About Course
Course Objectives:
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Deploy and manage Windows Server 2019 core and GUI installations.
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Configure Active Directory, Group Policy, and identity services.
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Implement network infrastructure services such as DHCP, DNS, and IPAM.
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Manage file servers, storage solutions, Hyper-V virtualization, and containers.
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Plan and deploy high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
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Secure Windows Server and manage remote desktop and web services.
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Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize server performance.
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Plan and perform upgrades and migrations for server workloads.
Course Outlines:
Chapter 1: Windows Server Administration Overview
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Overview of Windows Server 2019, Server Core, remote administration.
Chapter 2: Identity Services
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Active Directory, Azure AD, Group Policy, Certificate Services, deploying domain controllers.
Chapter 3: Network Infrastructure Services
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Deploy and manage DHCP, DNS, and IPAM.
Chapter 4: File Servers and Storage Management
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Volumes, file sharing, Storage Spaces, Data Deduplication, iSCSI, Distributed File System.
Chapter 5: Hyper-V Virtualization and Containers
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Configure VMs, secure virtualization, implement containers, overview of Kubernetes.
Chapter 6: High Availability
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Plan and deploy failover clusters, stretch clusters, HA solutions with Hyper-V VMs.
Chapter 7: Disaster Recovery
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Hyper-V Replica, backup and restore infrastructure, hands-on labs.
Chapter 8: Windows Server Security
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Privileged access protection, hardening, Just Enough Administration, SMB security, update management, LAPS.
Chapter 9: Remote Desktop Services
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Deploy and manage session-based and virtual desktops, RemoteApp collections.
Chapter 10: Remote Access and Web Services
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Implement VPN, NPS, Always On VPN, Web Server, and Web Application Proxy.
Chapter 11: Monitoring, Performance, and Troubleshooting
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Use Performance Monitor, event logs, centralized logging, troubleshooting tools.
Chapter 12: Upgrade and Migration
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AD DS migration, Storage Migration Service, Windows Server migration tools.
