• Design, manage, maintain, and secure a network
• Set up a server and manage Windows user accounts
• Take your network to the cloud

The #1 beginning guide to networking

Learn how to set up a secure network with this bestselling guide, fully updated to cover Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. Both beginning and experienced network administrators can use the step-by-step instructions to set up and maintain a network. Updates include coverage of virtualization technologies, storage networks, cloud and hybrid cloud environments, and modern backup practices. You'll learn how to build a wired or wireless network, secure it, optimize it, manage it, and much more!

Inside...

• Discover the art of network design
• Create a secure Wi-Fi network
• Set up a Windows server
• Work with virtualized servers
• Manage Windows user accounts
• Use the cloud —safely!
• Secure your network
• Back up your data

Set up a secure network at home or the office

Fully revised to cover Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, this new edition of the trusted Networking For Dummies helps both beginning network administrators and home users to set up and maintain a network. Updated coverage of broadband and wireless technologies, as well as storage and back-up procedures, ensures that you’ll learn how to build a wired or wireless network, secure and optimize it, troubleshoot problems, and much more.

From connecting to the Internet and setting up a wireless network to solving networking problems and backing up your data—this #1 bestselling guide covers it all.

• Build a wired or wireless network
• Secure and optimize your network
• Set up a server and manage Windows user accounts
• Use the cloud—safely

Written by a seasoned technology author—and jam-packed with tons of helpful step-by-step instructions—this is the book network administrators and everyday computer users will turn to again and again.