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That said, please experiment. I have a homelab that I have some backups of, but I will tend to blow up and rebuild on a 3-month basis. Change the hypervisor this time, convert some web servers from NGINX to IIS, etc. Things like that. It again, keeps me up to date on the core technologies, and not the specific tooling, since it forces me into a different mindset. I don't think about "ok, how do I make my website accessible from the internal network in Windows", I think "Oh, I need a PTR record. How do I add that?"

Hello, I've recently begun my trip into IT. I've passed my A+ and I've read time and time again how important Powershell and Active Directory are in most businesses, and so that's where I'm aiming my focus when I'm feeling burnt out from CCENT study. I see many tutorials and documents about Windows Server 2012 and 2016, but not a lot yet on Server 2019. In addition I see many businesses don't focus on updating unless it would fix some problem or go in hand with a planned upgrade, and still use the older server operating systems (I believe I saw a recent post about upgrading from 08 while searching this subreddit). Would it be wise to start with the newest release for my virtual labs, or stick with the well-documented 16 or 12? Thank you for your time.