Welcome
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- Last Updated: 30 August 2019
Welcome to Tomsho Technical Treatises where you can get information and support for textbooks authored by me, Greg Tomsho. Above, you will find links to information for my currently active titles.
I am almost finished with the 8th edition of Guide to Networking Essentials and it will be published in Summer, 2019.
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Windows Server vNext is Windows Server 2019
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- Last Updated: 29 March 2018
Microsoft has announced that the next version of Windows Server in the Long Term Servicing Contract (LTSC) track will be Windows Server 2019 with release scheduled for the second half of 2018. This new release will roll in changes from the Bi-Annual release: Windows Server version 1709. Main changes to Windows Server 2019 versus Windows Server 2016:
- Nano Server only available as a container image
- Optimized for hybrid cloud deployments
- Project Honolulu – browser-based server management
- Smaller, more efficient containers (50-80% for Server Core image)
- Security: Protect, detect, respond
- Shielded VMs extended to Linux VMs
- Encrypted Networks
- Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection
- Windows Subsystem on Linux: run Linux containers with Windows Containers
The LTSC track of Windows Server will continue to have a GUI installation option; however, the Bi-annual release track has only the Server Core installation option.
Windows Server 2016 Books to be Published Summer 2017
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- Last Updated: 14 September 2017
Update: MCSA Guide to Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Sever 2016, Exam 70-740 and MCSA Guide to Networking with Windows Server 2016, Exam 70-741 were published in August, 2017.
I am currently working on the 70-740, 70-741, and 70-742 Windows Server 2016 books. Publication of 70-740 mid-summer 2017 with the other titles following in the subsequent couple of months.
Windows Server 2016 MCSA Exam Objectives
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- Last Updated: 16 February 2017
Microsoft has released the Windows Server 2016 MCSA exam objectives. The new exams are numbered 70-740, 70-741, and 70-742. There is an upgrade exam if you currently hold an MCSA in Windows Server 2008 or 2016: 70-743. You can view the exam objectives here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-list.aspx.
The exams are not yet released; there will be a beta period starting later this summer or fall of 2016 (the upgrade exam beta is already released). Windows Server 2016 is expected to be officially released at the end of September with announcement at the Microsoft Ignite conference.
I will begin work on new Windows Server 2016 books almost immediately with publication of at least the first two in Spring/Summer 2017. Stay tuned for more updates.
Next Generation CPUs to only Support Windows 10 and Above
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- Last Updated: 20 January 2016
How's this for a little shot in the arm for Microsoft Windows 10 adoption? The next generation CPUs build by the major manufacturers including Intel and AMD will not allow Windows 10 downgrades to earlier versions. The reasoning behind this according to Microsoft is so that CPU manufacturers can tightly integrate their hardware with Windows. Mind you, if you read between the lines in this article, you will find that previous versions of Windows will not be "supported" by Microsoft, not that they won't work at all. http://goo.gl/tXOPD7.
Guide to Networking Essentials, 7th Edition Published
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- Last Updated: 05 November 2015
Good news! The Guide to Networking Essentials, 7th Edition has hit the streets. If you are a current instructor using the 6th edition of the book, you should get a copy soon (I got mine today). If you don't see your copy in the next few days, contact your Cengage sales rep.
Highly Available VMs vs Guest Clusters
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- Last Updated: 23 April 2015
It took me some time studying the Microsoft Technet site before I could clearly see that there was a difference between what Microsoft refers to as highly available virtual machines (also sometimes called clustered virtual machines), and guest clusters. For those of you that might also be scratching your heads, here is my take on it; hopefully I make the distinction clearer rather than muddier. (Click here to read the rest of this article)
YouTube Channel to Support My Books
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- Last Updated: 18 September 2014