Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server (55341)

Lay the foundations of a modern Windows Server estate.

5 daysIntermediate12 modules55341

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Overview

About this course

Lay the foundations of a modern Windows Server estate. Over five days you will install Server Core and plan upgrades and migrations, configure local and enterprise storage with iSCSI, Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication, run Hyper-V virtual machines and Docker-managed containers, and build resilience with failover clustering, Network Load Balancing, backup, deployment images and WSUS updates.

What you'll learn

Prepare and install Windows Server and plan a server upgrade and migration strategy.
Describe the various storage options, including partition table formats, basic and dynamic disks, file systems, virtual hard disks, and drive hardware, and explain how to manage disks and volumes.
Describe enterprise storage solutions, and select the appropriate solution for a given situation.
Implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication. Install and configure Microsoft Hyper-V, and configure virtual machines.
Deploy, configure, and manage Windows and Hyper-V containers.
Describe the high availability and disaster recovery technologies in Windows Server.
Plan, create, and manage a failover cluster.
Implement failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines.
Configure a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster, and plan for an NLB implementation.
Create and manage deployment images.
Manage, monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations.

Curriculum

12 modules

Introducing Windows Server
Preparing and installing Server Core
Preparing for upgrades and migrations
Migrating server roles and workloads
Windows Server activation models

Managing disks in Windows Server
Managing volumes in Windows Server

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

Implementing Storage Spaces
Managing Storage Spaces
Implementing Data Deduplication

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

Overview of containers in Windows Server
Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
Installing, configuring, and managing containers by using Docker

Defining levels of availability
Planning high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines
Backing up and restoring by using Windows Server Backup
High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server

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

Overview of the integration of Hyper-V with failover clustering
Implementing Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters
Key features for VMs in a clustered environment

Overview of NLB
Configuring an NLB cluster
Planning an NLB implementation

Introduction to deployment images
Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT
Virtual machine environments for different workloads

WSUS overview and deployment options
Update management process with WSUS
Overview of Windows PowerShell DSC
Overview of Windows Server monitoring tools
Using Performance Monitor
Monitoring event logs

Who it's for

IT professionals with networking and Active Directory basics who install and manage Windows Server.

Before you start

A basic understanding of networking fundamentals.
An awareness and understanding of security best practices.
An understanding of basic Active Directory concepts.
Basic knowledge of server hardware.
Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11.

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