Sara Perrott is an information security professional with a systems and network engineering background. She teaches classes related to Windows Server, Amazon Web Services, networking, and virtualization. Sara addressed the AWS Imagine conference in 2018 and presented at the RSA conference in 2019.

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Icons Used in This Book 2

Beyond the Book 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Book 1: Installing and Setting Up Windows Server 2019 5

Chapter 1: An Overview of Windows Server 2019 7

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Seeing What's New in Windows Server 2019 8

Deciding Which Windows Server 2019 Edition Is Right for You 12

Essentials 12

Standard 13

Datacenter 13

Walking the Walk: Windows Server 2019 User Experiences 13

Desktop Experience 13

Server Core 14

Nano 15

Seeing What Server Manager Has to Offer 15

Windows Admin Center: Your New Best Friend 17

Chapter 2: Using Boot Diagnostics 21

Accessing Boot Diagnostics 21

From the DVD 22

From the boot menu 24

Using a Special Boot Mode 25

Safe Mode 25

Enable Boot Logging 27

Enable Low-Resolution Video 27

Last Known Good Configuration 27

Directory Services Restore Mode 28

Debugging Mode 28

Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure 29

Disable Driver Signature Enforcement 29

Disable Early Launch Anti-Malware Driver 29

Performing a Memory Test 30

Using the Command Prompt 32

Working with Third-Party Boot Utilities 32

Chapter 3: Performing the Basic Installation 35

Making Sure You Have What It Takes 36

Central processing unit 36

Random access memory 38

Storage 38

Network adapter 39

DVD drive 39

UEFI-based firmware 39

Trusted Platform Module 39

Monitor 39

Keyboard and mouse 40

Performing a Clean Install 40

Upgrading Windows 43

Performing a Network Install with Windows Deployment Services 46

Chapter 4: Performing Initial Configuration Tasks 47

Understanding Default Settings 48

Getting an Overview of the Configuration Process 49

Providing Computer Information 50

Windows Server 2019 with Desktop Experience 50

Windows Server 2019 Core 54

Updating Windows Server 2019 60

Windows Server 2019 with Desktop Experience 60

Windows Server 2019 Core 62

Customizing Windows Server 2019 64

Windows Server 2019 with Desktop Experience 64

Windows Server 2019 Core 67

Configuring Startup Options with BCDEdit 70

Book 2: Configuring Windows Server 2019 73

Chapter 1: Configuring Server Roles and Features 75

Using Server Manager 75

Roles and features 76

Diagnostics 77

Configuration tasks 78

Configure and Manage Storage 79

Understanding Server Roles 80

Active Directory Certificate Services 80

Active Directory Domain Services 81

Active Directory Federation Services 81

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services 81

Active Directory Rights Management Services 82

Device Health Attestation 82

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 82

Domain Name System 83

Fax Server 83

File and Storage Services 84

Host Guardian Service 84

Hyper-V 85

Network Controller 85

Network Policy and Access Services 85

Print and Document Services 86

Remote Access 86

Remote Desktop Services 86

Volume Activation Services 86

Web Services 87

Windows Deployment Services 87

Windows Server Update Services 87

Understanding Server Features 87

.NET 3.5 88

.NET 4.7 88

Background Intelligent Transfer Service 88

BitLocker Drive Encryption 88

BitLocker Network Unlock 89

BranchCache 89

Client for NFS 89

Containers 89

Data Center Bridging 90

Direct Play 90

Enhanced Storage 90

Failover Clustering 90

Group Policy Management 91

Host Guardian Hyper-V Support 91

I/O Quality of Service 91

IIS Hostable Web Core 91

Internet Printing Client 91

IP Address Management Server 92

Internet Storage Name Server Service 92

LPR Port Monitor 92

Management OData IIS Extension 92

Media Foundation 92

Message Queueing 93

Multipath I/O 93

Multipoint Connector 93

Network Load Balancing 93

Network Virtualization 93

Peer Name Resolution Protocol 94

Quality Windows Audio Video Experience 94

RAS Connection Manager Administration Kit 94

Remote Assistance 94

Remote Differential Compression 94

Remote Server Administration Tools 94

RPC over HTTP Proxy 95

Setup and Boot Event Collection 95

Simple TCP/IP Services 95

SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support 95

SMB Bandwidth Limit 96

SMTP Server 96

Simple Network Management Protocol Service 96

Software Load Balancer 96

Storage Migration Service 97

Storage Migration Service Proxy 97

Storage Replica 97

System Data Archiver 97

System Insights 98

Telnet Client 98

TFTP Client 98

VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management 98

WebDAV Redirector 98

Windows Biometric Framework 99

Windows Defender Antivirus 99

Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 99

Windows Internal Database 99

Windows PowerShell 99

Windows Process Activation Service 99

Windows Search Service 100

Windows Server Backup 100

Windows Server Migration Tools 100

Windows Standards-Based Storage Management 100

Windows Subsystem for Linux 101

Windows TIFF IFilter 101

WinRM IIS Extension 101

WINS Server 101

Wireless LAN Service 101

WoW64 Support 101

XPS Viewer 102

Chapter 2: Configuring Server Hardware 103

Working with Device Manager 104

Opening Device Manager 104

Configuring how Device Manager displays 104

Viewing devices that are not working properly 106

Understanding resources 107

Viewing hidden devices 108

Scanning for new devices 109

Working with older devices 109

Viewing individual device settings 109

Updating drivers 111

Configuring power management 111

Using the Add Hardware Wizard 112

Performing Hard-Drive-Related Tasks 113

Choosing basic or dynamic disks 114

Using multipath I/O 115

Working with storage area networks 116

Understanding Storage Spaces Direct 117

Working with Storage Replica 123

Using Storage Quality of Service 124

Encrypting with BitLocker 124

Performing Printer-Related Tasks 134

Using the Printer Install Wizard 134

Configuring print options 136

Configuring the Print Server role 137

Connecting to a Printer on a Print Server 140

Performing Other Configuration Tasks 141

Keyboard 141

Mouse 141

Power management 142

Sound 143

Language 143

Fonts 143

Chapter 3: Using the Control Panel 145

Accessing the Control Panel 145

Configuring the Control Panel 146

Understanding Control Panel Items 148

Chapter 4: Working with Workgroups 157

Knowing What a Workgroup Is 158

Knowing If a Workgroup Is Right for You 158

Comparing Centralized and Group Sharing 159

Configuring a Server for a Workgroup 159

Changing the name of your workgroup 160

Adding groups 161

Creating users and adding users to the group 162

Adding shared resources 164

Managing Workgroups 168

The Computer Management console 168

The User Account window 169

PowerShell 170

Examining the Peer Name Resolution Protocol 172

Chapter 5: Promoting Your Server to Domain Controller 173

Understanding Domains 173

What is a domain? 174

Forests and domains and OUs, oh my! 174

Understanding privileged domain groups 175

Examining Flexible Single Master Operation roles on domain controllers 175

Preparing to Create a Domain 177

Functional levels 178

Forest functional level 179

Domain functional level 179

Performing Domain Configuration Prerequisites 179

Checking for unsupported roles and features 180

Installing and configuring Domain Name System 180

Installing and configuring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 183

Configuring the Server as a Domain Controller 187

Installing Active Directory Domain Services 188

Configuring Active Directory Domain Services 188

Converting your DNS Zone to an Active Directory Integrated Zone 190

Authorizing your DHCP Server for your Active Directory environment 193

Configuring the user accounts 194

Sharing resources on a domain 196

Joining clients to the domain 197

Wrapping Things Up 202

Chapter 6: Managing DNS and DHCP with IP Address Management 205

Installing IP Address Management 206

Configuring IP Address Management 206

Using IP Address Management 210

Overview 210

Server Inventory 211

IP Address Space 211

Monitor and Manage 213

Event Catalog 215

Access Control 215

Book 3: Administering Windows Server 2019 217

Chapter 1: An Overview of the Tools Menu in Server Manager 219

Accessing the Server Manager Tools Menu 219

Working with Common Administrative Tools 222

Computer Management 222

Defragment and Optimize Drives 222

Disk Cleanup 223

Event Viewer 224

Local Security Policy 224

Registry Editor 226

Services 226

System Configuration 228