Installation, Storage and Compute Windows Server 2016 (Exam 70-740) - Advanced
Master the compute and storage side of Windows Server 2016 at your own pace: installation and migration, disk volumes, Hyper-V, failover clustering, network load balancing, MDT images, WSUS and containers, mapped to exam 70-740.
About this course
Master the compute and storage side of Windows Server 2016 at your own pace: installation and migration, disk volumes, Hyper-V, failover clustering, network load balancing, MDT images, WSUS and containers, mapped to exam 70-740.
Curriculum
- Introduction
- Reviewing Windows Server 2016 Edition
- Understanding Hardware Requirements
- Understanding Installation and Management Options
- Installing Server 2016
- Reviewing Server Activation Options
- What is Nano Server?
- Building a Nano Server
- What is Server Core?
- Installing and Configuring Server Core
- Upgrading or Migrating Servers
- What's New in 2012/2012 R2
- What's New in Server 2016
- Understanding Disk Partition and Type
- Working with Disk Volumes
- Managing Disk Options
- Extending and Shrinking Volumes
- What is RAID?
- Understanding RAID Levels
- Working with Storage Systems
- Understanding Storage Area Networks
- Working with iSCSI SAN
- Configuring iSCSI SAN
- Using Multipath I/O
- Data Center Bridging
- Using SMB Shares
- Understanding Storage Spaces
- Working with Storage Spaces Direct
- Understanding Data Deduplication
- Using Data Deduplication
- New Hyper-V and Guest Features
- Hyper-V Prerequisites
- Installing Hyper-V
- Using Nested Virtualization
- Understanding Hyper-V Storage
- Creating VHDs
- Understanding Hyper-V Networking
- Creating Virtual Machines
- Using Live Migration
- Understanding Storage Migration
- Understanding Hyper-V Replica
- Understanding High Availability
- Using Failover Cluster
- Reviewing Failover Clustering and Prerequisites
- Installing Failover Cluster
- Configuring a Failover Cluster
- Configuring Cluster Service
- Managing Cluster
- Managing Cluster Heartbeat
- Understanding Cluster Aware Updating
- Virtual Machine High Availability
- Using Cluster Shared Volumes
- Understanding Scale-Out File Server
- Creating Highly Available VM
- Using VM Host Shutdown
- Upgrading Failover Cluster
- Understanding Network Load Balancing
- Reviewing the NLB Process
- Understanding Network Options
- Installing and Creating Network Load Balance Cluster
- Configuring Affinity and Port Rules
- Reviewing Considerations for VMs and NLB
- Understanding NLB Cluster Upgrade
- Understanding Image Files
- Using Image Tools
- Reviewing MDT and Creating a Deployment Share
- Understanding WSUS
- Reviewing Deployment Options
- Installing and Configuring WSUS
- Configuring Clients
- Managing Updates
- Understanding WSUS Reports
- Using Task Manager
- Reviewing Resource Monitor
- Reviewing Reliability Monitor
- Understanding Server Manager
- Using Event Viewer
- Reviewing Event Subscription
- Using Performance Monitor
- What Are Containers?
- Using Windows and Hyper-V Containers
- Understanding Container Usage
- Installing Package Provider
- Introducing Docker
- Downloading an Image
- Course Recap
Who it's for
Windows Server administrators and infrastructure engineers working with storage, virtualisation and high availability.
Before you start
No formal prerequisites. Bring curiosity and a willingness to practise.
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