MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2 Complete Study Guide

William Panek, MCP, MCP+I, MCSA, MCSE, MCTS, MCITP, CCNA, is also a Microsoft MVP. He has been an instructor at Boston University, Clark University, and the University of Maryland, and a consultant and trainer for the United States Secret Service, Cisco, the United States Air Force, and the United States Army. Will teaches Microsoft classes throughout the country for both public and private corporations, and is the author of numerous computer books.

Introduction xxxix Assessment Test lxi Part I Exam 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 1 Chapter 1 Install Windows Server 2012 R2 3 Features and Advantages of Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 4 Planning the Windows Server 2012 R2 Installation 7 Server Roles in Windows Server 2012 R2 7 Migrating Roles and Features to Windows Server 2012 R2 10 Roles and Features That Have Been Reduced in Windows Server 2012 R2 12 Deciding Which Windows Server 2012 R2 Versions to Use 16 Deciding on the Type of Installation 17 NIC Teaming 21 Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 22 Using Windows Deployment Services 26 Understanding Features On Demand 30 Storage in Windows Server 2012 R2 31 Initializing Disks 31 Configuring Basic and Dynamic Disks 32 Managing Volumes 34 Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2 35 Redundant Array of Independent Disks 36 Mount Points 40 Microsoft MPIO 41 iSCSI 43 Internet Storage Name Service 46 Fibre Channel 49 Network Attached Storage 50 Virtual Disk Service 50 Summary 52 Exam Essentials 53 Review Questions 54 Chapter 2 Configure Network Services 57 Introducing DNS 58 The Form of an IP Address 59 Understanding Servers, Clients, and Resolvers 64 Understanding the DNS Process 65 Introducing DNS Database Zones 71 Understanding Primary Zones 72 Understanding Secondary Zones 73 Understanding Active Directory Integrated DNS 74 Understanding Stub Zones 75 Global Name Zones 77 Zone Transfers and Replication 77 Advantages of DNS in Windows Server 2012 R2 80 Background Zone Loading 81 Support for IPv6 Addresses 81 Support for Read-Only Domain Controllers 82 DNS Socket Pools 82 DNS Cache Locking 83 DNS Security Extensions 83 DNS Devolution 84 Zone Level Statistics 84 Record Weighting 85 Netmask Ordering 85 DnsUpdateProxy Group 85 Windows PowerShell Support 85 Introducing DNS Record Types 86 Start of Authority Records 86 Name Server Records 87 Host Record 88 Alias Record 89 Pointer Record 89 Mail Exchanger Record 90 Service (SRV) Record 90 Configuring DNS 91 Installing DNS 91 Load Balancing with Round Robin 94 Configuring a Caching-Only Server 94 Setting Zone Properties 95 Configuring Zones for Dynamic Updates 98 Delegating Zones for DNS 100 DNS Forwarding 101 Manually Creating DNS Records 102 DNS Aging and Scavenging 103 Monitoring and Troubleshooting DNS 104 Monitoring DNS with the DNS Snap-In 105 Troubleshooting DNS 107 Overview of DHCP 116 Introducing the DORA Process 116 Advantages and Disadvantages of DHCP 118 Ipconfig Lease Options 119 Understanding Scope Details 120 Installing and Authorizing DHCP 122 Installing DHCP 122 Introducing the DHCP Snap-In 125 Authorizing DHCP for Active Directory 126 Creating and Managing DHCP Scopes 128 Creating a New Scope in IPv4 129 Creating a New Scope in IPv6 136 Changing Scope Properties (IPv4 and IPv6) 138 Changing Server Properties 140 Managing Reservations and Exclusions 143 Setting Scope Options for IPv4 146 Activating and Deactivating Scopes 149 Creating a Superscope for IPv4 149 Creating IPv4 Multicast Scopes 151 Integrating Dynamic DNS and IPv4 DHCP 153 Using Multiple DHCP Servers 155 Working with the DHCP Database Files 156 Summary 158 Exam Essentials 159 Review Questions 161 Chapter 3 Plan and Install Active Directory 165 Verifying the File system 166 Resilient File System (ReFS) 167 NTFS 168 Verifying Network Connectivity 171 Basic Connectivity Tests 171 Tools and Techniques for Testing Network Configuration 172 Understanding Domain and Forest Functionality 174 About the Domain Functional Level 174 About Forest Funct