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Windows Server 2016 is an operating system designed to run on servers. It supports enterprise-level data storage, communications, management, and applications. This book contains specially selected, detailed help on core, essential administrative tasks of Windows Server 2016.

Serverless applications and architectures are gaining momentum and are increasingly being used by companies of all sizes to solve the problems of developers. This book teaches you how to quickly and securely develop applications without the hassle of configuring and maintaining infrastructure on three public cloud platforms.

Windows Server 2016 is an operating system designed to run on today's highly performant servers, both on-premise and in the cloud. It supports enterprise-level data storage, communications, management, and applications. This book builds off a basic knowledge of the Windows Server operating system, and assists administrators with taking the.

Unlock the power of PowerShell with this comprehensive guide, designed as your ultimate companion, the book is structured into three parts, each focusing on different aspects of PowerShell. You'll start with the basics and then explore PowerShell Core's unique features. Next, you'll delve into building blocks, pipelines, and data control with arrays, loops, and hash tables.As you progress, you'll master PowerShell security and develop advanced functions to automate complex tasks. Further chapters will guide you through optimizing Windows administration, managing tasks and jobs, and exploring remoting features for efficient multi-system management.Finally, you'll leverage PowerShell for cloud operations and integrate it seamlessly with the Microsoft ecosystem. This book provides a progressive journey in PowerShell automation, equipping you with essential skills for various tasks, from Windows administration to cloud operations.

Hybrid cloud is currently the buzz word in the cloud world. Organizations are planning to adopt hybrid cloud strategy due to its advantages such as untested workloads, cloud-bursting, cloud service brokering and so on. This book will help you understand the dynamics, design principles, and deployment strategies of a Hybrid Cloud. You will start by understanding the concepts of hybrid cloud and the problems it solves as compared to a stand-alone public and private cloud. You will be delving into the different architecture and design of hybrid cloud. The book will then cover advanced concepts such as building a deployment pipeline, containerization strategy, and data storage mechanism. Next up, you will be able to deploy an external CMP to run a Hybrid cloud and integrate it with your OpenStack and AWS environments. You will also understand the strategy for designing a Hybrid Cloud using containerization and work with pre-built solutions like vCloud Air, VMware for AWS, and Azure Stack. Finally, the book will cover security and monitoring related best practices that will help you secure your cloud infrastructure. By the end of the book, you will be in a position to build a hybrid cloud strategy for your organization.

Build complex, observable, and fault-tolerant serverless systems easily on Microsoft Azure. Key Features * Use serverless systems to help you fulfill complex requirements * Develop your knowledge of Azure Microsoft Serverless * Understand concepts with a hands-on approach and helpful examples Book Description Advanced Serverless Architectures with Microsoft Azure redefines your experience of designing serverless systems. It shows you how to tackle challenges of varying levels, not just the straightforward ones. You'll be learning how to deliver features quickly by building systems, which retain the scalability and benefits of serverless. You'll begin your journey by learning how to build a simple, completely serverless application. Then, you'll build a highly scalable solution using a queue, load messages onto the queue, and read them asynchronously. To boost your knowledge further, the book also features durable functions and ways to use them to solve errors in a complex system. You'll then learn about security by building a security solution from serverless components. Next, you'll gain an understanding of observability and ways to leverage application insights to bring you performance benefits. As you approach the concluding chapters, you'll explore chaos engineering and the benefits of resilience, by actively switching off a few of the functions within a complex system, submitting a request, and observing the resulting behavior. By the end of this book, you will have developed the skills you need to build and maintain increasingly complex systems that match evolving platform requirements. What you will learn * Understand what true serverless architecture is * Study how to extend and scale architectures until they become 'complex' * Implement durable functions in your design * Improve the observability of your serverless architecture * Implement security solutions using serverless services * Learn how to 'practise' chaos engineering in production Who this book is for Advanced Serverless Architectures with Microsoft Azure is is ideal if you want to build serverless systems with fewer outages and high performance using Azure. Familiarity with the C# syntax and Azure Functions and ARM templates will help you to benefit more from this book. Prior knowledge of basic front-end development, HTML JS, and CSS is beneficial but not essential. Some DevOps knowledge is also beneficial but not essential.

<p>Offers valuable insight into the complex world of distributed computing systems</p> <p>Distributed computing allows multiple autonomous computers to work together to solve complex computational problems. The increased processing power comes at the cost of increased electrical power usage. Greener distributed computing systems would allow users to exploit the power of these systems while avoiding adverse environmental effects and exorbitant energy costs.</p> <p>One of the first books of its kind, this timely reference illustrates the need for, and the state of, increasingly energy-efficient distributed computing systems. Featuring the latest research findings on emerging topics by well-known scientists, it explains how constraints on energy consumption create a suite of complex engineering problems that need to be resolved in order to lead to \"greener\" distributed computing systems.</p> <p><i>Energy-Efficient Distributed Computing Systems:</i></p> <ul> <li>Summarizes the latest research achievements in the field of energy-efficient computing</li> <li>Strikes a balance between theoretical and practical coverage of innovative problem-solving techniques for a range of distributed platforms</li> <li>Provides a wealth of paradigms, technologies, and applications that target the different facets of energy consumption in computing systems</li> <li>Allows researchers to explore different energy-consumption issues and their impact on the design of new computing systems</li> <li>Includes carefully arranged, timely information dealing with vital factors affecting performance in a variety of important high-performance systems</li> <li>Offers research that greatly feeds into other technologies and application domains</li> </ul> <p>An ideal text for senior undergraduates and postgraduate students who study computer science and engineering, the book will also appeal to researchers, engineers, and IT professionals who work in the fields of energy-efficient computing.</p>

Security issues are still a major concern for all IT organizations. For many enterprises, the move to cloud computing has raised concerns for security, but when applications are architected with focus on security, cloud platforms can be made just as secure as on-premises platforms. Cloud instances can be kept secure by employing security automation that helps make your data meet your organization's security policy. This book starts with the basics of why cloud security is important and how automation can be the most effective way of controlling cloud security. You will then delve deeper into the AWS cloud environment and its security services by dealing with security functions such as Identity and Access Management and will also learn how these services can be automated. Moving forward, you will come across aspects such as cloud storage and data security, automating cloud deployments, and so on. Then, you'll work with OpenStack security modules and learn how private cloud security functions can be automated for better time- and cost-effectiveness. Toward the end of the book, you will gain an understanding of the security compliance requirements for your Cloud. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience of automating your cloud security and governance.

Master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the SK0-004 exam the first time with the help of this study guide Key Features * Explore virtualisation, IPv4 & IPv6 networking, administration and more * Enhancing limited knowledge of server configuration and function * A study guide that covers the objectives for the certification examination Book Description CompTIA Server+ Certification is one of the top 5 IT certifications that is vendor neutral.System administrators opt for CompTIA server+ Certification to gain advanced knowledge of concepts including troubleshooting and networking. This book will initially start with the configuration of a basic network server and the configuration for each of its myriad roles. The next set of chapters will provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks performed by a system administrator to manage and maintain a network server. Moving ahead, you will learn the basic security technologies, methods, and procedures that can be applied to a server and its network. Next, you will cover the troubleshooting procedures and methods in general, and specifically for hardware, software, networks, storage devices, and security applications. Toward the end of this book, we will cover a number of troubleshooting and security mitigation concepts for running admin servers with ease. This guide will be augmented by test questions and mock papers that will help you obtain the necessary certification. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to clear Server+ Certification with ease. What you will learn * Understand the purpose and role of a server in a computer network * Review computer hardware common to network servers * Detail the function and configuration of network operating systems * Describe the functions and tasks of network operating system administration * Explain the various data storage options on a computer network * Detail the need for, and the functioning and application of, network and server security * Describe the operational elements of a network provided by a server * Explain the processes and methods involved in troubleshooting server issues Who this book is for This book is targeted towards professionals seeking to gain the CompTIA Server+ certification. People coming from a Microsoft background with basic operating system and networking skills will also find this book useful. Basic experience working with system administration is mandatory.

Work with the newest Oracle API Platform Cloud Service to interface with the increasingly complex array of services your clients want. Key Features * Understand the architecture and functionality of the new Oracle API Cloud Service Platform * Understand typical use cases for the new platform and how it can work for you * Design your own APIs, then deploy and customize your APIs * Implement Oauth 2.0 policy and custom policies * Migrate from Oracle 12c solutions to the new Oracle API platform Book Description Implementing Oracle API Platform Cloud Service moves from theory to practice using the newest Oracle API management platform. This critical new platform for Oracle developers allows you to interface the complex array of services your clients expect in the modern world. First, you'll learn about Oracle's new platform and get an overview of it, then you'll see a use case showing the functionality and use of this new platform for Oracle customers. Next, you'll see the power of Apiary and begin designing your own APIs. From there, you'll build and run microservices and set up the Oracle API gateways. Moving on, you'll discover how to customize the developer portal and publish your own APIs. You'll spend time looking at configuration management on the new platform, and implementing the Oauth 2.0 policy, as well as custom policies. The latest finance modules from Oracle will be examined, with some of the third party alternatives in sight as well. This broad-scoped book completes your journey with a clear examination of how to transition APIs from Oracle API Management 12c to the new Oracle API Platform, so that you can step into the future confidently. What you will learn * Get an overview of the Oracle API Cloud Service Platform * See typical use cases of the Oracle API Cloud Service Platform * Design your own APIs using Apiary * Build and run microservices * Set up API gateways with the new API platform from Oracle * Customize developer portals * Configuration management * Implement Oauth 2.0 policies * Implement custom policies * Get a policy SDK overview * Transition from Oracle API Management 12c to the new Oracle API platform Who this book is for This book is for all Oracle developers who are working or plan to work with the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service.