New book: Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
We’re happy to announce the availability of Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 (ISBN 9780735673106)! Written by Mitch Tulloch, this book helps enterprise administrators build their skills in the area of deploying and managing Windows Server 2012 core services. Readers develop their real-world skills and maximize their on-the-job performance via the book’s many lessons, exercises, and suggested practices. In addition, readers can use this Training Guide as a learning resource, along with on-the-job experience, to help them prepare for the 70-410 exam.
In today’s post, please enjoy an excerpt from Chapter 6, “Network administration.”
Chapter 6
Network administration
Network administration
The network is the foundation of an organization’s information system and allows computers and other devices to communicate with each other and with the Internet. Network services such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers and Domain Name System (DNS) servers simplify the configuration and management of IP address information and network names. To adequately fulfill these roles, such services must be available for clients that need them and secure from attack.
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 includes enhancements to the DHCP Server and DNS Server roles that can help increase DHCP availability and safeguard DNS name resolution from being compromised or misused. Windows Server 2012 also includes added support for managing different aspects of Windows Server–based networks using Windows PowerShell. This chapter demonstrates how to implement these new capabilities to ensure the availability and security of these critical network services and to manage Windows Server–based networks more efficiently. In addition, this lesson also describes how to configure Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) networking and interoperability between IPv6 and IPv4.
RTM’d today: Exam Ref 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
We’re pleased to announce that Exam Ref 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012, by Craig Zacker, has shipped to the printer.
Prepare for Microsoft® Exam 70-410—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of implementing and configuring Windows
Server 2012 core services. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking
and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.
Server 2012 core services. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking
and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.
Organized by exam objectives, and featuring challenging, what-if scenarios, this Exam Ref focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to
implement and configure Windows Server 2012 core services in an enterprise environment.
implement and configure Windows Server 2012 core services in an enterprise environment.
You can download a couple of sample chapters here.
Contents
CHAPTER 1 Installing and configuring servers
CHAPTER 2 Configure server roles and features
CHAPTER 3 Configure Hyper-V
CHAPTER 4 Deploying and configuring core network services
CHAPTER 5 Install and administer Active Directory
CHAPTER 6 Create and manage Group Policy
CHAPTER 2 Configure server roles and features
CHAPTER 3 Configure Hyper-V
CHAPTER 4 Deploying and configuring core network services
CHAPTER 5 Install and administer Active Directory
CHAPTER 6 Create and manage Group Policy
New book: Exam Ref 70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012
We’re happy to announce that Exam Ref 70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 (ISBN 9780735673045) by JC Mackin, is now available for purchase.
Please refer to the table of contents from this previous post.
A sample from Chapter 7:
CHAPTER 7
Configure a network policy server infrastructure
Network Access Protection (NAP), as you know, is a Windows Server feature that
enforces health requirements on client computers as they attempt to connect to a
company network. These health requirements can relate to the status of software updates,
of antivirus protection, of host firewall status, or of spyware protection. NAP was first introduced
in Windows Server 2008.
enforces health requirements on client computers as they attempt to connect to a
company network. These health requirements can relate to the status of software updates,
of antivirus protection, of host firewall status, or of spyware protection. NAP was first introduced
in Windows Server 2008.
Although NAP doesn’t include any significant new features in Windows Server 2012, one
important new feature, System Health Validator (SHV) Multi-configuration, appeared in
Windows Server 2008 R2. This new feature falls within the one NAP objective listed for the
70-417 exam, Configure Network Access Protection.
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