70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012 R2

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This 70–411 Administering Windows Server 2012 R2 textbook covers the second of three exams required for Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Windows Server 2012 certification. This course validates the skills and knowledge necessary to administer a Windows Server 2012 Infrastructure in an enterprise environment. The three MCSA exams collectively validate the skills and knowledge necessary for implementing, managing, maintaining, and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment. This Microsoft Official Academic Course is mapped to the 70–411 Administering Windows Server 2012 exam skills, including the recent R2 objectives. This textbook focuses on real skills for real jobs and prepares students to prove mastery of core services such as user and group management, network access, and data security. In addition, this book also covers such valuable skills as:

• Implementing a Group Policy Infrastructure
• Managing User and Service Accounts
• Maintaining Active Directory Domain Services
• Configuring and Troubleshooting DNS
• Configuring and Troubleshooting Remote Access
• Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting the Network Policy Server Role
• Optimizing File Services
• Increasing File System Security
• Implementing Update Management

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1 Deploying and Managing Server Images 1

2 Implementing Patch Management 33

3 Monitoring Servers 65

4 Configuring Distributed File System (DFS) 107

5 Configuring File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) 134

6 Configuring File Services and Disk Encryption 155

7 Configuring Advanced Audit Policies 177

8 Configuring DNS Zones 207

9 Configuring DNS Records 232

10 Configuring VPN and Routing 254

11 Configuring Direct Access 286

12 Configuring a Network Policy Server 312

13 Configuring NPS Policies 338

14 Configuring Network Access Protection (NAP) 358

15 Configuring Server Authentication 383

16 Configuring Domain Controllers 399

17 Maintaining Active Directory 421

18 Configuring Account Policies 447

19 Configuring Group Policy Processing 462

20 Configuring Group Policy Settings 484

21 Managing Group Policy Objects 511

22 Configuring Group Policy Preferences 523

Appendix A 000

Index 000

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