MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER8 ADMINISTRATION

MICROSOFT

WINDOWS

SERVER8 ADMINISTRATION

ESSENTIALS

Tom

_Carpenter

WILEY

Contents

Introduction xix

Chapter

1

Windows

Server

Overview

1

Introducing

Servers 1

Understanding

Server

_Concepts

1

Understanding

Client/Server Concepts

2

Choosing

Server

Hardware

6

Understanding

ServerRoles 8

Deploying Applications

onYour Network 10

Providing

Internet Access and CollaborationonYour Network 11

Managing

Filesand PrintersonYour Network 12

Providing

Network Access for RemoteUsers 12

Adding

More Roles asNeeded 13

Microsoft Windows Server Features 15 Windows ServerUserInterfaces 15

Networking

Features 18

Management

Features 19

Windows Server Editions 20 The Essentials and

Beyond

22

Chapter 2

_Installing

Windows Servers

25

Installation

_Options

25

Choosing

anInstallation Destination 26

Performing

anInteractive

Installation

28

Automating

anInstallation 36

Understanding

Windows

Deployment

Services 37

Upgrading

Servers 38

Supported Upgrade

Paths 38

Upgrades

Versus Clean Installations 39

Understanding

the

_Upgrade

Process 40

Using

ServerCore 40

Server Core Features and Limitations 41

Performing

aServerCore Installation 42

Working

with

DeviceDrivers ₄₅

Understanding

Device Drivers ₄₅

Obtaining

and

_Installing

Drivers ₄₆

Driver

Maintenance

₄₈

Understanding

Hardware Resources ₅₁

The Essentials and

_Beyond

₅₄

Chapter

3

_Managing

Windows

Server

_Storage

₅₇

Data

_{Storage Concepts}

₅₇

Selecting

Hard _{Drives for Your Network 58}

Choosing

aFile

System

₆₀

Understanding

Networked

_Storage

₆₁

Using

the

Distributed

Pile

_System

₆₂

Understanding

RAID ₆₄

Identifying

Storage

Technologies

67

Networked

_Storage

Solutions

68

Understanding

Disk

_Types

₆₉

Basicand

Dynamic

Disks ₆₉

Virtual Hard Disks ₇₁

Optical

Media ₇₂

The Essentials and

_Beyond

₇₂

Chapter 4

_{Administering}

_Services

75

Understanding

Services ₇₅

Applications

as

Services

₇₆

Important

Windows Services 77

Add-On Services ₈₁

Configuring

Services ₈₃

Service

_Startup

_Types

₈₃

Service

_{Recovery Options}

₈₄

Service

_Privileges

₈₄

Managing

Services

85

Starting

Services ₈₅

Stopping

Services ₈₆

Troubleshooting

Services ₈₉

Service

Dependencies

90

Service

_{Configuration}

₉₁

Understanding

ServiceAccounts 91

The Essentials and

_Beyond

₉₂

Chapter 5

Active

_Directory

Infrastructure

95

Understanding

Active

_Directory

₉₅

ADDomains ₉₆

AD Domain Trees ₉₉

AD Forests ₁₀₀

Planning

for Active

_Directory

Servers 101

Domain Controllers ₁₀₁

Supporting

Servers ₁₀₄

Planning

aDNS

Namespace

105

DNS Overview ₁₀₅

Namespace

Hierarchies 108

Exploring

Sitesand

Replication

110

AD Sites ₁₁₀

AD

Replication

Ill

The Essentials

_{and Beyond}

₁₁₃

Chapter

6

_Configuring

_Active

_Directory

₁₁₅

Planning

anActive

Directory

Installation ₁₁₅

High-Level

Planning

116

Detailed

_Design

₁₁₉

Installing

Active

_Directory

₁₂₃

Preparing

toInstall DNS 125

Adding

theDNS Server Role 127

Configuring

the DNS Zone 129

Configuring

theIP

_Settings

and

_Primary

DNS Suffix 131

Installing

the AD DS Role ₁₃₅

Running

the DCPROMO Wizard ₁₃₆

Chapter 7

Managing

^^c

DU^ory

Exploring

AD

Management

Tools 143

Understanding

theADArchitecture Management

Tools

144

Understanding

the AD

Object Management

Tools 147

Working

with Users and Groups 149

User Account

Types

149

Creating

UserAccounts 151

Group Types

and

_Scopes

155

Working

with

_Groups

157

Group Management

162

Understanding Organizational

Units and Containers 162

TheEssentials and

Beyond

I64

Chapter 8

_{Group Policy Management}

167

Understanding Group

Policy

167

Group

Policy

Defined 168

Group Policy Requirements

170

Group Policy

Management

Tools 170

Group Policy

Sections and

_Categories

172

Supporting

Different Windows Client Versions 174

Defining

the

_{Group Policy Hierarchy}

175

Group

Policy

Processing

175

Local

_Group

_Policy

177

Touring

the

_{Group Policy}

_Management

Console 179

Exploring

the GPMC

Interface

179

Understanding

the GPMC Features 181

Creating

a

Group

Policy

Object

₁₈₂

Determining

Policy Settings

182

Creating

theGPO ₁₈₃

Linking

GPOstoContainers ₁₈₃

Modifying

Permissionsonthe GPO ₁₈₄

Configuring

aLocal

_{Group Policy Setting}

₁₈₄

Chapter 9

_Application

Servers

189

Understanding

Application

Servers 189

Database Servers 191

Microsoft SQL Server 192

Database

_Application

_Types

193 Mail Servers:

_Using

Microsoft

_Exchange

Server 195

Exchange

Server

Design

Goals 197

Exchange

Server Roles 198

Exchange

Server

_Storage

Architecture 198

Exchange

Mailbox

_Management

199

Collaboration Servers 200

SharePoint 2010 Defined

200

SharePoint Editions 202

Monitoring

Servers 203

Threat

_Management

Servers 204

The

Essentials

and

Beyond

205

Chapter 10

Internet Information

Services

_(IIS)

207

Understanding

Web Services 207

InternetInformation Services 209

Understanding

How IIS Works 209

Adding

the Web Server

(IIS)

Role 211

Configuring

IIS 213

Running

anFTP Server 217

Configuring

Sites andPorts 221

WebServer

_Security

223

Planning

for Authentication 223

Planning

for

Encryption

226

The Essentials and

Beyond

229

Chapter

11

File and Print Servers

231

Exploring

File Servers 231

Understanding

Share Permissions 232

Understanding

NTFS Permissions 234

Understanding

DFS M0

Understanding

How DFS Works 238

Planning

for DFS

Recommended

Uses 240

Creating

aDFS

Namespace

241

Understanding

PrintServers 242

Managing

BasicPrintServer

Functionality

242

Understanding

Printer Pools 244

Using

Web

Printing

246

The Essentials and

Beyond

247

Chapter 12

Remote

Access

Technologies

249

Planning

forRemoteAdministration Tools 249

Understanding

Remote Access Solutions 250

Virtual Private Networks

(VPNs)

252

Understanding

Remote

Desktop

Services 255

Remote

Desktop

VersusRemote

Desktop

Services 255

RDS

Licensing

258

Remote

_Desktop

RoleServices 259

The Essentials and

_Beyond

260

Chapter

13

Server

_{Troubleshooting}

263

Introducing Troubleshooting

Processes and Procedures 263

REACTing

264 Research 266

Engage

267

Adjust

268

Configure

268 TakeNote ₂₆₉

Stepping

Through

the OSI Model 269

Layer

1 ₂₇₀

Layer

2 ₂₇₁

Layer

3 ₂₇₁

Upper Layers

274

Troubleshooting

with the Hardware/Software Model 274

Hardware Problems ₂₇₄

Software Problems ₂₇₅

Systems Thinking

277

Troubleshooting

Tools 279 Task

_Manager

279 Performance Monitor 281 ResourceMonitor 282 EventViewer 284

The Essentials and

Beyond

288

Chapter

14

Performance

_Tuning

291

Performance

_Myths

and Truths 291

One

System Component

IsSeldom the

Culprit

292

Better Code Is

Better,

But Better

_Design

Is Best 293

It Still HastoTravel the Network 293

Command

_Prompt

Tools 293

Using

the TaskList Command 294

Using

theSC Command 295

Using

the TaskKill Command 296

Using

the Shutdown Command 296

Using

the

_Systemlnfo

Command 297

Using

the

_TypePerf

Command 299

Resource Monitor 300

Performance Monitor 302

Understanding

PerformanceCounters 304

Denning

aBaseline 306

Developing Monitoring

Points 307

Viewing

LivePerformance Data 308

Capturing

and

_Logging

PerformanceData 310

Viewing

DCS

Reports

312

Virtualization andPerformance 313

Exploring

VirtualizationModes 314

Understanding

Microsoft VirtualizationSolutions 316

Migrating

Between

Physical

and Virtual 318

The Essentials and

_Beyond

319

Chapter

15

Server Maintenance

321

Maintaining

the Hardware 321

Planning

forServerDowntime 325

Executing

the

_Planning

Actions for Downtime

325

xviil

Understanding

Windows

Update

328

Updating

with

Windows

Update

330

Using

Windows Server

Update

Service 333

Automating with

Logs and Alerts 338

Planning

for

Continuity

339

DisasterRecovery 340

Clustering

344

The Essentials and

Beyond

345

Appendix A

Answers

to

Review

Questions

349

Chapter

1 349

Chapter

2 350

Chapter

3 350

Chapter

4 351

Chapter

5 352

Chapter

6 353

Chapter

7 353

Chapter

8 354

Chapter

9 355

Chapter

10 356

Chapter

11 357

Chapter

12 357

Chapter

13 358

Chapter

14 359

Chapter

15 360

Appendix B

Microsoft's Certification

_Program

361

Certification

_{Objectives Map}

362