In this instructor-led, online training course, students will learn how to plan a server upgrade and migration strategy, describe various storage options, implement and manage storage spaces and data deduplication, install and configure Hyper-V, manage and maintain virtual machines, and plan, create, manage, and implement a failover cluster.
Overview
Skills Learned
After completing this online training 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, 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.
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.
This online training course is intended for Windows Server administrators who are relatively new to Windows Server administration and related technologies, and who want to learn more about the storage and compute features in Server 2016.
None, but it is recommended that before attending this course, students 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.
- Requirements for Windows Server 2016
- Installing Windows Server 2016
- Installing Windows Core
- Basic Configuration and Management of Windows Server 2016
- Basic Configuration and Management of Windows Core
- PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
- Upgrading to Windows Server 2016
- Migrating to Windows Server 2016
- License Activation Models
- Planning for Nano Server
- Installing Nano Server
- Basic Configuration and Management of Nano Server
- Configuring Disks and Volumes
- VHD, VHDX, and VHDS files
- NTFS and ReFS
- NFS and SMB Share Configuration
- File and Folder Permissions
- Storage Pools
- RAID Storage
- Tiered Storage
- Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE
- iSCSI Configuration
- Data Center Bridging (DCB)
- Multi-Path IO (MPIO)
- Storage Spaces
- Storage Replicas
- Server-to-Server
- Cluster-to-Cluster
- Stretch Clusters
- Data Deduplication Configuration
- Monitoring Data Deduplication
- Backup and Recovery with Deduplication
- Hardware Requirements
- Compatibility Requirements
- Hyper-V Installation
- Hyper-V Upgrades
- Virtual Machine Management
- Windows PowerShell Direct
- Nested Virtualization
- Hot Swap RAM
- NUMA and Dynamic Memory
- Integration Services
- Linux Integration Services (LIS)
- FreeBSD Integration Services (BIS
- VM Conversion
- Hyper-V Export/Import
- Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)
- VHD/VHDX/VHDS Creation
- Differencing Disks
- Pass-Through Disks
- Checkpoints
- Production Checkpoints
- Virtual Fibre Channel
- Storage Quality of Service
- Hyper-V Networking
- Virtual Network Interface Cards
- Virtual Switches
- MAC Address Spoofing
- Network Isolation
- NIC Teaming
- Virtual Machine Queues
- Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)
- Switch Embedded Teaming (SET)
- Bandwidth Management
- Installation Requirements
- Installation and Configuration of Windows Server Container Host
- Container Host on Windows Server Core or Nano Server
- Docker Installation
- Docker Daemon Start-up
- PowerShell with Containers
- Base OS Installation
- Image Tagging
- Windows Server Container Creation
- Hyper-V Container Creation
- Docker Daemon Container Management
- PowerShell Container Management
- Container Networking
- Container Data Volumes
- Resource Control
- Dockefiles
- DockerHub
- Azure and Containers
- Hyper-V Replicas
- Live Migration
- Shared Nothing Live Migration
- CredSSP
- Kerberos
- Storage Migration
- Workgroup Clusters
- Single and Multi-Domain Clusters
- Quorum
- Cluster Networking
- Cluster or Node Configuration Restoration
- Cluster Storage
- Cluster-Aware Updating
- Cluster Operating System Rolling upgrade
- Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
- Nameless Clusters
- Scale-Out File Server (SoFS)
- Guest Clustering
- Clustered Storage Spaces
- Shared SAS Storage
- Storage Replicas
- Cloud Witnesses
- VM Resiliency
- Shared VHDX
- Storage Spaces Direct
- Disaggregated Storage Spaces Direct
- Hyper-Converged Storage Spaces Direct
- Continuously Available Shares
- VM Monitoring
- VM Failover
- Preference
- Stretch Clusters
- Site-Aware Clusters
- Node Fairness
- Live Migration
- Quick Migration
- Storage Migrations
- Import, Export, and Copy Virtual machines
- VM Network Health Protection
- Drain on Shutdown
- NLB Prerequisites
- Installing Network Load Balancing Nodes
- Affinity
- Port Rules
- Cluster Operations Mode
- NLB Cluster Upgrades
- Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Creating Images
- Deploying Images
- Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
- Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
- WSUS Groups
- Patch Management
- Windows Defender
- Windows Server Backup
- Backing up Server Roles
- Performance Monitor
- Data Collector Sets
- Performance Counters
- Event Logs
- Alerts
- Resource Monitor
Skills Learned
After completing this online training 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, 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.
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.
This online training course is intended for Windows Server administrators who are relatively new to Windows Server administration and related technologies, and who want to learn more about the storage and compute features in Server 2016.
None, but it is recommended that before attending this course, students 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.
- Requirements for Windows Server 2016
- Installing Windows Server 2016
- Installing Windows Core
- Basic Configuration and Management of Windows Server 2016
- Basic Configuration and Management of Windows Core
- PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
- Upgrading to Windows Server 2016
- Migrating to Windows Server 2016
- License Activation Models
- Planning for Nano Server
- Installing Nano Server
- Basic Configuration and Management of Nano Server
- Configuring Disks and Volumes
- VHD, VHDX, and VHDS files
- NTFS and ReFS
- NFS and SMB Share Configuration
- File and Folder Permissions
- Storage Pools
- RAID Storage
- Tiered Storage
- Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE
- iSCSI Configuration
- Data Center Bridging (DCB)
- Multi-Path IO (MPIO)
- Storage Spaces
- Storage Replicas
- Server-to-Server
- Cluster-to-Cluster
- Stretch Clusters
- Data Deduplication Configuration
- Monitoring Data Deduplication
- Backup and Recovery with Deduplication
- Hardware Requirements
- Compatibility Requirements
- Hyper-V Installation
- Hyper-V Upgrades
- Virtual Machine Management
- Windows PowerShell Direct
- Nested Virtualization
- Hot Swap RAM
- NUMA and Dynamic Memory
- Integration Services
- Linux Integration Services (LIS)
- FreeBSD Integration Services (BIS
- VM Conversion
- Hyper-V Export/Import
- Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)
- VHD/VHDX/VHDS Creation
- Differencing Disks
- Pass-Through Disks
- Checkpoints
- Production Checkpoints
- Virtual Fibre Channel
- Storage Quality of Service
- Hyper-V Networking
- Virtual Network Interface Cards
- Virtual Switches
- MAC Address Spoofing
- Network Isolation
- NIC Teaming
- Virtual Machine Queues
- Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)
- Switch Embedded Teaming (SET)
- Bandwidth Management
- Installation Requirements
- Installation and Configuration of Windows Server Container Host
- Container Host on Windows Server Core or Nano Server
- Docker Installation
- Docker Daemon Start-up
- PowerShell with Containers
- Base OS Installation
- Image Tagging
- Windows Server Container Creation
- Hyper-V Container Creation
- Docker Daemon Container Management
- PowerShell Container Management
- Container Networking
- Container Data Volumes
- Resource Control
- Dockefiles
- DockerHub
- Azure and Containers
- Hyper-V Replicas
- Live Migration
- Shared Nothing Live Migration
- CredSSP
- Kerberos
- Storage Migration
- Workgroup Clusters
- Single and Multi-Domain Clusters
- Quorum
- Cluster Networking
- Cluster or Node Configuration Restoration
- Cluster Storage
- Cluster-Aware Updating
- Cluster Operating System Rolling upgrade
- Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
- Nameless Clusters
- Scale-Out File Server (SoFS)
- Guest Clustering
- Clustered Storage Spaces
- Shared SAS Storage
- Storage Replicas
- Cloud Witnesses
- VM Resiliency
- Shared VHDX
- Storage Spaces Direct
- Disaggregated Storage Spaces Direct
- Hyper-Converged Storage Spaces Direct
- Continuously Available Shares
- VM Monitoring
- VM Failover
- Preference
- Stretch Clusters
- Site-Aware Clusters
- Node Fairness
- Live Migration
- Quick Migration
- Storage Migrations
- Import, Export, and Copy Virtual machines
- VM Network Health Protection
- Drain on Shutdown
- NLB Prerequisites
- Installing Network Load Balancing Nodes
- Affinity
- Port Rules
- Cluster Operations Mode
- NLB Cluster Upgrades
- Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Creating Images
- Deploying Images
- Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
- Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
- WSUS Groups
- Patch Management
- Windows Defender
- Windows Server Backup
- Backing up Server Roles
- Performance Monitor
- Data Collector Sets
- Performance Counters
- Event Logs
- Alerts
- Resource Monitor