01_Server_2019_Part_1

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    Setting up Windows Server 2019

    I'm currently working on bring my skills up to date after a 10 year leave from the I.T. field. Here is the current setup: Windows Server 2019 Standard installed on Virtual Box on my main PC.

    How did I learn how to do this? I went to youtube and found this video series here: Windows Server 2019 Beginners Video Tutorial

    Why Server 2019? In applying for jobs there was one in particular that listed Server 2016/2019 experience so I went with Server 2019 since it is newer than Server 2016. I went through the first three videos in this series which covers installing Server 2019, assign the server a static IP address, change the time zone, run system updates, rename the server, and enable remote desktop. After these initial steps then I installed Active Directory Domain Service and DNS server role.

    Here is what my Server 2019 install looks like after I finished it:

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    Image of Windows Server 2019 Local Server

    I named the domain "mylab.local" to keep things simple. I didn't go any further in the video series yet as it was enough to get the basics of Server 2019 going so I can get started working with it. I plan on coming back later to work through the rest of the videos, but for now I need to get some hands on experience. Which leads us to my next post: Joining my Windows 11 computer to the domain.