Questions Your Network Plan Should Address Chapter 2: Wide Area Networks Connecting to the Internet Choosing a Router Securing Your Connection with a Firewall Providing Redundancy for Your Internet Connection Securing Connections to Remote Locations and Remote Users Connecting Remote Offices with an Ethernet Private Line Chapter 3: Server Architecture Deciding How Many Servers You Need Deciding Which Servers You Need Connecting Your Servers Chapter 4: Virtualization Architecture Understanding Virtualization Understanding Hypervisors Understanding Virtual Disks Understanding Network Virtualization Considering the Benefits of Virtualization Choosing Virtualization Hosts Understanding Windows Server 2019 Licensing Chapter 5: Storage Architecture Planning Disk Capacity Considering Disk Drive Types Considering Drive Interfaces Considering RAID Considering Attachment Types Chapter 6: Backup Architecture Backup Basics Considering Three Basic Types of Backup Where to Back Up Your Data Backing Up to Tape Backing Up to NAS Using a Backup Appliance Understanding File-Based Backup Understanding Image-Based Backups and Virtualization Backup Security Chapter 7: Hyperconverged Infrastructure Considering the Headaches of Traditional IT Architecture Defining Hyperconverged Infrastructure Discerning Deduplication Understanding How Deduplication Works Considering Backup Digging into HCI Clusters Incorporating HCI Into Your Plan
8 Book 4: Implementing a Network Chapter 1: Network Hardware Working with Cable Installing Switches Chapter 2: Wireless Networks Installing a Wireless Access Point Configuring a Wireless Access Point Connecting to a Wireless Network Paying Attention to Wireless Network Security Chapter 3: Windows Clients Configuring Network Connections Joining a Domain Chapter 4: Mac Networking Basic Mac Network Settings Joining a Domain Connecting to a Share Chapter 5: Network Printers Configuring Network Printers Chapter 6: Virtual Private Networks Understanding VPN Looking at VPN Security Understanding VPN Servers and Clients
9 Book 5: Implementing Virtualization Chapter 1: Hyper-V Understanding the Hyper-V Hypervisor Understanding Hyper-V Virtual Disks Enabling Hyper-V Getting Familiar with Hyper-V Creating a Virtual Switch Creating a Virtual Disk Creating a Virtual Machine Installing an Operating System Chapter 2: VMware Looking