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Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

training code: AA_20740 / ENG DL 5d / EN
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4,500.00 PLN 5,535.00 PLN with TAX

This course is intended for:

  • IT professionals who have some experience working with Windows Server, and who are looking for a single five-day course that covers storage and compute technologies in Windows Server 2016.

    • this course will help them update their knowledge and skills related to storage and compute for Windows Server 2016.
  • Windows Server administrators who are relatively new to Windows Server administration and related technologies

    • who want to learn more about the storage and compute features in Windows Server 2016.
  • IT professionals with general IT knowledge who are looking to gain knowledge about Windows Server especially around storage and compute technologies in Windows Server 2016.
  •  IT professionals looking to take the Microsoft 70-740 certification exam, Installation, Storage and Compute with Windows Server 2016.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Prepare and install Nano Server, a Server Core installation, 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
    • drive hardware
    • 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 2016.
  • 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

Before attending this course, students must have:

  • A basic understanding of networking fundamentals.
  • An awareness and understanding of security best practices.
  • An understanding of basic AD DS concepts.
  • Basic knowledge of server hardware.
  • Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 8 or Windows 10.

Additionally, students would benefit from having some previous Windows Server operating system experience, such as experience as a Windows Server systems administrator.

An ability to use English language materials.

  • Training: English
  • Materials: English

 

  1.  Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads

    • Introducing Windows Server 2016
    • Preparing and installing Server Core
    • Preparing for upgrades and migrations
    • Migrating server roles and workloads
    • Windows Server activation models
  2.  Configuring local storage

    • Managing disks in Windows Server
    • Managing volumes in Windows Server
  3.  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 2016
  4.  Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

    • Implementing Storage Spaces
    • Managing Storage Spaces
    • Implementing Data Deduplication
  5.  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
  6. Deploying and managing Windows and Hyper-V containers

    • Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016
    • Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
    • Installing, configuring, and managing containers by using Docker
  7. Overview of 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 2016
  8.  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
  9.  Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V

    • Overview of the integration of Hyper-V Server 2016 with failover clustering
    • Implementing Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters
    • Key features for VMs in a clustered environment
  10.  Implementing Network Load Balancing

    • Overview of NLB
    • Configuring an NLB cluster
    • Planning an NLB implementation
  11.  Creating and managing deployment images

    • Introduction to deployment images
    • Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT
    • Virtual machine environments for different workloads
  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 2016 monitoring tools
    • Using Performance Monitor
    • Monitoring event logs