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• 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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