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Articles & Books From Sara Perrott
All the essentials for administering Windows Server 2022 in one bookLooking for a little help installing, configuring, securing, or running a network running Windows Server 2022? Windows Server 2022 & PowerShell All-in-One For Dummies delivers a thorough guide to network administration in a single, convenient book.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-03-2022
PowerShell 5.1 is the version of Windows PowerShell that ships with Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016. It’s available for installation on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2. The last three operating systems must have Windows Management Framework 5.
Article / Updated 09-24-2019
Docker is an open-source platform that assists you in packaging and deploying applications in Windows Server 2019. You can run multiple containers on a container host, and because they share the container host’s kernel, they use fewer resources than virtual machines (VMs) because you don’t need the overhead of a hypervisor to manage them.
Article / Updated 09-24-2019
Windows Server 2019 offers Hyper-V, a Type 1 hypervisor. Hyper-V is a role that gets installed on a Windows Server 2019 operating system. If you want to save time, you can also download and install Windows Hyper-V Server 2019, which is a standalone product available for download that contains the Windows Hyper-V hypervisor, Windows Server drivers, and various virtualization components — the same tech that you get from installing the role.
Article / Updated 09-24-2019
Containers are a game-changing technology — especially for teams that have developers who need dynamic environments to work from. A developer can launch a container that supports the needs of her application within minutes, and many of the container images are purpose build with the various programming frameworks called out in the title of the container image.
Article / Updated 09-24-2019
In the technology field, there is always the next hot thing that everybody starts talking about. Virtualization was one of those topics when it first made its appearance. Microsoft’s virtualization product is called Hyper-V. Virtualization has enabled IT professionals to better use the resources that have been purchased and has led to the creation of cloud computing services.
Article / Updated 09-24-2019
Virtualization drastically changed the way that IT operated in organizations of all sizes, but containers have had a large impact as well. You may be wondering why someone would want to use containers in Windows Server 2019. They’re just virtual machines (VMs), right? Well, not exactly.The technologies may seem similar, but containers and VMs are not the same.
Article / Updated 09-18-2019
Windows Server 2019 has two user experiences to choose from. What you use will depend on the workload you’re wanting to support, as well as organizational requirements. Here, the Desktop Experience and the Server Core experience are discussed, as well as some pros and cons of each.
Desktop Experience
Desktop Experience is what you would consider to be the standard graphical user interface (GUI) that you may have used in previous versions of the Windows Server operating systems.
Article / Updated 09-18-2019
With each new version of Windows Server, Microsoft introduces new and innovative technologies to improve administration or add needed functionality. Here are some of the new features in Windows Server 2019:
App Compatibility Feature on Demand (FoD) for Server Core: The App Compatibility FoD package includes a set of binaries that improve compatibility for applications that require some of the graphical tools that haven’t historically been available with Server Core.
Your one-stop reference for Windows Server 2019 and PowerShell know-howWindows Server 2019 & PowerShell All-in-One For Dummies offers a single reference to help you build and expand your knowledge of all things Windows Server, including the all-important PowerShell framework. Written by an information security pro and professor who trains aspiring system administrators, this book covers the broad range of topics a system administrator needs to know to run Windows Server 2019, including how to install, configure, and secure a system.