Course Outline

Module 1: Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads

This module explains how to prepare and install Nano Server and Server Core. This module also explains how to upgrade and migrate server roles and workloads. Finally, this module explains how to choose an activation model based on your environment characteristics.

Lessons

Introducing Windows Server 2016

Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core

Preparing for upgrades and migrations

Migrating server roles and workloads

Windows Server activation models

Lab : Installing and configuring Nano Server

Implementing Nano Server

Completing post-installation tasks on the Nano Server

Performing remote management

Choose an activation model based on your environment characteristics.

Module 2: Configuring local storage

This module explains how to manage disks and volumes in Windows Server 2016.

Lessons

Managing disks in Windows Server 2016

Managing volumes in Windows Server 2016

Lab : Managing disks and volumes in Windows Server 2016

Creating and Managing virtual hard disks by using Windows PowerShell

Converting virtual hard disks from .vhd to .vhdx

Resizing a volume

Module 3: Implementing enterprise storage solutions

This module describes the direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), and storage area networks (SANs). It also helps you understand Microsoft Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) Server, data center bridging, and Multipath I/O (MPIO). Additionally, this module also compares Fibre Channel, Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI), and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE), and describes how to configure sharing in Windows Server 2016.

Lessons

Overview of direct-attached storage, network-attached storage, and storage area networks

Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE

Understanding iSNS, data centre bridging, and MPIO

Configuring sharing in Windows Server 2016

Lab : Planning and configuring storage technologies and components

Planning storage requirements

Configuring iSCSI storage

Configuring and managing the share infrastructure

Module 4: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

This module explains how to implement and manage Storage Spaces. This module also explains how to implement Data Deduplication.

Lessons

Implementing Storage Spaces

Managing Storage Spaces

Implementing Data Deduplication

Lab : Implementing Storage Spaces

Creating a storage space

Enabling and configuring storage tiering

Lab : Implementing Data Deduplication

Installing Data Deduplication

Configuring Data Deduplication

Module 5: Installing and configuring Hyper-V and virtual machines

This module provides an overview of Hyper-V. This module also explains how to configure, manage, and install Hyper-V.

Lessons

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 Hyper-V virtual machines

Lab : Installing and configuring Hyper-V

Installing the Hyper-V server role

Configuring Hyper-V settings

Creating and configuring a virtual machine

Managing a virtual machine by using PowerShell Direct

Module 6: Deploying and managing Windows Server and Hyper-V containers

This module provides and overview of containers in Windows Server 2016. It also explains how to deploy, install, configure, and manage containers in Windows Server 2016.

Lessons

Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016

Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers

Installing, configuring, and managing containers

Lab : Installing and configuring containers

Installing and configuring Windows Server containers by using Windows PowerShell

Installing and configuring Windows Server containers by using Docker

Module 7: Overview of high availability and disaster recovery

This module provides an overview of high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery. It further explains how to plan high availability and disaster recovery solutions. Additionally, in this module you will know how to back up and restore the Windows Server 2016 operating system and data by using Windows Server Backup. Finally, you will learn about Windows Server 2016 high availability with failover clustering.

Lessons

Defining levels of availability

Planning high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines

Backing up and restoring the Windows Server 2016 operating system and data by using Windows Server B

High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016

Lab : Planning and implementing a high availability and disaster recovery solution

Determining the appropriate high availability and disaster recovery solution

Implementing storage migration

Implementing Hyper-V Replica

Module 8: Implementing and managing failover clustering

This module explains how to plan, create, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot a failover cluster. This module also explains how to implement site high availability with stretch clustering.

Lessons

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

Lab : Implementing a failover cluster

Creating a failover cluster

Verifying quorum settings and adding a node

Lab : Managing a failover cluster

Evicting a node and verifying quorum settings

Changing the quorum from Disk Witness to File Share Witness, and defining node voting

Adding and removing disks from the cluster

Module 9: Implementing failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines

This module describes integrating Hyper-V virtual machines in a clustered environment. It also explains how to implement and maintain Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters. Additionally, this module also explains how to configure network health protection.

Lessons

Overview of integrating Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 with failover clustering

Implementing and maintaining Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters

Key features for virtual machines in a clustered environment

Lab : Implementing failover clustering with Hyper-V

Configuring a failover cluster for Hyper-V

Configuring a highly available virtual machine

Module 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing

This module provides an overview of NLB clusters. It also explains how to plan and configure an NLB cluster implementation.

Lessons

Overview of NLB clusters

Configuring an NLB cluster

Planning an NLB implementation

Lab : Implementing an NLB cluster

Implementing an NLB cluster

Configuring and managing the NLB cluster

Validating high availability for the NLB cluster

Module 11: Creating and managing deployment images

This module provides an introduction to deployment images. It also explains how to create and manage deployment images by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). Additionally, it explains how to evaluate an organization’s requirements for server virtualization.

Lessons

Introduction to deployment images

Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT

Virtual machine environments for different workloads

Lab : Using MDT to deploy Windows Server 2016

Installing and configuring MDT

Creating and deploying an image

Module 12: Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations

This module provides an overview on WSUS and explains the deployment options. It explains how to update management process with WSUS and also how to use Performance Monitor. Additionally, this module also provides an overview of PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools. Finally, this module describes how to use Performance Monitor and monitor Event Logs.

Lessons

WSUS overview and deployment options

Update management process with WSUS

Overview of PowerShell DSC

Overview of Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools

Using Performance Monitor

Monitoring Event Logs

Lab : Implementing WSUS and deploying updates

Implementing WSUS

Configuring update settings

Approving and deploying an update by using WSUS

Lab : Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server 2016

Establishing a performance baseline

Identifying the source of a performance problem

Viewing and configuring centralized event logs