Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals
Networking
Book Details
Book Title
Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals
Author
Bekim Dauti
Publisher
Packt Publishing Pvt Ltds
Publication Date
2025
ISBN
9781803249285
Number of Pages
731
Language
English
Format
File Size
27.7MB
Subject
windows-server
Table of Contents
- Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals
- Foreword
- Contributors
- About the author
- About the reviewer
- Preface
- Part 1: Introducing Windows Server and Installing Windows Server 2025
- Chapter 1: Network Fundamentals and Introduction to Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding hosts, nodes, and client/server architecture
- Overview of IP addressing and subnetting
- Getting to know the server
- Understanding Network Operating System
- Overview and editions of Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2025 overview
- Key differences between Windows Server 2025 and Windows Server 2022
- Minimum and recommended system requirements for Windows Server 2025
- Chapter exercise 1.1 – downloading Windows Server 2025
- Chapter exercise 1.2 – downloading Windows Admin Center
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 2: Installing Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding disk partitioning and storage options
- Exploring boot configurations and startup options
- Installation options for Windows Server 2025
- Various methods for deploying Windows Server 2025
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 3: What to Do After Installing Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding and managing devices and drivers
- Managing and optimizing registry entries and service accounts
- Performing initial server setup for better performance and security
- Chapter exercise – performing an initial Windows Server configuration
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Part 2: Setting Up Windows Server 2025
- Chapter 4: Directory Services in Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding the AD infrastructure in Windows Server 2025
- Adding and configuring the AD DS role
- Exploring DNS fundamentals and configurations
- Managing OUs and default containers
- User and group management within AD
- Chapter exercise – installing the AD DS and DNS roles
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 5: Adding Roles to Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding server roles and features
- Exploring application server roles
- Configuring web services and their roles
- Setting up remote access roles
- Deploying file and print services
- Understanding User Rights and Permissions Management
- Chapter exercise – installing webserver (IIS) and PDS roles
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Part 3: Configuring Windows Server 2025
- Chapter 6: Group Policy in Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding GP fundamentals
- Exploring GP processing mechanisms
- GP editors overview
- Chapter exercise – examples of GPOs for admins
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 7: Virtualization with Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding virtualization fundamentals
- Adding and configuring the Hyper-V role
- Exploring Hyper-V Manager
- Chapter exercise – installing the Hyper-V role
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 8: Storing Data in Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding storage technologies
- Exploring storage architectures
- Overview of storage protocols
- Managing server storage using Server Manager and PowerShell
- Understanding RAID principles
- Understanding primary storage concepts
- Chapter exercise – enabling Dedup
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Part 4: New and Enhanced Features in Windows Server 2025
- Chapter 9: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Enhancements
- Technical requirements
- Overview of AD DS enhancements
- Implementing 32k database page size
- Understanding schema updates
- Utilizing AD object repair
- Chapter exercise – implementing 32k database page size
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 10: Configuring SMB over QUIC in Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Introduction to SMB over QUIC
- Understanding security considerations
- Optimizing SMB over QUIC
- Troubleshooting SMB over QUIC
- Chapter exercise – configuring and enabling SMB over QUIC
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 11: Implementing New Security Enhancements
- Technical requirements
- Overview of new security enhancements
- Enhancing authentication and authorization
- Securing communication with TLS
- Implementing security best practices
- Chapter exercise – configuring firewall, TLS, audit logs
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 12: Managing Updates with Hotpatching and Azure Arc
- Technical requirements
- Introduction to hotpatching with Azure Arc
- Applying hotfixes using hotpatching
- Managing server lifecycle and updates
- Troubleshooting hotpatching
- Chapter exercise – setting up Azure Arc
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Part 5: Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2025
- Chapter 13: Tuning and Maintaining Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Understanding server hardware components
- Performance monitoring tools and methods
- Using Performance Monitor, Resource Monitor, Task Manager
- Interpreting performance counters
- Chapter exercise – performance logs and alerts
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Chapter 14: Updating and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2025
- Technical requirements
- Managing updates for OS, drivers, and apps
- Troubleshooting methodologies
- Business continuity strategies
- Backup, restore, and DR planning
- Using Event Viewer to monitor logs
- Chapter exercise - using Event Viewer
- Summary
- Questions
- Further reading
- Part 6: Studying and Preparing for the AZ-800 Certification Exam
- Chapter 15: Understanding Microsoft Certifications
- The value of Microsoft certifications
- Impact of Microsoft role-based certifications
- Target audience for Microsoft certifications
- Skills measured in exams
- Preparation tips and strategies
- Resources for certification
- Exam registration process
- Exam day guidelines
- Validity and renewal requirements
- Summary
- Further reading
- Appendix
- Index
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