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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782175223

Length 406 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Charbel Nemnom

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Nano Server FREE CHAPTER

2. Getting Started with Nano Server

3. Deploying Nano Server in a Virtual Machine and on Physical Hardware

4. Deploying Hyper-V Cluster on Nano Server

5. Deploying, Managing, and Monitoring Nano Server with System Center 2016

6. Managing Nano Server with Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell DSC

7. Managing Nano Server with Third-Party Tools

8. Running Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers on Nano Server

9. Troubleshooting Nano Server

10. Running Other Workloads on the Nano Server

Getting Started with Nano Server

As we discussed in Chapter 1, Introduction to Nano Server, Nano Server has absolutely no local GUI and it takes up far less disk space. Server roles and optional features exist outside of Nano Server, and we refer to them as packages. Those packages can be added to Nano Server image on demand. Microsoft developed Nano Server with just enough OS. In other words, it's only the OS and the components of the OS that we need for the function which is required, and nothing more. With Nano Server, the 400 MB base image basically holds Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), reverse forwarders for application compatibility, and aÂ PowerShell core. Nano Server installation will always be ready to be remoted into and can be managed remotely using remote PowerShell, or with any standard Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) GUIs such as...

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Authors (1)

Nemnom

Charbel Nemnom is a Cloud Solutions Architect for itnetX (Switzerland) AG and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for cloud and datacenter management. He has over 17 years of professional experience in IT. He works predominantly with the most recent versions of Windows Server, System Center, Microsoft Azure, and Azure Stack. Charbel has previously contributed to several books, all of which were published by Packt. He is Microsoft-, Cisco-, and PMI- certified and holds the following credentials: MCP, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCS, MCSE, CCNP, ITIL, and PMP. You can follow him on Twitter at @CharbelNemnom.

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