55324: Installation, Storage and Compute with Windows Server 2016 Courseware

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55324A is the equivalent of retired MOC Course 20740C - Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016. This five-day course is intended for information technology (IT ) professionals who have a basic knowledge of Windows Server. It is designed for professionals who have the primary responsibility of managing storage and computing with Windows Server 2016, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available in and applicable to Windows Server 2016. Audience Profile This course is intended for IT professionals who would like to improve their expertise in storage and compute functionality for Windows Server 2016. It will help them prepare for daily use in their role as a Windows Server Adminstrator and also prepare them for Windows Server 2016 certifications or exams. At Course Completion Configure and install Windows Server 2016. Manage Server Core, server upgrade and migration strategy. Understand storage options. Manage partition table formats. Manage basic and dynamic disks, file systems. Manage virtual hard disks, and drive hardware. Manage disks and volumes. Select and manage proper storage solutions for a specific scenario. Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication implementation. Configure and Manage Microsoft Hyper-V, virtual machines and Hyper-V containers. Configure disaster recovery technologies. Manage and Configure failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines. Configure, plan and implement a Network Load Balancing (NLB). Work with deployment images. Course Details Course Duration: 5 Days Module 1: Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads This module explains how to prepare for and install Windows Server 2016, including Server Core. This module also explains how to plan a server upgrade and migration strategy, how to perform a migration of server roles and workloads within and across domains, and how to choose an activation model based on environment characteristics. Lessons Introducing Windows Server 2016 Preparing and installing Server Core Preparing for upgrades and migrations Migrating server roles and workloads Windows Server activation models Lab 1: Installing and configuring Server Core Installing Server Core Completing post-installation tasks on Windows Server 2016 Core Performing remote management After completing this module, students will be able to: Understand concepts of Windows Server 2016 including preparation and installation of Server Core Manage upgrades and migration of server roles and workloads Manage Windows Server activation models Module 2: Configuring local storage This module explains how to manage disks and volumes in Windows Server 2016. Lessons Managing disks in Windows Server Managing volumes in Windows Server Lab 1: Configuring local storage Creating and managing volumes Resizing volumes Managing virtual hard disks After completing this module, students will be able to: Manage disks including configuring and resizing volumes Manage virtual hard disks Module 3: Implementing enterprise storage solutions This module explains how to understand direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), and storage area networks (SANs). It also explores the purpose of Microsoft Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) Server, data center bridging, and Multipath I/O (MPIO). Additionally, this module 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 DAS, NAS, and SANs Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet Understanding iSNS, DCB, and MPIO Configuring sharing in Windows Server 2016 Lab 1: 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: Understand DAS, NAS and SAN also iSNS, DCB and MPIO Plan and configure storage requirement for iSCSI Configure and manage share infrastructure Module 4: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication This module explains how to implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication. Lessons Implementing Storage Spaces Managing Storage Spaces Implementing Data Deduplication Lab 1: Implementing Storage Spaces Creating a Storage Space Enabling and configuring storage tiering Lab 2: Implementing Data Deduplication Installing Data Deduplication Configuring Data Deduplication After completing this module, students will be able to: Manage and implement storage space and data deduplication Module 5: Installing and configuring Hyper-V and virtual machines This module explains how to install Hyper-V, configure storage and networking on Hyper-V host servers, and configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines. 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 virtual machines Lab 1: Installing and configuring Hyper-V Verifying installation of the Hyper-V server role Configuring Hyper-V networks Creating and configuring virtual machines Enabling nested virtualization for a virtual machine After completing this module, students will be able to: Understand Hyper-V Configure storage, networking and virtual machines on Hyper-V host servers Manage virtual machines Module 6: Deploying and managing Windows and Hyper-V containers This module explains how to deploy Windows Server and Hyper-V containers and how to install, configure, and manage containers by using Windows PowerShell and Docker. Lessons Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016 Preparing for containers Installing, configuring, and managing containers by using Docker Lab 1: Installing and configuring containers Installing Docker Enterprise Edition for Windows Server 2016 Installing and configuring an IIS container After completing this module, students will be able to: Understand containers and also installing docker container Install and configure IIS container Module 7: Overview of high availability and disaster recovery This module explains how to plan high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines. Additionally, this module explains how to back up and restore the Windows Server 2016 operating system and data by using the Windows Server Backup feature. Lessons 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 Lab 1: Planning and implementing a high availability and disaster recovery solution Determine the appropriate high availability and disaster recovery solution Implementing storage migration Configuring Hyper-V Replicas After completing this module, students will be able to: Define and plan availability levels and disaster recovery Backup and restore using Windows Server Backup Manage failover cluster for high availability Module 8: Implementing failover clustering This module explains how to create and manage a failover cluster. Additionally, it explains how to implement high availability and stretch clustering for a site. 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 1: Implementing failover clustering Creating a failover cluster Verifying quorum settings and adding a node Lab 2: 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 Verifying high availability After completing this module, students will be able to: Understand, plan, create and configure a failover cluster including maintenance Troubleshoot failover cluster Implement stretch clustering Module 9: Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V This module explains how to implement Hyper-V virtual machines in failover clusters and describes the key features for virtual machines in a clustered environment. Lessons Overview of yhe integration of Hyper-V Server 2016 with failover clustering Implementing Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters Key features for VMs in a clustered environment Lab 1: Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Configuring virtual environment Configuring a failover cluster for Hyper-V Configuring a highly available VM After completing this module, students will be able to: Integrate and implement Hyper-V Server with failover cluster Configure virtual environment including failover cluster for Hyper-V Understand and implement highly available VMS Module 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing This module explains how to plan and configure an NLB cluster implementation. It also provides an overview of Network Load Balancing (NLB) and NLB clusters. Lessons Overview of NLB Configuring an NLB cluster Planning an NLB implementation Lab 1: Implementing NLB Implementing a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster Configuring and managing the NLB cluster Validating high availability for the NLB cluster After completing this module, students will be able to: Understand, configure and implement a Network Load Balancer (NLB)S Module 11: Creating and managing deployment images This module explains how to create and manage deployment images by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). Additionally, it describes different workloads in the virtual machine environment. Lessons Introduction to deployment images Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT Virtual machine environments for different workloads Lab 1: Using MDT to deploy Windows Server 2016 Configuring MDT Creating and deploying an image After completing this module, students will be able to: Understand the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Create and manage deployment images Module 12: Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations This module explains how to manage the update process with WSUS. Additionally, this module provides an overview of Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools. Lessons 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 Lab 1: Implementing WSUS and deploying updates Implementing WSUS Configuring update settings Approving and deploying an update by using WSUS Lab 2: 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: Implement WSUS and configure update settings Approve and deploy an update using WSUS Establish, identify performance baseline View and configure event logs Prerequisites Extensive knowledge of and experience with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. Detailed understanding of storage technologies, such as SAN, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel. Detailed understanding and experience with implementing failover clustering and Hyper-V. Experience with business continuity management, including data backup, restoration, and high availability. Experience with Windows PowerShell. Show more