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B+ tree structure, ReFS features, ReFS structures, ReFS integrity streams, data scrubbing, and salvage

back slashes (\), Monitoring performance remotely

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), Using roles, role services, and features

background processes, Getting processor and memory usage for troubleshooting

background services, Tuning processor scheduling

Backup Operators group, Hiding and controlling share access

backups, Planning for day-to-day operations, Postinstallation tasks, Introducing the registry, Working with the registry from the command line, Software installation essentials, Using internal and external storage devices, Understanding legacy and protective MBRs, Preparing and initializing a TPM for first use

as postinstallation task, Postinstallation tasks

developing plans, Planning for day-to-day operations

MBR and GPT disks, Understanding legacy and protective MBRs

pre-software installation, Software installation essentials

registry, Introducing the registry, Working with the registry from the command line

TPM passwords, Preparing and initializing a TPM for first use

VSS and, Using internal and external storage devices

baselines, performance, Establishing performance baselines, Tracking per-process resource usage, Tracking per-process network utilization

tracking per-process resource usage, Tracking per-process resource usage

tracking server reliability, Tracking per-process network utilization

types of, Establishing performance baselines

basic disks, Understanding legacy and protective MBRs, Working with basic and dynamic disks, Working with removable disks, Configuring mount points, Managing GPT disk partitions on basic disks

converting, Working with basic and dynamic disks

described, Understanding legacy and protective MBRs

extending partitions, Configuring mount points

GPT partitions on, Managing GPT disk partitions on basic disks

MBR partitions on, Working with removable disks

Basic Input Output System (BIOS)-based systems, Preinstallation tasks, Diagnosing hardware and firmware startup problems, Diagnosing hardware and firmware startup problems, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems, Boot environment essentials, Viewing Advanced, Resources, and other settings, Troubleshooting hardware, Using the MBR and GPT partition styles, Working with GPT disks, Hardware-encrypted drives, Setting permitted encryption types

ACPI, Viewing Advanced, Resources, and other settings, Troubleshooting hardware

BCD registry, Boot environment essentials

boot environment, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems

described, Working with GPT disks

Hyper-V and, Using the MBR and GPT partition styles

installing, Preinstallation tasks

startup problems, Diagnosing hardware and firmware startup problems, Diagnosing hardware and firmware startup problems

TPM validation profile settings, Setting permitted encryption types

UEFI and, Hardware-encrypted drives

basic permissions, Configuring access permissions

basic storage type, Using the MBR and GPT partition styles

Basic template (Performance Monitor), Creating and managing data collector sets

basic volumes, Working with basic and dynamic disks

BCD (boot configuration data), HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Setting permitted encryption types

BCD Editor, Boot environment essentials, Managing System Boot Configuration, Managing System Boot Configuration, Working with BCD Editor, Viewing BCD entries, Creating and identifying the BCD store, Creating and identifying the BCD store, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries, Setting BCD entry values, Setting BCD entry values, Changing Data Execution Prevention and physical address extension options, Changing the operating system display order, Changing the default timeout, Changing the default timeout, Utilities to know, Adding a mirror to an existing volume, Mirroring boot and system volumes on GPT disks

changing boot sequence temporarily, Changing the default timeout

changing default operating system entry, Changing the operating system display order

changing default timeout, Changing the default timeout

changing DEP options, Setting BCD entry values

changing operating system display order, Changing Data Execution Prevention and physical address extension options

changing physical address extension options, Setting BCD entry values

commands for, Working with BCD Editor

copying entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries

creating and identifying, Viewing BCD entries

creating entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries

deleting entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries

described, Boot environment essentials, Managing System Boot Configuration, Utilities to know

exporting, Creating and identifying the BCD store

importing, Creating and identifying the BCD store

modifying boot entries, Adding a mirror to an existing volume, Mirroring boot and system volumes on GPT disks

setting entry values, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries

viewing BCD entries, Managing System Boot Configuration

BCD registry, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems

BCD store, Boot environment essentials, Managing System Boot Configuration, Managing System Boot Configuration, Viewing BCD entries, Creating and identifying the BCD store, Creating and identifying the BCD store, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries, Setting BCD entry values, Setting BCD entry values, Changing Data Execution Prevention and physical address extension options, Changing the operating system display order, Changing the default timeout, Changing the default timeout

changing boot sequence temporarily, Changing the default timeout

changing default operating system entry, Changing the operating system display order

changing default timeout, Changing the default timeout

changing DEP options, Setting BCD entry values

changing operating system display order, Changing Data Execution Prevention and physical address extension options

changing physical address extension options, Setting BCD entry values

copying entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries

creating and identifying, Viewing BCD entries

creating entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries

deleting entries, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries

described, Boot environment essentials

exporting, Creating and identifying the BCD store

importing, Creating and identifying the BCD store

managing, Managing System Boot Configuration

setting entry values, Creating, copying, and deleting BCD entries

viewing BCD entries, Managing System Boot Configuration

Best Practices Analyzer, Getting to know Server Manager

BIN file extension, Monitoring performance from the command line

binary source files, Using graphical administrative tools, Adding server roles and features, Removing server roles and features

accessing, Adding server roles and features

managing, Removing server roles and features

removing, Using graphical administrative tools

binding process, Working with trusted platforms

BIOS (Basic Input Output System)-based systems, Preinstallation tasks, Diagnosing hardware and firmware startup problems, Diagnosing hardware and firmware startup problems, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems, Boot environment essentials, Viewing Advanced, Resources, and other settings, Troubleshooting hardware, Using the MBR and GPT partition styles, Working with GPT disks, Hardware-encrypted drives, Setting permitted encryption types

ACPI, Viewing Advanced, Resources, and other settings, Troubleshooting hardware

BCD registry, Boot environment essentials

boot environment, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems

described, Working with GPT disks

Hyper-V and, Using the MBR and GPT partition styles

installing, Preinstallation tasks

startup problems, Diagnosing hardware and firmware startup problems, Diagnosing hardware and firmware startup problems

TPM validation profile settings, Setting permitted encryption types

UEFI and, Hardware-encrypted drives

birth object identifiers, Change journals

birth volume identifiers, Change journals

BitLocker Drive Encryption., Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems, Using roles, role services, and features, Installing components at the prompt, Recovering a failed simple, spanned, or striped disk, Working with trusted platforms, Changing the TPM owner password, BitLocker modes, BitLocker modes, BitLocker modes, BitLocker modes, Setting permitted encryption types, Setting permitted encryption types, Preparing BitLocker for startup authentication and secure boot, Provisioning BitLocker prior to deployment, Provisioning BitLocker prior to deployment, Deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption, Deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption, Deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption, Setting up and managing BitLocker Drive Encryption, Configuring and enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption, Enabling BitLocker on fixed data drives, Enabling BitLocker on fixed data drives, Enabling BitLocker on removable data drives, Enabling BitLocker on operating-system volumes, Recovering data protected by BitLocker Drive Encryption, Recovering data protected by BitLocker Drive Encryption

(see also Network Unlock (BitLocker))

boot configuration, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems

configuring and enabling, Setting up and managing BitLocker Drive Encryption

data-recovery agents and, BitLocker modes

deploying, Provisioning BitLocker prior to deployment

described, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, Using roles, role services, and features, Working with trusted platforms, Changing the TPM owner password

determining if computer has encrypted volumes, Configuring and enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption

disabling, Recovering data protected by BitLocker Drive Encryption

disk configuration requirements, Deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption

enabling on fixed data drives, Enabling BitLocker on fixed data drives

enabling on removable data drives, Enabling BitLocker on fixed data drives

enabling on system volumes, Enabling BitLocker on removable data drives

implementation changes, BitLocker modes

installing, Installing components at the prompt

managing and troubleshooting, Enabling BitLocker on operating-system volumes

modes, BitLocker modes

moving drives and, Recovering a failed simple, spanned, or striped disk

provisioning prior to deployment, Provisioning BitLocker prior to deployment

secure boot, Setting permitted encryption types

setting up, Deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption

startup authentication, Setting permitted encryption types

turning off, Recovering data protected by BitLocker Drive Encryption

unlock password, BitLocker modes

versions available, Deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption

BitLocker To Go, Introducing BitLocker Drive Encryption

BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service), Using roles, role services, and features

BitsTransfer module (PowerShell), Storage-management features and tools

Block inheritance warning box, Resetting and replacing permissions

Bluetooth devices, Installing new devices

BOOT Advanced Options dialog box, Managing System Boot Configuration

boot configuration, Postinstallation tasks, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems, Managing startup and boot configuration, Managing startup and recovery options, Working with BCD Editor, Changing the default timeout

boot environment, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems

changing boot sequence temporarily, Changing the default timeout

data store and entries, Working with BCD Editor

from hardware and firmware, Postinstallation tasks

managing, Managing startup and recovery options

startup and recovery options, Managing startup and boot configuration

boot configuration data (BCD), HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Setting permitted encryption types

boot environment, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems

Boot Manager, Managing GPT disk partitions on basic disks, Adding a mirror to an existing volume, Mirroring boot and system volumes on GPT disks

boot partitions/volumes, Installing Windows Server 2012 R2, Planning partitions, Working with basic and dynamic disks, Converting FAT or FAT32 to NTFS, Formatting a partition, logical drive, or volume, Adding a mirror to an existing volume, Preventing fragmentation of disks

changing drive letter of, Formatting a partition, logical drive, or volume

Convert command and, Converting FAT or FAT32 to NTFS

defragmenting, Preventing fragmentation of disks

described, Installing Windows Server 2012 R2, Working with basic and dynamic disks

mirroring, Adding a mirror to an existing volume

RAID technology and, Planning partitions

boot sector, Using the MBR and GPT partition styles, NTFS structure

Boot.ini file, Resolving hardware and firmware startup problems

bottlenecks, performance, Resolving performance bottlenecks, Resolving performance bottlenecks, Resolving memory bottlenecks, Resolving processor bottlenecks, Resolving disk I/O bottlenecks

described, Resolving performance bottlenecks

resolving disk I/O bottlenecks, Resolving processor bottlenecks

resolving memory bottlenecks, Resolving performance bottlenecks

resolving network bottlenecks, Resolving disk I/O bottlenecks

resolving processor bottlenecks, Resolving memory bottlenecks

BranchCache feature, Using roles, role services, and features, Storage-management role services, Selecting data for deduplication, Creating shares by using File Explorer

BranchCache For Network Files role service, Storage-management role services, Creating shares by using File Explorer, Creating shared folders in Server Manager

BranchCache module (PowerShell), Storage-management features and tools

bridgehead servers, Defining Active Directory server roles

Browse For Folder dialog box, Installing and updating device drivers, Using and finding shares, Creating shares by using File Explorer, Scheduling and generating storage reports

Browse For Virtual Hard Disks dialog box, Configuring the File And Storage Services role

Browse Virtual Disk Files dialog box, Using and converting basic and dynamic disks

budgets, shaping, Setting the schedule