Training: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server

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5

days

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Not certifying

Level:

Intermediate

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Temptraining

ITTA | Trainings | IT Pro | Systems and Networking | Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server

Description

This course is designed primarily for IT professionals who have some experience with Windows Server. It is designed for professionals who will be responsible for managing storage and compute by using Windows Server, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server.

Although this course and the associated labs are written for Windows Server 2022, the skills taught will also be backwards compatible for Server 2016 and Server 2019.

Participant profiles

Windows Server administrators who want to learn more about the storage and compute features in Windows Server
IT professionals with general IT knowledge who are looking to gain knowledge about Windows Server

Objectives

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

Prerequisites

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

Course content

Module 01: Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads

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

Module 02: Configuring local storage

Managing disks in Windows Server
Managing volumes in Windows Server

Module 03: Implementing enterprise storage solutions

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

Module 04: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

Implementing Storage Spaces
Managing Storage Spaces
Implementing Data Deduplication

Module 05: Installing and configuring Hyper-V and virtual machines

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

Module 06: Deploying and managing containers

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

Module 07: High availability and disaster recovery

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

Module 08: Implementing failover clustering

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

Module 09: Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server Hyper-V

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

Module 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing

Overview of NLB
Configuring an NLB cluster
Planning an NLB implementation

Module 11: Creating and managing deployment images

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

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

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

Documentation

Digital courseware included

Lab / Exercises

Online Labs

Complementary courses

Temptraining funding

ITTA is a partner of Temptraining, the continuing education fund for temporary workers. This training fund can subsidize continuing education for anyone who works for an employer subject to the Collective Work Agreement (CCT) Rental of services.

Additional information

This training is developed by the Microsoft Community and replace the retired Microsoft course: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server (MOC 20740)