Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administrator's Reference
The Administrator's Essential Reference
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2: The Administrators Essential Reference introduces the Windows Server 2008 R2, which is Microsofts flagship server operating systems latest release. The book explores its features; describes differences between the available editions; and discusses its deployment. After introducing Windows Server 2008 R2, the book explains its installation and configuration processes followed by its networking. It also examines different features, such as the active directory, internet information services 7.5, Hyper-V, and PowerShell V2. It discusses securing Windows Server 2008 R2 files and its print services, remote desktop services, high-availability and recovery features, and monitoring and troubleshooting; in addition, their delta changes are discussed in the final chapter. The book also explores the features that influence both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. These features allow the server operating system to work with Windows 7. One feature is the BranchCache, which offers users who open files across a Wide Area Network a better end-user experience by caching copy in the branch office when a document or intranet Web site is opened for the first time. Another feature is DirectAccess, which is the new remote connectivity solution for Windows networks.
Key Features
- Features information on how to plan, deploy, and administrate Windows Server 2008 R2 using best practice guidance
- Provides in-depth coverage of Hyper-V, DirectAccess, Remote Desktop Services, Active Directory, and BranchCache
- Includes Delta Changes to allow experienced administrators to quickly gain insight to changes between Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Table of Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows Server 2008 R2
What is new in Windows Server 2008 R2
Virtualization (Hyper-V)
BranchCache
Active Directory
Internet Information Server 7.5
PowerShell
DirectAccess
File Classification Infrastructure
Remote Desktop Services
Windows Server 2008 R2 editions
Planning a Windows Server 2008 R2 deployment
Making the business case for Windows Server 2008 R2
Create a project plan
Document the existing network and server infrastructure
Security and legal planning
Planning for backup and disaster recovery
Planning for licensing and activation
Design your Windows Server 2008 R2 infrastructure
Test your design and project plan
Summary
Chapter 2 Installing and configuring Windows Server 2008 R2
Preparing to install Windows Server 2008 R2
Hardware requirements
Preparing the hardware
Choosing to upgrade or perform a custom installation
Selecting the edition and installation option
Installing Windows Server 2008 R2
Installing Windows Server 2008 R2—Server Core
Upgrading from previous Windows versions
Performing postinstallation tasks
Configuring initial settings
Understanding roles and features
Windows Server 2008 R2 roles
Installing additional software
Configuring disk drives
Finalizing the configuration
Product activation and Key Management Services
Understanding Windows Server 2008 R2 product activation
Overview of Key Management Services
Designing a KMS infrastructure
Installing and configuring KMS
Automating the installation process
Overview of Windows Deployment Services
Installing and configuring WDS
Unattended installation and automated deployment
Administration basics
Microsoft Management Console 101
Overview of Server Manager
Introduction to PowerShell
Windows Server 2008 R2 administration tools
Installation and Configuration Checklist
Summary
Chapter 3 Windows Server 2008 R2 networking
Overview of Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking
Network and Sharing Center
Redesigned TCP/IP Network Stack
DNS enhancements
Policy-based QoS
SMB 2.0
Windows Firewall
IPv6 support
Network awareness
Network Access Protection
DirectAccess
Exploring Network and Sharing Center
Network profiles
Planning and Deploying a TCP/IP Network Infrastructure
Introduction to TCP/IP
IP addresses
Introduction to IPv6
Designing IP networks
Policy-based QoS
Routing and Remote Access
Installing Routing and Remote Access
Configuring Routing and Remote Access to support Remote Access VPN
Planning and Deploying DNS
Overview of name resolution and DNS
DNS zones
DNS records
Designing a DNS infrastructure
Deploying DNS
Installing the DNS Server role
Configuring DNS Servers
Setting up DNS zones
Dynamic DNS records
DNS and Active Directory
Securing DNS
Monitoring and troubleshooting DNS
Overview of WINS
Planning and Deploying DHCP
Overview of DHCP
Planning for DHCP
Deploying DHCP
Administering and troubleshooting DHCP
Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting Utilities
Using ping, PathPing, and NSLookup
Overview of Network Monitor
Summary
Chapter 4 Feature focus: Active Directory
What is new in active directory?
Active Directory Recycle Bin
Offline Domain Join
Active Directory module for PowerShell
Active Directory Best Practices Analyzer
Active Directory Web Services
Active Directory Administrative Center
Managed service accounts
Planning for active directory
Active Directory basics
Planning for Active Directory forest and domains
Active Directory and DNS
Planning for domain controllers
Planning for Active Directory sites and replication
Global Catalog servers
Planning for operations masters
Planning for domain and forest functional levels
Installing and configuring Active Directory domain services
Active directory administration basics
Active Directory Users and Computers
Administering user and computers
User accounts
Account usernames, passwords, and security policies
Administering computer accounts
Administering groups and organizational units
Administering groups
Administering organizational units
Administering group policy
Overview of group policy
Creating and managing Group Policy Objects
Troubleshooting Group Policy
Other active directory services
Active directory certificate services
Planning for Active Directory Certificate Services
Deploying Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory federation services
Planning for Active Directory Federation Services
Deploying Active Directory Federation Services
Active directory lightweight directory services
Installing and configuring Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active directory rights management services
Commonly used active directory powershell commands
Summary
Chapter 5 Windows Server 2008 R2 file and print services
Overview of file and print services
Administering file shares
Creating shared folders
Securing shared folders
Publishing shared folders to Active Directory
Administering distributed file system services
Configuring and administering DFS Namespaces
Configuring and administering DFS Replication
File Server Resource manager
Quota management
File screening management
Storage reports
Classification management
File management tasks
Services for network file system
Windows search service
Branch cache for network files
Administering print and document services
Installing print services
Administering a print server
Line Printer Daemon service
Internet Printing
Distributed scan server
Summary
Chapter 6 Internet Information Services 7.5 feature focus
Overview of Internet Information services 7.5
Request Filtering Module
Best Practices Analyzer
PowerShell Module
Support for managed service accounts
Planning to deploy IIS 7.5 web servers
Installing and configuring IIS 7.5
Administering IIS 7.5 web sites
IIS Web sites
Application pools
Creating Web sites
Administering the IIS 7.5 FTP publishing service
Summary
Chapter 7 Hyper-V feature focus
Introduction to virtualization and Hyper-V
Hyper-V changes
Live Migration
Processor enhancements
Storage enhancements
Network enhancements
Planning for Hyper-V
Licensing considerations
Hyper-V system requirements and capacity planning
Planning for features
Installing and administering Hyper-V
Administering virtual networks
Administering Hyper-V host settings
Creating and administering Hyper-V virtual machines
Virtual machine files
Virtual machine disk types
Creating and configuring a virtual machine
Supported virtual machine operating systems
Installing the guest operating system
Updating virtual machine settings
High availability, Live Migration, and snapshots
Live Migration
Configuring Hyper-V to support Live Migration
Snapshots
Introduction to system center virtual machine manager 2008 R2
System requirements for system center virtual machine manager
Summary
Chapter 8 Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services
Overview of remote desktop services
What is new in remote desktop services
Remote Desktop Session Host
Remote Desktop Virtualization Host
RemoteApp and Desktop Connection
Remote Desktop Connection Broker
Remote Desktop Gateway
Remote Desktop Web Access
Remote Desktop Client Experience
Remote Desktop Services PowerShell module and Best Practices Analyzer
Planning to deploy remote desktop services
Installing and configuring remote desktop services
Installing and configuring Remote Desktop Session Host
Installing and configuring Remote Desktop Licensing
Installing and configuring Remote Desktop Web Access
Installing and configuring Remote Desktop Gateway
Overview of Remote Desktop Virtualization Host
Planning for a VDI deployment
Installing and configuring Remote Desktop Virtualization Host, Connection Broker, and Session Host for VDI
Summary
Chapter 9 Windows Server 2008 R2 high-availability and recovery features
Introduction to high availability
Failover Clusters
Network Load Balancing Clusters
New high-availability and recovery features
Failover Cluster PowerShell support
Cluster-Shared Volumes
Improved Cluster Validation
Support for additional cluster aware services
Ability to backup individual files and folders
Planning for high availability
Understanding how Failover Clustering works
Planning for a Failover Cluster
Installing and administering Failover Clustering
Failover Clustering prerequisites
Adding Failover Clustering feature
Configuring server networks
Connecting cluster nodes to shared storage
Verifying cluster configuration using the Cluster Validation Wizard
Creating a new Failover Cluster
Administering a Failover Cluster
Installing and administering Network Load Balancing
Network Load Balancing prerequisites
Adding Network Load Balancing feature
Creating a Network Load Balancing cluster
Adding an additional node to the NLB cluster
Planning for backups and disaster recovery
Disaster recovery planning
Backups
Installing and administering Windows backup
Installing windows server backup
Creating and managing backup jobs
Summary
Chapter 10 Securing Windows Server 2008 R2
AppLocker
Enabling AppLocker
Configuring AppLocker
Server Core
BitLocker
Preparing for BitLocker
Managing BitLocker
Security Configuration Wizard
Best practice analyzer
BPA from PowerShell
Auditing
Encrypting file system
EFS keys and algorithms
Cipher.exe
File classification infrastructure
Planning for FCI
Configuring FCI
Managing FCI
Read-only domain controller
Network policy and access services
NPS
NAP
Active directory recycle bin
Enabling the Active Directory Recycle Bin
Restoring deleted Active Directory objects
DirectAccess
DirectAccess infrastructure requirements
DirectAccess protocols
Selecting a DirectAccess model
Summary
Chapter 11 PowerShell V2 feature focus
Introduction to powershell
What is new in PowerShell V2
Installing powershell
Introduction to powershell scripting
Windows server 2008 R2 powershell cmdlets
Active Directory cmdlets
AppLocker cmdlets
Failover Cluster cmdlets
Group Policy cmdlets
Server Manager cmdlets
Windows Server Backup cmdlets
Summary
Chapter 12 Windows Server 2008 R2 monitoring and troubleshooting
Performance monitoring
Understanding Performance Monitor
Using task manager and resource monitor
Task Manager
Resource Monitor
Event Viewer
Applications and Services Logs
Data Collector Sets
Windows memory diagnostic
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Summary
Chapter 13 Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Overview of BranchCache
Planning to deploy BranchCache
Deployment options
Prerequisites
Designing a BranchCache deployment
Deploying BranchCache
Overview of DirectAccess
Planning to deploy DirectAccess
DirectAccess Requirements
Designing your DirectAccess deployment
Determining which access model to deploy
Planning for network firewall configuration
Designing your DirectAccess server layout
Deploying DirectAccess
Creating a certificate template for computer autoenrollment
Removing ISATAP from DNS global block list
Creating a certificate revocation list (CRL) distribution point on the DirectAccess server
Installing and configuring DirectAccess and network location server
Summary
Chapter 14 Windows Server 2008 R2 delta changes
Networking changes
DirectAccess
BranchCache
VPN Reconnect
DNS cache locking
DNS Security Extensions
Firewall profiles per network connection
Active directory changes
Active Directory Recycle Bin
Offline domain join
Active Directory Best Practices Analyzer
Active Directory Web Services
Managed service accounts
Active Directory Administrative Center
Active Directory Module for PowerShell
Read-only SYSVOL for Read-Only Domain Controllers
File and print services changes
Read-only DFSR Replicas
File classification infrastructure
Print driver isolation
Network scanner management
Internet information server changes
Request filtering module
Best Practices Analyzer
PowerShell module
Support for managed service accounts
Hostable Web core
.NET support on server core installs
Hyper-V changes
Live Migration
Processor enhancements
Storage enhancements
Remote desktop services (formerly known as terminal services) changes
Remote desktop session host
Remote desktop virtualization host
RemoteApp and desktop connection
Remote Desktop Connection Broker
Remote Desktop Gateway
Remote Desktop Web Access
Remote Desktop client experience
Remote desktop services PowerShell module and Best Practices Analyzer
High availability and recovery changes
Failover Cluster PowerShell support
Cluster shared volumes
Improved cluster validation
Support for additional cluster aware services
Ability to backup individual files and folders
Security changes
DNSSEC support
AppLocker
Changes to network access protection
Managed service accounts
New security auditing features
Powershell changes
Integrated scripting environment and debugger
Background jobs
Transactions
Cmdlets for server administration
Summary
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 712
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Syngress 2010
- Published: July 6, 2010
- Imprint: Syngress
- eBook ISBN: 9781597495790
- Paperback ISBN: 9781597495783
About the Author
Dustin Hannifin
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