MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2 Complete Study Guide. Panek William

      William Panek

      MCSA Windows Server® 2012 R2 Complete Study Guide

      MCSA: Windows Server® 2012 R2

      Complete Study Guide

      William Panek

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This book is dedicated to the three ladies of my life:

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      Acknowledgments

      I would like to thank my wife and best friend, Crystal. She is always the light at the end of my tunnel. I want to thank my two daughters, Alexandria and Paige, for all of their love and support during the writing of all my books. They make it all worthwhile.

      I want to thank my family, and especially my brothers, Rick, Gary, and Rob. They have always been there for me. I want to thank my father, Richard, who helped me become the man I am today, and my mother, Maggie, for all of her love and support.

      I would like to thank all of my friends and co-workers, especially Vic, Catherine, Jeff, Stephanie, Don, Jason, Doug, Dave, Steve, Pat, Mike (all of them), Tommy, George, Greg, Becca, Deb, Jeri, Lisa, Scotty, and all of the field guys. I want to also thank my team and everyone who works with my group including Moe, Jimmy, Paul, Dana, Dean, Reanna, Todd, and Will F. Because of all of your hard work, you make me look good every day and make it a pleasure to go to work. Thanks to all of you for everything that you do.

      I want to thank everyone on my Sybex team, especially my development editor, Gary Schwartz, who helped me make this the best book possible, and Rodney R. Fournier, who is the technical editor of many of my books. It’s always good to have the very best technical guy backing you up.

      I want to also thank Mike Rice, Winston McMiller, and Jeff Stokes for helping me update some of my chapters from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2. Their hard work and knowledge helped finish this huge undertaking.

      I want to thank Eric Charbonneau, who was my production editor, and my acquisitions editor, Jeff Kellum, who served as lead for the entire book. He has always been there for me, and it is always great to write for him.

      Finally, I want to thank everyone else behind the scenes who helped make this book possible. It’s truly an amazing thing to