Windows Server 2022 & PowerShell All-in-One For Dummies

Sara Perrott

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781119867821
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781119867838
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Networking
• Index: Computer Science

All the essentials for administering Windows Server 2022 in one book

Looking 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. Whether you need to start from scratch and install a new server or want to jump right into a more advanced topiclike managing security or working in Windows PowerShellyou'll find what you need right here.

In this 8-books-in-1 compilation, you'll:

• Learn what you need to install and set up a brand-new Windows server installation
• Configure your Windows Server and customize its settings based on your needs and preferences
• Discover how to install, configure, and work with Containers

The perfect book for server and system admins looking for a quick reference on Windows Server operation, this book is also a great resource for networking newcomers learning their way around the server software they'll encounter daily.

Book 1

Installing and Setting Up Windows Server 2022

Contents at a Glance

1. Chapter 1: An Overview of Windows Server 2022
   1. Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Seeing What’s New in Windows Server 2022
   2. Deciding Which Windows Server 2022 Edition Is Right for You
   3. Walking the Walk: Windows Server 2022 User Experiences
   4. Seeing What Server Manager Has to Offer
   5. Windows Admin Center: Your New Best Friend
   6. Extending and Improving Your Datacenter
2. Chapter 2: Using Boot Diagnostics
   1. Accessing Boot Diagnostics
   2. Using Advanced Boot Options
   3. Performing a Memory Test
   4. Using the Command Prompt
   5. Working with Third-Party Boot Utilities
3. Chapter 3: Performing the Basic Installation
   1. Making Sure You Have What It Takes
   2. Performing a Clean Install
   3. Upgrading Windows
   4. Performing a Network Install with Windows Deployment Services
4. Chapter 4: Performing Initial Configuration Tasks
   1. Understanding Default Settings
   2. Getting an Overview of the Configuration Process
   3. Providing Computer Information
   4. Updating Windows Server 2022
   5. Customizing Windows Server 2022
   6. Configuring Startup Options with BCDEdit

Chapter 1

An Overview of Windows Server 2022

IN THIS CHAPTER

Getting an overview of the features new to Windows Server 2022

Making sense of the Windows Server 2022 editions

Looking at the different Windows Server 2022 user experiences

Recognizing the benefits of Server Manager

Working with the Windows Admin Center

Making your data center bigger and better

Windows Server 2022 is the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship server operating system. This chapter has something for everyone. If you’re already familiar with Windows Server, I discuss the new features that Windows Server 2022 brings to the table. If you haven’t worked with Microsoft Server operating systems much before, you’ll appreciate the information on the editions and user experiences that you can use, depending on your needs.

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Seeing What’s New in Windows Server 2022

With each new version of Windows Server, Microsoft introduces new and innovative technologies to improve administration, add needed functionality, and improve security. Here are some of the new features in Windows Server 2022:

• Secured-core server: These systems have special hardware that enables them to use advanced security features. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 is a standard feature, for example, which can be used for a variety of things, including secure key storage and improved boot time protection from BitLocker. Microsoft also provides increased protections against firmware-level attacks and virtualization-based security (VBS).
• Improvements to Domain Name System (DNS) security: DNS requests can now be made via Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), using an encrypted channel. This new feature is referred to as DNS-over-HTTPS, which is shortened to DoH. If you’re like me, you probably pictured Homer Simpson yelling “D’oh!”
• Transport Layer Security (TLS): In Windows Server 2022, both HTTPS and TLS 1.3 are enabled by default to better protect your network and Internet activity. For more information on this feature, check out Book 5, Chapter 3.
• Server Message Block (SMB) security: Windows Server 2022 brings several improvements for SMB security. SMB can now be used over the QUIC protocol instead of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). This allows you to take advantage of TLS 1.3 encryption. SMB Direct now supports encryption with little to no performance impact. Previously, if you enabled SMB encryption, direct data placement was disabled due to the impact to performance. Plus, traffic between storage clusters in Storage Spaces Direct can now be encrypted.
• Azure hybrid capabilities: In Windows Server 2022, you have Azure Arc, which provides centralized management of servers, and Azure Automanage: Hotpatch, which allows for rebootless updates. I discuss these features a bit more toward the end of this chapter.
• Windows Admin Center: Improvements have been made to Windows Admin Center to add support for the new secured-core server features.
• Improved support for Windows Containers: Container image sizes have been greatly reduced, and increased support for Kubernetes has been added. I discuss these subjects in greater detail in Book 8.
• Network performance: TCP and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) performance have both been improved in Windows Server 2022.
• Microsoft Edge browser: Microsoft Edge is now the browser of choice on Microsoft products. It has replaced Internet Explorer as the default browser in Windows Server 2022.
• Storage improvements: Migrating data has been made simpler with improvements to the Storage Migration Service. Storage Spaces Direct has also gotten some love with two big improvements. The first new feature, user adjustable storage repair speed, allows users to specify how many resources should be allocated to repairing data or servicing active storage needs. The second new feature is the storage bus cache being available on non-clustered systems, which allows you to create tiered storage on a stand-alone server.

Deciding Which Windows...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Book 1: Installing and Setting Up Windows Server 2022
• Book 2: Configuring Windows Server 2022
• Book 3: Administering Windows Server 2022
• Book 4: Configuring Networking in Windows Server 2022
• Book 5: Managing Security with Windows Server 2022
• Book 6: Working with Windows PowerShell
• Book 7: Installing and Administering Hyper-V
• Book 8: Installing, Configuring, and Using Containers
• Index
• About the Author
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement