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Running Windows Server 2025 on Microsoft Azure (Tech Today)
Author(s): William Panek (Author)
- Publisher finelybook 出版社: Wiley
- Publication Date 出版日期: November 18, 2025
- Edition 版本: 1st
- Language 语言: English
- Print length 页数: 480 pages
- ISBN-10: 1394352859
- ISBN-13: 9781394352852
Book Description
Architect, migrate, and manage Windows Server on Azure
In Running Windows Server 2025 on Microsoft Azure, 5-time Microsoft MVP, William Panek, walks you through the migration of business-critical Windows Server workloads to Azure while ensuring hybrid cloud agility and advanced security. You'll learn how to extend on-premises deployments of Windows Server to the Azure cloud using hybrid services that offer an array of vital functions.
Will Panek explains how to use a downloadable app provided by Microsoft to set up the most common Azure hybrid services and shows you how to conduct the manual configuration required to customize and personalize your setup for your use case. He also demonstrates how to use Windows Admin Center, integrated directly into Azure, to obtain a server-centric view of available Azure services.
Also inside the book:
- Discussions of foundational principles of Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, including compute, storage, and networking
- Step-by-step tutorials for tools used to implement hybrid solutions, including Windows Admin Center and PowerShell
- Implementing identity management in hybrid scenarios, including Azure AD DS on Azure IaaS and managed AD DS
- Planning and implementing hybrid and cloud migration, backup, and recovery scenarios
- Deploying Azure VMs running Windows Server
Perfect for IT professionals managing on-premises Windows Server environments who are interested in using Azure to manage server workloads, Running Windows Server 2025 on Microsoft Azure helps you understand all the core service models available on Azure.
From the Back Cover
Architect, migrate, and manage Windows Server on Azure
Running Windows Server 2025 on Microsoft Azure is an up-to-date guide to migrating mission-critical Windows Server workloads to Azure. 5-time Microsoft MVP, William Panek, explains how to ensure hybrid cloud agility and advanced security while extending on-premises Windows Server deployments to the Azure cloud using hybrid services that perform a variety of vital functions.
Panek demonstrates how to use a downloadable Microsoft app to set up the most common Azure hybrid services while conducting the necessary manual configuration required to maintain security and operability. You’ll learn how to use Windows Admin Center, integrated directly into Azure, to obtain a server-centric view of available cloud services.
The book discusses the foundational principles of Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, incorporating explanations of compute, storage, and networking. It offers step-by-step tutorials for the tools used to implement hybrid solutions, like Windows Admin Center and Powershell. You’ll also learn how to implement identity management in hybrid environments with Azure AD DS on Azure IaaS and managed AD DS.
Perfect for IT professionals managing on-premises Windows Server environments who are interested in making use of Azure to manage server workloads, Running Windows Server 2025 on Microsoft Azure is a start-to-finish roadmap to the core service models available on Azure.
- Deploy virtual machines running Windows Server
- Configure networking, storage, and security parameters
- Understand and use Windows Admin Center and Powershell
- Implement identity management with AD DS
- Plan hybrid and cloud-only migration, backup, and recovery
- Conduct manual configuration to maintain security
- Extend on-premises functionality and capabilities with Azure
About the Author
WILLIAM PANEK is a 5-time Microsoft MVP with deep expertise in Windows and Windows Server. He has taught at Boston University, Clark University, and the University of Maryland. He has also consulted with and trained the United States Secret Service, United States Air Force, and the United States Army.
