts in Server 2016
- Setting your PowerShell Execution Policy
- Building and executing your first PowerShell script
- Searching for PowerShell cmdlets with Get-Help
- 2. Core Infrastructure Tasks
- Introduction
- Configuring a combination Domain Controller, DNS server, and DHCP server
- Adding a second Domain Controller
- Organizing your computers with Organizational Units
- Creating an A or AAAA record in DNS
- Creating and using a CNAME record in DNS
- Creating a DHCP scope to assign addresses to computers
- Creating a DHCP reservation for a specific server or resource
- Pre-staging a computer account in Active Directory
- Using PowerShell to create a new Active Directory user
- Using PowerShell to view system uptime
- 3. Security and Networking
- Introduction
- Requiring complex passwords in your network
- Using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to block unnecessary traffic
- Changing the RDP port on your server to hide access
- Multi-homing your Windows Server 2016
- Adding a static route into the Windows routing table
- Using Telnet to test a connection and network flow
- Using the Pathping command to trace network traffic
- Setting up NIC Teaming
- Renaming and domain joining via PowerShell
- Building your first Server Core
- 4. Working with Certificates
- Introduction
- Setting up the first Certification Authority server in a network
- Building a Subordinate Certification Authority server
- Creating a certificate template to prepare for issuing machine certificates to your clients
- Publishing a certificate template to allow enrollment
- Using MMC to request a new certificate
- Using the web interface to request a new certificate
- Configuring Autoenrollment to issue certificates to all domain joined systems
- Renewing your root certificate
- 5. Internet Information Services
- Introduction
- Installing the Web Server role with PowerShell
- Launching your first website
- Changing the port on which your website runs
- Adding encryption to your website
- Using a Certificate Signing Request to acquire your SSL certificate
- Moving an SSL certificate from one server to another
- Rebinding your renewed certificates automatically
- Hosting multiple websites on your IIS server
- Using host headers to manage multiple websites on a single IP address
- 6. Remote Access
- Introduction
- DirectAccess planning question and answers
- Configuring DirectAccess, VPN, or a combination of the two
- Pre-staging Group Policy Objects to be used by DirectAccess
- Enhancing the security of DirectAccess by requiring certificate authentication
- Building your Network Location Server on its own system
- Enabling Network Load Balancing on your DirectAccess servers
- Adding VPN to your existing DirectAccess server
- Replacing your expiring IP-HTTPS certificate
- Reporting on DirectAccess and VPN connections
- 7. Remote Desktop Services
- Introduction
- Building a single server Remote Desktop Services environment
- Adding an additional RDSH server to your RDS environment
- Installing applications on a Remote Desktop Session Host server
- Disabling the redirection of local resources
- Shadowing another session in RDS
- Installing a printer driver to use with redirection
- Removing an RD Session Host server from use for maintenance
- Publishing WordPad with RemoteApp
- Tracking user logins with Logon/Logoff scripts
- 8. Monitoring and Backup
- Introduction
- Using Server Manager as a quick monitoring tool
- Using the new Task Manager to its full potential
- Evaluating system performance with Windows Performance Monitor
- Using Format-List to modify PowerShell data output
- Configuring a full system backup using Windows Server Backup
- Recovering data from a Windows backup file
- Using IP Address Management to keep track of your used IP addresses
- Checking for viruses in Windows Server 2016
- 9. Group Policy
- Introduction
- Creating and assigning a new Group Policy Object
- Mapping network drives with Group Policy
- Redirecting the My Documents folder to a network share
- Creating a VPN connection with Group Policy
- Creating a printer connection with Group Policy
- Using Group Policy to enforce an Internet proxy server
- Viewing the settings currently enabled inside a GPO
- Viewing the GPOs currently assigned to a computer
- Backing up and restoring GPOs
- Plugging in ADMX and ADML templates
- 10. File Services and Data Control
- Introduction
- Enabling Distributed File System and creating a Namespace
- Configuring Distributed File System Replication
- Creating an iSCSI target on your server
- Configuring an iSCSI initiator connection
- Configuring Storage Spaces
- Turning on data deduplication
- Setting up Windows Server 2016 work folders
- 11. Nano Server and Server Core
- Introduction
- Configuring Server Core from the console
- Switching between Server Core and Desktop Experience?
- Building your first Nano Server
- Exploring the Nano Server console
- Managing Nano and Core with Server Manager
- Managing Nano and Core using remote MMC tools
- Managing Nano and Core with PowerShell remoting
- 12. Working with Hyper-V
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