ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Daniel Lachance, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Server+, CompTIA Cloud Essentials, CompTIA Cloud+, as well as various Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services certifications, is the owner of Lachance IT Consulting, Inc., based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the author of CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ Certification Study Guide, Second Edition, and co-author of CompTIA Security+ Certification Practice Exams.
Since the early 1990s, he has worked in various capacities as a computer programmer, network and server technician, and security analyst. He is also an experienced trainer, having delivered IT training online, in Canada, and in the Caribbean since the 1990s on topics ranging from Microsoft enterprise products (Active Directory, Hyper-V, System Center Configuration Manager, and Azure) to Amazon Web Services, UNIX, Linux, security, and networking.
He has recorded tech support videos for products such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and has recorded videos covering various cybersecurity and mobility topics.
He enjoys spending time with his spouse, Tammy; their children, Roman, Trinity, Abby, and Jacob; families and friends; and the family dogs, Dori and Louis. He also enjoys jogging, reading nonfiction, and listening to and playing various styles of music.
About the Technical Editor
S. Russell Christy is a technical trainer in Memphis, Tennessee covering a wide variety of products and specializing in computer maintenance, network and security, and Microsoft Office applications. For over 20 years, he has deployed new desktops and operating systems, servers, and network hardware and software, while simultaneously troubleshooting various hardware and software issues.
He holds a bachelors degree in business administration from the University of Memphis. He has also gained industry certifications in CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Server+, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, Cisco CCNA CyberOps, MTA Windows Server Administration Fundamentals, Network Fundamentals, Security Fundamentals, Windows OS Fundamentals, Microsoft 365 Identity and Services, and Adobe Education Trainer.
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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
With each book project, I am reminded of the immense collective skill from the pool of talented folks required to make it all happen. I would like to thank McGraw Hill for providing the opportunity to create this book. Emily Walters, Lisa McClain, and Rachel Fogelberg were the guiding lights as to what I should be doing and when I should be doing it. I would also like to thank the rest of the wonderful team at McGraw Hill for making this project a great experience, resulting in a solid and fun book.
This book is chock-full of technical goodies, but credit must be given to S. Russell Christy for keeping the technical content consistent, accurate, and relevantthanks, Russ!
I would like to say a special thank you to my family for enduring the many hours I spent preparing for and creating this book, as well as the endless techno-rambling I tend to fall prey tolove you guys!
INTRODUCTION
The CompTIA Server+ certification exam is becoming increasingly popular and showing up in IT job listings as a desired certification, not only for the management of physical servers but also the management of virtual servers running on premises and in the cloud. Topics formerly included in the discontinued CompTIA Storage+ certification are now included in CompTIA Server+. This change makes sense because of the close relationship servers have with storage, especially network storage.