- Published 1/14/2026
- 1st Edition
Conquer Windows Serverfrom the inside out!
Dive into Windows Server and really put your Windows expertise to work with this definitive guide to mastering all supported versions of the Windows Server operating system, including the latest Windows Server 2025. Authored by Orin Thomas, a Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, this comprehensive resource covers both longstanding and new features of Windows Server. You will gain valuable skills in planning, implementing, and managing Windows Server across enterprise, datacenter, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Windows Server Inside Out offers insights into optimizing the Windows Server life cycle, ensuring smooth upgrades and migrations, and integrating Windows Server with Azure. With hundreds of solutions, tips, and workarounds, youll be equipped to enhance infrastructure services, bolster security, and efficiently troubleshoot common issues.
- Optimize the full Windows Server life cycle from planning to administration
- Ensure fast, reliable upgrades and migrations from previous versions
- Integrate Windows Server into hybrid environments with Azure Arc
- Administer and secure Active Directory deployments
- Manage critical on-premises infrastructure services like DNS and DHCP
- Protect servers and users with advanced Windows Server security features
- Monitor performance and perform backup/recovery using Azure tools
- Troubleshoot common Windows Server problems efficiently
- Deploy and manage resilient Hyper-V virtualization infrastructure
For experienced IT professionals
- Your role: Systems administrators or related positions who work with Windows Server workloads in on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments
- Prerequisites: Intermediate understanding of Windows Server operating system and Azure services
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Administration tools
Chapter 2: Installation options
Chapter 3: Deployment and configuration
Chapter 4: Active Directory
Chapter 5: DNS, DHCP and IPAM
Chapter 6: Hyper-V
Chapter 7: Storage
Chapter 8: File servers
Chapter 9: Azure Arc and hybrid services
Chapter 10: Windows Server in Azure
Chapter 11: Windows Subsystem for Linux
Chapter 12: Hardening Windows Server
Chapter 13: Hardening Active Directory
Chapter 14: Security systems and services
Chapter 15: Internet information services
Chapter 16: Containers
Chapter 17: Clustering and high availability
Chapter 18: Active Directory Certificate Services
Chapter 19: Active Directory Federation Services
Chapter 20: Active Directory Rights Management Services
Chapter 21: Routing and remote access
Chapter 22: Remote Desktop Services
Chapter 23: Monitoring and maintenance
Chapter 24: Upgrade and migration
Chapter 25: Troubleshooting
Chapter 26: Hosting large language models on Window Server
