About Course
Course Objectives
- Configure and install Windows Server
- Manage Server Core, server upgrade and migration strategy
- Understand storage options
- Manage partition table formats
- Manage basic and dynamic disks, file systems
- Manage virtual hard disks, and drive hardware
- Manage disks and volumes
- Select and manage proper storage solutions for a specific scenario
- Implement Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
- Configure and manage Microsoft Hyper-V, virtual machines, and Hyper-V containers
- Configure disaster recovery technologies
- Manage and configure failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines
- Configure, plan, and implement Network Load Balancing (NLB)
- Work with deployment images
Course Outline
Module 1: Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating Servers and Workloads
- Introducing Windows Server
- Preparing and installing Server Core
- Preparing for upgrades and migrations
- Migrating server roles and workloads
- Windows Server activation models
Module 2: Configuring Local Storage
- Managing disks in Windows Server
- Managing volumes in Windows Server
Module 3: Implementing Enterprise Storage Solutions
- Overview of DAS, NAS, and SANs
- Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
- Understanding iSNS, DCB, and MPIO
- Configuring sharing in Windows Server
Module 4: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
- Implementing Storage Spaces
- Managing Storage Spaces
- Implementing Data Deduplication
Module 5: Installing and Configuring Hyper-V and Virtual Machines
- Overview of Hyper-V
- Installing Hyper-V
- Configuring storage on Hyper-V host servers
- Configuring networking on Hyper-V host servers
- Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines
- Managing virtual machines
Module 6: Deploying and Managing Windows and Hyper-V Containers
- Overview of containers in Windows Server
- Preparing for containers
- Installing, configuring, and managing containers using Docker
Module 7: Overview of High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Defining levels of availability
- Planning high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines
- Backing up and restoring using Windows Server Backup
- High availability with failover clustering
Module 8: Implementing Failover Clustering
- Planning a failover cluster
- Creating and configuring a new failover cluster
- Maintaining a failover cluster
- Troubleshooting a failover cluster
- Implementing site high availability with stretch clustering
Module 9: Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
- Overview of Hyper-V integration with failover clustering
- Implementing Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters
- Key features for VMs in clustered environments
Module 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing (NLB)
- Overview of NLB
- Configuring an NLB cluster
- Planning an NLB implementation
Module 11: Creating and Managing Deployment Images
- Introduction to deployment images
- Creating and managing deployment images using MDT
- Virtual machine environments for different workloads
Module 12: Managing, Monitoring, and Maintaining Virtual Machines
- WSUS overview and deployment options
- Update management with WSUS
- Overview of PowerShell DSC
- Windows Server monitoring tools
- Using Performance Monitor
- Monitoring event logs
