This five-day comprehensive course is designed specifically for IT professionals who have accumulated practical experience working with Windows Server environments. The course is intended for professionals who bear responsibility for managing storage and compute resources using Windows Server, and who need to understand the various scenarios, requirements, and available options that apply to Windows Server infrastructure. Participants will gain knowledge applicable to current and future Windows Server scenarios.
Although the course content and associated laboratory exercises are written specifically for Windows Server 2022, the technical skills and knowledge taught are backward compatible and applicable to Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019, allowing you to apply these competencies across multiple server generations.
The course provides instruction on administering Windows Server using contemporary tools, including PowerShell scripting, Server Manager, and the modern Windows Admin Center interface, ensuring you are prepared to work with both traditional and cutting-edge administration methods.
Prerequisites:
- Foundational understanding of networking principles and concepts
- Knowledge of and adherence to security best practices in enterprise environments
- Working familiarity with Active Directory concepts and implementation
- Basic knowledge of server hardware architectures and configurations
- Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11
Audience Profile:
This course targets IT professionals who have existing experience with Windows Server environments and who seek a comprehensive five-day course covering storage and compute technologies. The course will help these professionals update their knowledge and capabilities related to storage and compute functionality within Windows Server infrastructure.
Ideal candidates for this course include the following:
- Windows Server administrators who are relatively new to Windows Server administration and related technologies, seeking to deepen their understanding of storage and compute features in Windows Server
- IT professionals with general information technology knowledge who want to gain specific expertise in Windows Server, particularly regarding storage and compute technologies
At Course Completion:
- Prepare and install Windows Server, and formulate a comprehensive server upgrade and migration strategy
- Describe various storage options, including partition table formats, basic and dynamic disks, file systems, virtual hard disks, and storage hardware; explain management techniques for disks and volumes
- Describe available enterprise storage solutions and select the most appropriate solution for specific business scenarios
- Implement and manage Storage Spaces and configure Data Deduplication across your infrastructure
- Install and configure Microsoft Hyper-V and establish virtual machine configurations
- Deploy, configure, and administer Windows and Hyper-V containers in your environment
- Describe high availability and disaster recovery technologies available within Windows Server
- Plan, build, and manage failover clusters for improved system resilience
- Implement failover clustering specifically for Hyper-V virtual machines
- Configure Network Load Balancing clusters and develop comprehensive NLB implementation strategies
- Create and manage deployment images for consistent server provisioning
- Manage, monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations throughout their lifecycle
Course Outline:
- Module 1: Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating Servers and Workloads
- Module 2: Configuring Local Storage Solutions
- Module 3: Implementing Enterprise Storage Solutions
- Module 4: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
- Module 5: Installing and Configuring Hyper-V and Virtual Machines
- Module 6: Deploying and Managing Container Technologies
- Module 7: High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Module 8: Implementing Failover Clustering
- Module 9: Implementing Failover Clustering with Windows Server Hyper-V
- Module 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing
- Module 11: Creating and Managing Deployment Images
- Module 12: Managing, Monitoring, and Maintaining Virtual Machine Installations
