Course 20740A: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016
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This course is intended for IT professionals who have some experiencing working with Windows Server, and who are looking for a single five-day course that covers storage and compute technologies in Windows Server 2016. Our outstanding trainers will
help the participants update their knowledge and skills related to storage and compute for Windows Server 2016.
Outline
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Choose the appropriate version of the Windows Server operating system, and describe the installation options and new features of Windows Server 2016.
- Prepare and install Nano Server and Server Core.
- Consider whether an upgrade or migration is the best approach, and use tools to help determine upgrade or migration suitability.
- Migrate server roles and workloads within a domain and across domains or forests.
- Choose an activation model based on your environment characteristics.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage disks in Windows Server 2016.
- Manage volumes in Windows Server 2016.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe DAS, NAS, and SANs, and the usage scenarios for each topology.
- Compare Fibre Channel, FCoE, an iSCSI target and initiator.Describe iSNS, MPIO, data center bridging, and Windows Storage Server 2016 (two versions—Workgroup and Standard).
- Configure server message block (SMB) and network file system (NFS) shares by using Server Manager and Windows PowerShell.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement Storage Spaces as an enterprise storage solution.
- Manage Storage Spaces by using Server Manager and Windows PowerShell.
- Implement Data Deduplication.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Hyper-V and virtualization.
- Prepare to install the Hyper-V role.
- Configure storage on Hyper-V host servers.
- Configure networking on Hyper-V host servers.
- Configure Hyper-V virtual machines.
- Move virtual machines from one host to another host, using PowerShell Direct to manage a virtual machine, and manage miscellaneous virtual machine settings.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the purpose of Windows Server and Hyper-V containers.
- Deploy and manage Windows Server and Hyper-V containers.
- Install, configure, and manage containers.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
- Plan for high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines.
- Back up and restore Hyper-V hosts, virtual machines, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and file and web servers by using Windows Server Backup.
- Describe Windows Server 2016 high availability with failover clustering.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the requirements and infrastructure considerations for a failover cluster.
- Create and configure a new failover cluster.
- Monitor and maintain failover clusters.
- Troubleshoot failover clusters by using various tools such as Performance Monitor, Event Viewer, and Windows PowerShell.
- Configure and implement a stretch cluster.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the integration of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 with failover clustering.
- Implement and maintain Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters.
- Describe and configure network health protection.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe NLB and how it works.
- Configure an NLB cluster.
- Describe the considerations for implementing NLB.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the purpose of deployment images and the tools that you use to deploy and maintain them.
- Implement and manage deployment images by using MDT.
- Evaluate their organization’s requirements for server virtualization.
- Lessons
- 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
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the purpose of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and the requirements to implement WSUS.
- Manage the update process with WSUS.
- Describe the purpose and benefits of PowerShell DSC.
- Describe the monitoring tools available in Windows Server 2016.
- Describe how to use Performance Monitor.
- Describe how to manage event logs.
- Lessons
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