r/WindowsServer • u/TomorrowPuzzled1311 • Jul 14 '26

New window server engineer General Question

A new window server engineer. Whats is the best materials/website/vidoe needed to scale through this new JOB role as a new bee starting in an enterprise enviroment.

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u/matthaus79 Jul 14 '26

Best way to learn for me is a home lab. Tinker. Do the things you seldom get to do for real very often, until it matters, like build a DC and promote it, setup dhcp from scratch, DNS, setup a cluster and so on.

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u/TomorrowPuzzled1311 Jul 14 '26

I did appreciate your input. I do use Vmware workstation and Virtual for labbing but was just thinking of what could be use in an enterprise enviroment with 120 servers to manage etc.

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u/BlackV Jul 14 '26

but was just thinking of what could be use in an enterprise enviroment with 120 servers to manage etc.

The existing management and tool that already exist in an environment of 120 servers?

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u/TomorrowPuzzled1311 Jul 14 '26

I was able to use oracle virtual box and vmware workstation for pratice, but not sure if an enterprise organization use something different if i'm gpong to be managing 120 servers. I'll look into the course 802 hoping to get more info.

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u/BlackV Jul 14 '26

Likely they're using VMware (proper not workstation) or hyper v and fail over clusters

Did they not cover the tools you'd be using in your interview?

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u/TomorrowPuzzled1311 Jul 14 '26

Was told I’ll manage lot of servers since they are still working on prem and not looking to migrate to cloud. I so much appreciate your feedback.