Resources for Windows Administration Class CPTE 230

This wiki exists for my CPTE 230 class on Windows Administration.

• For notes on improving the class see: /SageIdeas

• For scripts relating to Windows Administration see: /PowerShellScripts

For years we have depended on a great industry book called Windows Server 20XX Unleashed. However, it appears that the author/publisher is no longer updating this book. For server 2019, we used Windows Server 2019 Inside Out. But since then it has been difficult to keep up and books are scarce. As a consequence, we will cover the main contributions that Windows Server can make to your enterprise in an Introduction to Windows Administration. You can find these in my github repo - no, I don't have public access. So you have to get that from me in class. I will also be moving my Labs into the book as they work together, but the following are here for now.

Assignment Descriptions

• Before you do any labs read the LabVideos requirement.

• /Lab01ConfigureLinuxInstallWindowsServer

• /Lab02SetupActiveDirectory

• /Lab03OrganizationalUnitsGroupsUsers

• /Lab04DelegationAndShares

• /Lab04.5RaidStorage

• /Lab05SetupSecondaryDns

• /Lab06Dhcp

• /Lab07WebServerInstall

• /Lab08WebService (skipped 2023)

• /Lab09Firewall

• /Lab10DisasterRecoveryPlan (skipped 2023 - belongs to Network Admin)

• /Lab11RecoveryExercise or /Lab11RecoveryExerciseCore

• /Lab13GroupPolicies

• /Lab17LabPrintManagementConsole

• /Lab20PowerShell

• /Lab25GroupPoliciesAndPowerShellToo

Removed Labs:

• /Lab12Certificates

• /Lab07WebServerInstall2015

Hints on Chapters / Assignments

• Chapter 11 IPAM Microsoft provides a much nicer installation/configuration walk through here.

• Web Services Links: Excellent MVC 4 Tutorial, OAuth/OpenID support for MVC Web Pages - E.g. use Facebook logins etc. Mulitple Migrations

• From powershell, if you want to know what can be installed, type: PS> Get-WindowsFeature. See source

• Certificates aren't recognized by Firefox: See this article

• Capture your screen with VLC.

Troubleshooting

Quite frequently we have trouble with Windows server and have to resort to scouring the Internet for fixes. When I find fixes, I place them here: /TroubleshootingWindowsServer

List of all Child Pages

Windows Administration Child Pages