Windows Server 2008 R2 Secrets

by Thomas, Orin

• ISBN13: 9780470886588
• ISBN10: 0470886587
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Unbeatable advice and expert tips for administering, upgrading or migrating to Windows Server 2008 R2If you're a Windows Server 2008 system administrator, this is a reference you'll want to keep on hand. Written by a Microsoft MVP who has multiple MCITP certifications and bestselling author, this book gives you invaluable tips and unbeatable advice for deploying and managing Windows Server 2008 R2. Covering all aspects of the operating system in an easy-to-follow, easy-access format, the book reveals helpful and advanced secrets on configuring Windows roles like DirectAccess, BranchCache, Active Directory maintenance, setting up remote access, and much more. Written by Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP) and bestselling author Orin Thomas, who is a well-known expert in the Windows space and a Microsoft MVP Provides practical advice and expert insights on upgrading, migrating to, or deploying the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system Covers Active Directory deployment, maintenance, network infrastructure security, shared folders, data protection, and secrets for monitoring Features personalized notations, interior elements, highlighted areas, and other ways to help you quickly spot scenarios and solutionsWindows Server 2008 R2 Secrets is like having your own, built-in Windows Server 2008 R2 expert on hand, who can help you avoid mistakes and save time!

Author Biography

Orin Thomas is a Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP), Microsoft MVP, author, systems administrator, and trainer who has written more than a dozen books related to Microsoft server and client technologies. He regularly speaks at events such as Microsoft's TechED.

Table of Contents

Read This First	p. xv
Deployment And Administration Secrets	p. 1
Windows Server	p. 2008
R2 Deployment Secrets	p. 3
Choosing an Edition of Windows Server 2008 R2	p. 4
Deciding Between Types of Installation	p. 6
Optimizing Your Deployment Image	p. 12
Minimizing Deployment Time	p. 19
Activating Windows	p. 27
Summary	p. 30
The Windows Server	p. 2008
R2 Administrator's Toolkit	p. 33
Choosing the Right Remote Administration Tool	p. 34
Remote Desktop	p. 35
Management Consoles	p. 41
Remote PowerShell	p. 45
Emergency Management Services (When All Else Fails)	p. 46
Summary	p. 49
Server Core Secrets	p. 51
Using Server Core Administration Tools	p. 52
Performing Server Core Post-Deployment Tasks	p. 54
Understanding the Sconfig.cmd	p. 62
Administering with Server Core Configurator	p. 63
Understanding Server Core Infrastructure Roles	p. 67
Summary	p. 72
Active Directory Domains and Forests	p. 73
Understanding Forests and Domains	p. 74
Setting Domain and Forest Functional Levels	p. 79
Selecting the DNS Server	p. 82
Defining Active Directory Sites	p. 89
Defining FSMO Roles	p. 91
Using Read-Only Domain Controllers	p. 93
Securing with Global Catalog Servers and Universal Group Membership Caching	p. 98
Maintaining the Active Directory Database	p. 100
Summary	p. 110
Effectively Managing Group Policy	p. 113
Applying Group Policy	p. 114
Using Group Policy Management Console	p. 117
Using Important Group Policy Features	p. 122
Completing Common Group Policy Tasks	p. 126
Summary	p. 132
Managing Users and Computers	p. 135
Using Organizational Unit Structures	p. 136
Managing User Accounts	p. 140
Configuring Account Policies	p. 147
Managing Groups	p. 155
Creating Computer Accounts	p. 161
Summary	p. 163
Managing Active Directory Certificate Services	p. 165
Understanding Certification Authority Types	p. 166
Managing Certification Authorities	p. 171
Using Certificate Templates	p. 175
Utilizing Certificate Autoenrollment	p. 181
Recovering Certificates	p. 183
Backing Up Certificate Services	p. 184
Revoking Certificates	p. 186
Summary	p. 188
Network Infrastructure and Security Secrets	p. 191
Network Addressing	p. 193
Understanding IPv4 and DHCP	p. 194
Understanding IPv6	p. 205
Transitioning to IPv6	p. 212
Summary	p. 217
Securing the Network: Windows Firewall and Network Access Protection	p. 219
Understanding Windows Firewall with Advanced Security	p. 220
Understanding Connection Security Rules	p. 230
Understanding and Configuring Network Access Protection	p. 236
Summary	p. 244
Shared Folde r and Data Protection Se rets	p. 247
Secrets Behind Shared Folders	p. 249
Using the Share and Storage Management Console	p. 250
Using File Server Resource Manager	p. 255
Working with the Distributed File System	p. 271
Utilizing BranchCache	p. 275
Working with Offline Files	p. 278
Summary	p. 280
Keeping Data Private	p. 281
Encrypting File System	p. 282
Encrypting with BitLocker	p. 287
Using Active Directory Rights Management Services	p. 296
Summary	p. 300
Backup and Recovery	p. 303
Using and Configuring Windows Server Backup	p. 304
Enabling Shadow Copies of Shared Folders	p. 313
Performing Recovery	p. 316
Using System Center Data Protection Manager	p. 325
Summary	p. 328
Infrastructure Services	p. 329
Internet Information Services	p. 331
Managing Sites	p. 332
Managing Application Pools	p. 348
IIS Users and Delegation	p. 351
Managing FTP	p. 352
Summary	p. 355
Configuring Hyper-V Virtual Machines	p. 357
Configuring Hyper-V	p. 358
Understanding Virtual Hard Disks	p. 363
Understanding Hyper-V Networks	p. 369
Using Virtual Machine Snapshots	p. 374
Migrating Virtual Machines	p. 376
Summary	p. 379
Patch Management with WSUS	p. 381
Defining an Update Process	p. 382
Installing and Deploying WSUS	p. 383
Deploying Updates	p. 395
Understanding WSUS Topologies	p. 401
Verifying Update Deployment	p. 402
Going Further	p. 407
Summary	p. 409
High Availability	p. 411
Understanding Network Load Balancing	p. 412
Allocating Storage to iSCSI SAN	p. 417
Understanding Failover Clustering	p. 422
Summary	p. 431
Remote Access Secrets	p. 433
Presentation and Application Virtualization	p. 435
Understanding Remote Desktop Session Host	p. 436
Running RemoteApp	p. 444
Using Remote Desktop Web Access	p. 446
Utilizing Remote Desktop Connection Broker	p. 447
Connecting via Remote Desktop Gateway	p. 448
Remote Desktop Licensing	p. 450
Understanding Remote Desktop Virtualization Host	p. 453
Virtualizing Applications with App-V	p. 453
Summary	p. 454
Remote Access	p. 457
Setting up Remote Desktop Gateway	p. 458
Deploying Virtual Private Networks	p. 468
Connecting via DirectAccess	p. 478
Summary	p. 482
Main ten ance and Moni toring Sec rets	p. 483
Getting the Most Out of Event Logs and Auditing	p. 485
Auditing Windows Server	p. 2008
R2	p. 486
Filtering and Viewing Event Logs	p. 492
Event Log Forwarding	p. 497
Creating Event Viewer Tasks	p. 499
Going Further with Operations Manager	p. 504
Summary	p. 505
Performance and Resource Management	p. 507
Monitoring Point-in-Time Performance	p. 508
Understanding Data Collector Sets	p. 514
Using Windows Server Resource Manager 521 Summary	p. 525
Index	p. 527
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