#Guide #Deployment #Infrastructure #Windows #Server
Contents
I. Introduction
II. The Installation
1. Choosing your virtual environment
2. Creating the virtual machine
3. Installation of the operating system
III. Preparing the server
1. Updates
2. Host name
3. Remote access and administration
4. Network configuration
5. Firewall and User Account Control UAC
IV. The network services
1. The DHCP role
2. The DNS role
V. Active Directory network directory
VI. Group Policy GPO
VII. File and storage management
VIII. IIS Web service
IX. Access security
X. Troubleshooting
I. Introduction
Here you will find a set of documentation allowing you to efficiently approach the administration of a Windows infrastructure based on virtualized servers.
Through examples and hands-on operations you will discover all the essential points for using Windows Server efficiently.
This document breaks the information down into different formats to make learning easier:
- Articles, selected for their quality
- Official documentation
- Technical procedures
- Videos and PDF files
II. Installation
1. Choosing your virtual environment
To take into account the reality of today's field, the installation of Windows Server is going to be done on a virtual machine.
Here are some of the most widely used virtualization software:
- VMWare Workstation
- Oracle VM VirtualBox
- Hyper-V (only for the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education editions)
On a physical server (bare metal hypervisor):
- VMWare ESXi
- Hyper-V
- Xen
-> Why choose a bare metal hypervisor and how to choose it?
2. Creating the virtual machine
Here, we will take VMWare Workstation Pro 15.5 as an example.
You can follow the document below to guide you in the creation of a VM:
-> VMware Workstation Guide - Create a virtual machine |Awoui
3. Installation of the operating system
The prerequisites for Windows Server 2019
In terms of minimum configuration, Microsoft recommends:
RAM memory:
- 2 GB for the desktop experience installation (with graphical interface)
- 512 MB for the minimal Server Core installation option (entirely command line)
Processor:
- 1.4 GHz, compatible with the 64-bit instruction set
Disk space:
- 32 GB, approximate minimum space for correct use
-> System requirements for Windows Server 2019 | Microsoft Docs
-> What is Server Core? | Microsoft Docs
Installation image:
- Windows Server 2019 ISO (in our case)
-> All the versions of Windows Server 2012 to 2019 | Microsoft Evaluation Center
Carrying out the installation of the operating system
In our example we are going to proceed with the installation of Windows Server 2019 on a VMWare Workstation Pro virtual machine.
-> Installation of the Windows Server system |Awoui
Note that since Windows Server 2012 the installation procedure remains almost identical.
You can also use this video support presented by our friend Tech2Tech.
III Preparing the server
VI The network services
V Active Directory network directory
-> Deployment of an Active Directory domain on Windows Server |Awoui
https://www.goankh.com/windows-server-domain
Documents were attached to the original article (“Windows Server - Pratique 2. Mise en réseau du système.pdf”, “Windows Server - Pratique 5. Installer un serveur DHCP.pdf”, “Windows Server - Pratique 6. Installer un serveur DNS.pdf”): the download widget of the former editor did not carry them into the archive, and they are not republished.