Chapter 5. Networking with Windows Server 2016

As we have been discussing so far in this book, servers are the tree trunks of our networks. They are the backbone infrastructure that enable us to get work done. If servers are the trunks, then the networks themselves must be the roots. Your network is the infrastructure that supports the company infrastructure; it makes up the channels which any and all devices inside your company use to communicate with each other.

Traditionally there have been server guys and network guys in the IT profession, and in many places that is still the case today. An administrator who primarily works on servers does not generally have enough time in the day to also support the network infrastructure in an organization of any larger size, and the reverse is also true. Network administrators generally stick to their own equipment and management tools, and wouldn't be interested in diving too deeply into the Windows Server world. However, many of us...