Modernizing the Datacenter with Windows Server and Hybrid Cloud (IT Best Practices - Microsoft Press)

John McCabe,Ward Ralston

ISBN 10: 1509308024 / ISBN 13: 9781509308026

Published by Microsoft Press 2019-10-03, 2019

Seller Inventory # 6666-GRD-9781509308026

Synopsis:

Transform your datacenter for breakthrough flexibility, agility, and scalability!

Using public, private, and hybrid cloud services, you can transform your datacenter to serve fast-changing workloads, process and analyze enormous amounts of data, and achieve unprecedented flexibility and value. In this guide, two world-renowned experts in Microsoft datacenter technology show how to effectively leverage current legacy systems as you incorporate your optimal mix of cloud services. Drawing on extensive experience implementing Microsoft cloud solutions, they walk you step-by-step through your entire transition: strategy, deployment, security, identity protection, management, PowerShell automation, and more. Two concluding chapters offer indispensable advice for maximizing datacenter efficiency and supporting future innovation.

Two leading enterprise cloud and Windows Server experts show how to:

• Move from legacy IT models to an agile service structure
• Implement managed self-service, iteration-based software updates, immutable infrastructure, and other elements of a modern IT environment
• Plan and smoothly integrate on-premises, Azure, Azure Stack, and Hybrid Cloud components
• Fortify IT security now and in the future
• Safeguard identities via new models and tools, including Remote Credential Guard
• Protect the OS, on premises and in the cloud
• Optimize datacenter efficiency via enterprise-class virtualization and other advanced technologies
• Promote innovation via microservices, DevOps, and NanoServer containerization

About the Author:

John McCabe, Senior Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft, works with Microsoft’s largest customers to support and implement cutting-edge solutions based on Microsoft technologies, and develops core training for Microsoft’s Global Business Support Engineering Teams.

Ward Ralston, world-class tech instructor, writer, and consultant, is a 12-year Director of Product Marketing at Microsoft, and a 13-year US Navy submarine veteran. He was a key contributor to every Microsoft server release from Windows NT 4 through Windows Server 2016.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Modernizing the Datacenter with Windows ...
Publisher: Microsoft Press 2019-10-03
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New