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- Planning for a Server Installation
- Installing a Clean Version of Windows Server 2012 Operating System
- Upgrading to Windows Server 2012
- Understanding Server Core Installation
- Managing and Configuring a Server Core Installation
- Performing an Unattended Windows Server 2012 Installation
- Summary
- Best Practices
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This chapter is from the book
Best Practices
The following are best practices from this chapter:
- Verify that Windows Server 2012 supports your hardware, devices, and drivers.
- Stick to using the recommended or optimal hardware and software requirements.
- Make sure you document your server configuration information and perform a backup of any data that you want to keep.
- Use the Windows Server 2012 Server Manager Local Server view to conduct post-installation tasks.
- Utilize Windows Server Core installations when the highest level of security is warranted.
- Use a consistent naming convention to name the servers and client machines.
- Use only Internet standard characters in your computer name. This includes the letters A–Z (uppercase and lowercase), the numbers 0–9, and the hyphen (-).
- Periodically verify that system backups can be used to recover a system in a lab environment.
- As soon as you complete the installation, rename the administrator account and assign a strong password, for the sake of security.
- Automate installation by using Windows Deployment Services or System Center Configuration Manager 2012.
- Choose and install Windows Server 2012 roles and features to a server to take advantage of new capabilities built in to Windows Server 2012.
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