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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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