Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals, 4th Edition

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 630 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook; 4th edition (January 21, 2025)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1836205015
• ISBN-13: 978-1836205012

eBook Description:

Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals, 4th Edition: A beginner’s guide to managing and administering Windows Server environments. Deploy, set up, and deliver network services with Windows Server 2025, along with exploring its new features, security, and Microsoft’s role-based certifications.

Windows Server 2025 introduces significant advancements and interesting security features. In this Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals, Fourth Edition, Bekim Dauti, the esteemed author of the previous three editions, brings his extensive experience to provide up-to-date information on these latest enhancements.

You’ll be introduced to network fundamentals and installation procedures, and go through post-installation tasks, directory services, and adding roles. The chapters highlight configuration topics, including group policy, virtualization, and data storage. This updated Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals, 4th Edition covers the new and enhanced features of Windows Server 2025 extensively, including Active Directory Domain Services enhancements, SMB over QUIC, advanced security features, and hotpatching with Azure Arc. Additionally, the book provides insights into tuning, maintaining, updating, and troubleshooting the server, and concludes with a dedicated section on studying and preparing for the AZ-800 certification exam with the help of practical preparation tips. Numerous questions and answers at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge of the concepts covered.

• Manage directory services effectively, including setting up and maintaining AD DS roles
• Add roles to Windows Server 2025 and ensure they integrate seamlessly with the existing infrastructure
• Implement and troubleshoot group policies to enforce consistent configurations across the network
• Utilize virtualization techniques to optimize server resources and enhance scalability
• Secure data storage solutions using encryption, access controls, and backup strategies
• Maintain server uptime and reliability through efficient hotpatching practices for applying updates

By the end of this Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals, 4th Edition book, you’ll be well-equipped with the knowledge needed to update, maintain, and troubleshoot servers to ensure business continuity by relying on best practices and using step-by-step graphic-driven examples.