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MCSA Guide to Networking with Windows Server® 2016, Exam 70-741, 1st Edition

Greg Tomsho

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MCSA Guide to Networking with Windows Server® 2016, Exam 70-741 1st Edition by Greg Tomsho
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Packed with a wealth of hands-on activities, NETWORKING WITH WINDOWS SERVER® 2016, EXAM 70-741 empowers students to successfully pass the MCSE/MCSA certification exam while also equipping users to face the real-world challenges of a Microsoft® networking professional. This engaging, full-color presentation emphasizes the key skills necessary to manage and configure a Windows Server 2016 network. Comprehensive coverage addresses TCP/IP configuration, including IPv6, DNS configuration, DHCP implementation and management, deploying remote access, configuring distributed network file services, and high performance network solutions. In addition, hands-on labs and meaningful case projects offer extensive opportunities for students to apply what they learn in real practice.

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Greg Tomsho

Greg Tomsho is director of the computer networking/cybersecurity department and Cisco Academy at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona. He has earned the CCNA, MCTS, MCSA, A+, Network+, Security+, Server+ and Linux+ certifications. A former software engineer, technical support manager and IT director, he has more than 30 years of computer and networking experience. He is the author of numerous other leading books, including GUIDE TO NETWORKING ESSENTIALS; MCSA GUIDE TO INSTALLATION, STORAGE, AND COMPUTE WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2016; MCSA GUIDE TO NETWORKING WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2016; MCSA GUIDE TO IDENTITY WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2016; MCSA GUIDE TO INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2012/R2; MCSA GUIDE TO ADMINISTERING MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2012/R2; MCSA GUIDE TO CONFIGURING ADVANCED MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2012/R2 SERVICES; MCTS GUIDE TO WINDOWS SERVER 2008 ACTIVE DIRECTORY CONFIGURATION; MCTS GUIDE TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2008 APPLICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE CONFIGURATION; GUIDE TO NETWORK SUPPORT AND TROUBLESHOOTING; and A+ COURSEPREP EXAMGUIDE.

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  • UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT CORRESPONDS COMPLETELY TO THE LATEST MCSA CERTIFICATION EXAM. This edition’s full-color content maps to the MCSA Certification Exam #70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016. Students prepare for success on the exam as they train for rewarding careers as Microsoft® networking professionals.
  • NEW HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES IN LIVE VIRTUAL LABS EMPHASIZE VALUABLE APPLICATION. This edition tightly integrates hands-on activities within live virtual machine labs in Cengage’s comprehensive digital learning solution, MindTap.
  • UP-TO-DATE, COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS FEATURES NEW TO WINDOWS SERVER 2016. Students examine the latest developments in Windows Server 2016, including DNS security enhancements, more in-depth coverage of IP Address Management (IPAM), IPv6 routing and BGP, and advanced network solutions such as NIC Teaming, Data Center Bridging, and SMB Direct.
  • NEW, DETAILED LAB SETUP GUIDE PROVIDES STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS AND TIPS. This time-saving guide prepares students for success as clear instructions and insights guide them in creating the best environment for completing this edition’s hands-on activities.
  • NEW POWERSHELL REFERENCE PROVIDES A HANDY, AT-A-GLANCE TOOL. This useful resource lists the PowerShell commands used throughout the book for convenient reference.

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  • THIS MCSA GUIDE PROVIDES PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON QUALITY CONTENT. The author applies his experience to focus on quality, classroom usability that ensures a valuable hands-on experience for all students.
  • CLEAR LEARNING FEATURES HELP ENSURE MASTERY OF KEY CONCEPTS. Learning Objectives, Chapter Summaries, Key Terms and Definitions, Review Questions, Hands-On Activities, and critical thinking-based Case Projects reinforce skills as students learn key concepts. This book’s proven test preparation resources help students thoroughly prepare for exam day.
  • TIGHTLY INTEGRATED HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES APPEAR IN LIVE VIRTUAL MACHINE LABS. These virtual labs within Cengage’s digital learning solution, MindTap®, provide important opportunities for students to apply what they’ve learned in a realistic, professional environment.
  • INTEGRATED PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS EMPHASIZE THE RELEVANCE OF CONCEPTS. Throughout every chapter practical activities reinforce the conceptual material students are learning as this edition focuses on real-life applications.
  • CASE PROJECTS HIGHLIGHT REAL, PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES. Readers review and apply key concepts as Case Projects emphasize real-world set-up and typical administrative scenarios.
  • STEP-BY-STEP, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES WALK STUDENTS THROUGH DOZENS OF WINDOWS SERVER 2016 SOLUTIONS. Students practice the latest developments, including IP addressing and subnetting, configuring DNS Server, configuring DHCP, managing DNS and DHCP with IPAM, implementing remote access solutions, configuring network policies, deploying DFS and BranchCache.

Table of Contents

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1. Configuring TCP/IP.
2. Configuring DNS Servers.
3. Configuring Advanced DNS.
4. Implementing DHCP.
5. Managing DNS and DHCP with IPAM.
6. Implementing Remote Access.
7. Implementing Network Policy Server.
8. Configuring Distributed File System and BranchOffice.
9. Implementing Advanced Network Solutions.
Appendix A: MCSA Exam 70-741 Objectives.
Appendix B: PowerShell Reference.

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MindTap Networking for Tomsho’s MCSA Guide to Networking with Windows Server® 2016, Exam 70-741, is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics, and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie-cutter into cutting-edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. As an instructor using MindTap, you have at your fingertips the right content and unique set of tools curated specifically for your course, all in an interface designed to improve workflow and save time when planning lessons and course structure. The control to build and personalize your course is all yours, focusing on the most relevant material while also lowering costs for your students. Stay connected and informed in your course through real-time student tracking that provides the opportunity to adjust the course as needed based on analytics of interactivity in the course.

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MindTap Networking for Tomsho’s MCSA Guide to Networking with Windows Server® 2016, Exam 70-741, is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics, and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie-cutter into cutting-edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. As an instructor using MindTap, you have at your fingertips the right content and unique set of tools curated specifically for your course, all in an interface designed to improve workflow and save time when planning lessons and course structure. The control to build and personalize your course is all yours, focusing on the most relevant material while also lowering costs for your students. Stay connected and informed in your course through real-time student tracking that provides the opportunity to adjust the course as needed based on analytics of interactivity in the course.