Summary

The Microsoft core stack of infrastructure technologies generally consists of Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP—and often you will find all three of these housed on the same servers. Understanding these technologies and knowing how to utilize their associated toolsets is an essential part of any server administrator's life. As a manager in an IT company, I will tell you with surety that having a grasp on this will greatly improve your chances of finding that sysadmin role you've been seeking.

I hope these last two chapters have been beneficial to your overall understanding of the ways that companies make use of Windows Server technology and have given you something to help prepare for IT life in a business setting. Next, we turn to another baked-in component of any Active Directory-focused environment, but one that is often underutilized. Group Policy is an amazingly powerful tool that can be used to enhance security and create automation inside any domain...