No, im not trolling lemmy users…
So in looking for jobs, I do see a lot of them require windows server experience. I’ve been immersing myself fully in linux learning but figure that is kind of useless for me since a ton of places also use windows for networking.
Will many of the skills transfer? Are there specific large differences to watch for? Also, can one even mess with windows server since it’s expensive and enterprise only?
You can check this channel. Also here’s a good installation guide in case you need it.
Alright alright, joking aside. Look into PowerShell. It also works on Linux in case you have a Linux desktop. It’s widely used in Windows admin stuff.
And uh, maybe not what people want to hear, but passing objects between cmdlets is better than everything being raw text in my opinion.
I wish there was a Windows Server variant that had literally zero GUI, and was just a PowerShell instead. Would be so much mor efficient, especially for things like file servers.
(I’m aware of Server Core, but it’s still got a GUI, let’s be honest)
Oh god… You’ll have to learn IIS. Internet Inf🤮rmation Services.
In all seriousness Windows Server is much more enjoyable than Home/Pro/Enterprise or whatever the desktop versions are called. You have more control over the system and they don’t hinder you from configuring stuff unlike on the desktop version.
Someone already suggested to get a VPS and just get to know the system. A tip though if you have to spin up a windows server on Azure vs somewhere else: search for info with the keyword “azure”. Microsoft stuff seems to work worse on their own cloud than anywhere else. MS SQL Server and Azure’s version of MS SQL Server differs and lacks features.
Been a long time since I had to use any of the above so things might have changed.
