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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials & Configuration
by William R. Stanek
Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant: Essentials & Configuration
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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How this book is organized
Conventions used in this book
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1. Windows Server 2012 R2 administration
Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
Getting to know Windows Server 2012 R2
Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2
Working with Windows Server 2012 R2
Power management options
Networking tools and protocols
Understanding networking options
Working with networking protocols
Domain controllers, member servers, and domain services
Working with Active Directory
Using read-only domain controllers
Using restartable Active Directory Domain Services
Name-resolution services
Using Domain Name System
Using Windows Internet Name Service
Using Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution
Frequently used tools
Windows PowerShell
Windows Remote Management
Enabling and using WinRM
Configuring WinRM
2. Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2
Server roles, role services, and features for Windows Server 2012 R2
Full-server, minimal-interface, and Server Core installations
Navigating Server Core
Installing Windows Server 2012 R2
Performing a clean installation
Performing an upgrade installation
Performing additional administration tasks during installation
Using the command line during installation
Forcing disk partition removal during installation
Loading disk device drivers during installation
Creating, formatting, deleting, and extending disk partitions during installation
Creating Disk Partitions During Installation
Formatting Disk Partitions During Installation
Deleting Disk Partitions During Installation
Extending Disk Partitions During Installation
Changing the installation type
Converting full-server and minimal-interface installations
Converting Server Core installations
3. Managing Windows servers
Managing roles, role services, and features
Performing initial configuration tasks
Navigating Server Manager essentials and binaries
Managing your servers remotely
Connecting to and working with remote servers
Adding and removing roles, role services, and features
Managing system properties
Configuring server name and domain membership
Configuring driver installation options
Configuring memory and performance options
Setting Windows performance
Setting application performance
Configuring virtual memory
Configuring Data Execution Prevention
Using and Configuring Dep
Adding and Removing Programs as Exceptions
Understanding DEP compatibility
Configuring system and user environment variables
Creating an Environment Variable
Editing an Environment Variable
Deleting an Environment Variable
Configuring system startup and recovery
Setting Startup Options
Setting Recovery Options
4. Monitoring services, processes, and events
Managing applications, processes, and performance
Getting started with Task Manager
Viewing and working with processes
Administering processes
Viewing system services
Viewing and managing system performance
CPU usage: the basics
Memory usage: the basics
Network usage: the basics
Viewing and managing remote user sessions
Managing system services
Navigating services in Server Manager
Navigating services in Computer Management
Starting, stopping, and pausing services
Configuring service startup
Configuring service logon
Configuring service recovery
Disabling unnecessary services
Troubleshooting services
Event logging and viewing
Accessing events in Server Manager
Accessing events in Event Viewer
Filtering event logs
Setting event log options
Clearing event logs
Archiving event logs
Archive log file types
Creating log archives
Viewing log archives
5. Optimizing system performance
Preparing for monitoring
Creating a monitoring plan
Using the monitoring consoles
Choosing counters to monitor
Performance logging
Creating and managing data collector sets
Collecting performance counter data
Collecting performance trace data
Collecting configuration data
Viewing data collector reports
Configuring performance counter alerts
Tuning system performance
Monitoring and tuning memory usage
Monitoring and tuning processor usage
Monitoring and tuning disk I/O
Monitoring and tuning network bandwidth and connectivity
6. Automating administrative tasks, policies, and procedures
Understanding group policies
Group Policy essentials
In what order are multiple policies applied?
When are group policies applied?
Group Policy requirements and version compatibility
Navigating Group Policy changes
Managing local group policies
Local Group Policy objects
Accessing the top-level local policy settings
Local Group Policy object settings
Accessing administrator, nonadministrator, and user-specific local Group Policy
Managing site, domain, and organizational unit policies
Understanding domain and default policies
Using the Group Policy Management Console
Getting to know the policy editor
Using administrative templates to set policies
Creating and linking GPOs
Creating and using starter GPOs
Delegating privileges for Group Policy management
Blocking, overriding, and disabling policies
Maintaining and troubleshooting Group Policy
Refreshing Group Policy
Configuring the refresh interval
Modeling Group Policy for planning purposes
Copying, pasting, and importing policy objects
Backing up and restoring policy objects
Determining current Group Policy settings and refresh status
Disabling an unused part of Group Policy
Changing policy processing preferences
Configuring slow-link detection
Removing links and deleting GPOs
Troubleshooting Group Policy
Fixing default Group Policy objects
7. Using Active Directory
Introducing Active Directory
Active Directory and DNS
Read-only domain controller deployment
Features introduced with Windows Server 2008 R2
Features introduced with Windows Server 2012
Working with domain structures
Understanding domains
Understanding domain forests and domain trees
Understanding organizational units
Understanding sites and subnets
Working with Active Directory domains
Using computers with Active Directory
Working with domain functional levels
Using the Windows Server 2003 functional level
Using the Windows Server 2008 functional level
Using the Windows Server 2008 R2 functional level
Using the Windows Server 2012 functional level
Using the Windows Server 2012 R2 functional level
Raising or lowering domain and forest functionality
Understanding the directory structure
Exploring the data store
Exploring global catalogs
Universal group membership caching
Replication and Active Directory
Active Directory and LDAP
Understanding operations master roles
Using the Active Directory Recycle Bin
Preparing schema for the Recycle Bin
Recovering deleted objects
Using Ldp.exe for basic recovery
Using Windows PowerShell for basic and advanced recovery
Using the enhanced Recycle Bin for recovery
8. Core Active Directory administration
Tools for managing Active Directory
Active Directory administration tools
Active Directory command-line tools
Active Directory support tools
Using Active Directory Users And Computers
Active Directory Administrative Center and Windows PowerShell
Managing computer accounts
Creating computer accounts on a workstation or server
Creating computer accounts in Active Directory Administrative Center
Creating computer accounts in Active Directory Users And Computers
Viewing and editing computer account properties
Deleting, disabling, and enabling computer accounts
Resetting locked computer accounts
Moving computer accounts
Managing computers
Joining a computer to a domain or workgroup
Using offline domain join
Managing domain controllers, roles, and catalogs
Installing and demoting domain controllers
Viewing and transferring domainwide roles
Viewing and transferring the domain naming master role
Viewing and transferring schema master roles
Transferring roles by using the command line
Seizing roles by using the command line
Configuring global catalogs
Configuring universal group membership caching
Managing organizational units
Creating organizational units
Viewing and editing organizational unit properties
Renaming and deleting organizational units
Moving organizational units
Managing sites
Creating sites
Creating subnets
Associating domain controllers with sites
Configuring site links
Configuring site link bridges
Maintaining Active Directory
Using ADSI Edit
Examining intersite topology
Troubleshooting Active Directory
9. Creating user and group accounts
Windows Server security model
Authentication protocols
Access controls
Claims-based access controls
Central access policies
Differences between user and group accounts
User accounts
Logon names, passwords, and public certificates
Security identifiers and user accounts
Group accounts
Group types
Group scope
Security identifiers and group accounts
When to use domain local, global, and universal groups
Default user accounts and groups
Built-in user accounts
Predefined user accounts
Administrator account
Guest account
Built-in and predefined groups
Implicit groups and special identities
Account capabilities
Privileges
Logon rights
Built-in capabilities for groups in Active Directory
Using default group accounts
Groups used by administrators
Implicit groups and identities
User account setup and organization
Account naming policies
Rules for display names
Rules for logon names
Naming schemes
Password and account policies
Using secure passwords
Setting account policies
Configuring account policies
Configuring password policies
Enforce Password History
Maximum Password Age
Minimum Password Age
Minimum Password Length
Password Must Meet Complexity Requirements
Store Passwords Using Reversible Encryption
Configuring account lockout policies
Account Lockout Threshold
Account Lockout Duration
Reset Account Lockout Counter After
Configuring Kerberos policies
Enforce User Logon Restrictions
Maximum Lifetime
Maximum Tolerance
Configuring authentication policies
Configuring user rights policies
Configuring global user rights
Configuring local user rights
Adding a user account
Creating domain user accounts
Creating local user accounts
Adding a group account
Creating a global group
Creating a local group and assigning members
Handling global group membership
Managing individual membership
Managing multiple memberships in a group
Setting the primary group for users and computers
Implementing managed accounts
Creating and using managed service accounts
Configuring services to use managed service accounts
Removing managed service accounts
Moving managed service accounts
Using virtual accounts
10. Managing existing user and group accounts
Managing user contact information
Setting contact information
Searching for users and groups in Active Directory
Configuring the user’s environment settings
System environment variables
Logon scripts
Assigning home directories
Setting account options and restrictions
Managing logon hours
Configuring logon hours
Enforcing logon hours
Setting permitted logon workstations
Setting dial-in and VPN privileges
Setting account security options
Managing user profiles
Local, roaming, and mandatory profiles
Working with roaming and mandatory profiles
Restricting roaming profiles
Creating local profiles
Creating roaming profiles
Creating mandatory profiles
Using the System utility to manage local profiles
Creating a profile manually
Copying an existing profile to a new user account
Copying or restoring a profile
Deleting a local profile and assigning a new one
Changing the profile type
Updating user and group accounts
Renaming user and group accounts
Copying domain user accounts
Importing and exporting accounts
Deleting user and group accounts
Changing and resetting passwords
Enabling user accounts
Account disabled
Account locked out
Account expired
Managing multiple user accounts
Setting profiles for multiple accounts
Setting logon hours for multiple accounts
Setting permitted logon workstations for multiple accounts
Setting logon, password, and expiration properties for multiple accounts
Troubleshooting logon problems
Viewing and setting Active Directory permissions
A. About the author
Index
About the Author
Copyright
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials & Configuration
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