William Stanek - Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage, Security, & Networking Pocket Consultant

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To my readers — thank you for being there with me through many books and many years. It has been an honor and a privilege to be your pocket consultant.

To my wife — for many years, through many books, many millions of words, and many thousands of pages she’s been there, providing support and encouragement and making every place we’ve lived a home.

To my kids — for helping me see the world in new ways, for having exceptional patience and boundless love, and for making every day an adventure.

To Anne, Karen, Martin, Lucinda, Juliana, and many others who’ve helped out in ways both large and small.

Special thanks to my son Will for not only installing and managing my extensive dev lab for all my books since Windows 8 Pocket Consultant but for also performing check reads of all those books as well.

— William R. Stanek

Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant: Storage, Security, Networking is designed to be a concise and compulsively usable resource for Windows administrators, developers, and programmers, and for anyone else who wants to use the storage, networking, and security features of Windows Server 2012 R2. This is the readable resource guide that you’ll want on your desk or in your pocket at all times. The book discusses everything you need to perform core tasks. Because the focus is directed on providing you with the maximum value in a pocket-sized guide, you don’t have to wade through hundreds of pages of extraneous information to find what you’re looking for. Instead, you’ll find exactly what you need to get the job done.

In short, the book is designed to be the one resource you consult whenever you have questions regarding storage, networking, and security in Windows Server 2012 R2. To this end, the book concentrates on configuration options, frequently used tasks, documented examples, and options that are representative but not necessarily inclusive. One of the goals is to keep the content so concise that the book remains compact and easy to navigate while ensuring that the book is packed with as much information as possible-making it a valuable resource.

Anyone transitioning to Windows Server 2012 R2 from Windows Server 2012 might be surprised at just how much has been updated, as changes both subtle and substantial have been made throughout the operating system. Like Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 supports a touch user interface (UI), in addition to the traditional mouse and keyboard.

Although you might not install Windows Server 2012 R2 on touch UI-capable computers, you can manage Windows Server 2012 R2 from your touch UI-capable computers. If you do end up managing it this way, understanding the touch UI in addition to the revised interface options will be crucial to your success. For this reason, I discuss both the touch UI and the traditional mouse and keyboard techniques throughout this book.

When you are working with touch-enabled computers, you can manipulate on-screen elements in ways that weren’t possible previously. You can do any of the following:

■ TapTap an item by touching it with your finger. A tap or double-tap of elements on the screen generally is the equivalent of a mouse click or double-click.

■ Press and holdPress your finger down and leave it there for a few seconds. Pressing and holding elements on the screen generally is the equivalent of a right-click.

■ Swipe to selectSlide an item a short distance in the opposite direction compared to how the page scrolls. This selects the items and might also bring up related commands. If press and hold doesn’t display commands and options for an item, try using swipe to select instead.

■ Swipe from edge (slide in from edge)Starting from the edge of the screen, swipe or slide in. Sliding in from the right edge opens the Charms panel. Sliding in from the left edge shows open apps and enables you to switch between them easily. Sliding in from the top or bottom edge shows commands for the active element.

■ PinchTouch an item with two or more fingers, and then move the fingers toward each other. Pinching zooms out.

■ StretchTouch an item with two or more fingers, and then move the fingers way from each other. Stretching zooms in.

You are also able to enter text using the on-screen keyboard. Although the UI changes are substantial, they aren’t the most significant changes to the operating system. The most significant changes are below the surface, affecting the underlying architecture and providing many new features. Some of these features are revolutionary in that they forever change the way we use Windows.

As you’ve probably noticed, a great deal of information about Windows Server 2012 R2 is available on the Web and in other printed books. You can find tutorials, reference sites, discussion groups, and more to make using Windows Server 2012 R2 easier. However, the advantage of reading this book is that much of the information you need to learn about Windows Server 2012 R2 is organized in one place and presented in a straightforward and orderly fashion. This book has everything you need to customize Windows Server 2012 R2 installations, master Windows Server 2012 R2 configurations, and maintain Windows Server 2012 R2 servers.