Mastering Windows Server 2016: A comprehensive and practical guide to Windows Server 2016

About This Book

• In-depth coverage of new features of Windows Server 2016
• Gain the necessary skills and knowledge to design and implement Microsoft Server 2016 in enterprise environment
• Know how you can support your medium to large enterprise and leverage your experience in administering Microsoft Server 2016,
• A practical guide to administering Windows server 2016

Who This Book Is For

The book is targeted at System Administrators and IT professionals who would like to design and deploy Windows Server 2016 (physical and logical) Enterprise infrastructure. Previous experience of Windows Server operating systems and familiarity with networking concepts is assumed. System administrators who are upgrading or migrating to Windows Server 2016 would also find this book useful.

What You Will Learn

• Familiarize yourself with Windows Server 2016's ideology, the core of most datacenters running today
• Learn the new functions and benefits provided only by the new Windows Server 2016
• Get comfortable working with Nano Server and Server Core
• Secure your network with new technologies in Windows Server 2016
• Harden your Windows Servers to help keep those bad guys out!
• Use new built-in integration with Docker with this latest release of Windows Server 2016
• Virtualize your datacenter with Hyper-V

In Detail

Mastering Windows Server 2016 covers all aspects of administration-level tasks and activities required to gain expertise in Microsoft Windows Server 2016. You will begin with installing and managing Windows Server 2016 and discover some tips for adapting to the new server management ideology, which is all about centralized monitoring and configuration. You will learn about networking in this new operating system, along with Software-Defined Networking. You will start using PowerShell as a central platform for performing many of the functions that are discussed in this book. You will learn about the new built-in integration with Docker with this latest release of Windows Server 2016. Also included is powerful information about the remote access technologies available in this OS, as well as guidelines for virtualizing your datacenter with Hyper-V.

By the end of this book, you will have all the ammunition required to start planning for and implementing Windows Server 2016.