📘 55382: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server Outline

This module describes the features of Windows Server from 2016 onward, with a focus on Windows Server 2022, and explains how to prepare for and install Windows Server, with graphics UI option and as a Server Core installation. This module also describes how to plan a server upgrade and migration strategy and explains how to perform a migration of server roles and workloads within and across domains. Finally, this module explains how to choose an activation model based on your environment characteristics.

Lessons

Introducing Windows Server
Prepare and install Server Core
Prepare for upgrades and migrations
Windows Server activation models

Lab 1: Install and configure Windows Server

Exercise 1: Install Windows Server Core
Exercise 2: Perform post-installation tasks
Exercise 3: Perform remote management

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Windows Server.
Prepare and install Server Core.
Prepare for upgrades and migrations.
Explain Windows Server activation models.

This module explains how to manage disks and volumes in Windows Server. It also explains RAID and RAID levels that you use and configure in Windows Server.

Lessons

Manage discs in Windows Server
Manage volumes in Windows Server

Lab 1: Manage disks and volumes in Windows Server

Exercise 1: Create and manage volumes
Exercise 2: Resize volumes
Exercise 3: Manage virtual hard disks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain how to manage disks in Windows Server.
Explain how to manage volumes in Windows Server.

This module discusses direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), and storage area networks (SANs). It also explains the purpose of Microsoft Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) Server, data center bridging (DCB), and Multipath I/O (MPIO). Additionally, this topic compares Fibre Channel, Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI), and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and describes how to configure sharing in Windows Server.

Lessons

Overview of direct-attached storage, network-attached storage, and storage area networks
Compare Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Understanding iSNS, data center bridging, and MPIO
Configure sharing in Windows Server

Lab 1: Plan and configure storage technologies and components

Exercise 1: Plan storage requirements
Exercise 2: Configure iSCSI storage
Exercise 3: Configure and manage the share infrastructure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe DAS, NAS, and SANs.
Compare Fibre Channel iSCSI, and FCoE.
Explain the use of iSNS, DCB, and MPIO.
Configure sharing in Windows Server.

This module describes how to implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication.

Lessons

Implement Storage Spaces
Manage Storage Spaces
Implement Data Deduplication

Lab 1: Implement Storage Spaces

Exercise 1: Create a Storage Space
Exercise 2: Enable and configure storage tiering

Lab 2: Implement Data Deduplication

Install Data Deduplication
Configure Data Deduplication

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe and implement the Storage Spaces feature in the context of enterprise storage needs.
Manage and maintain Storage Spaces.
Describe and implement Data Deduplication.

This module provides an overview of Hyper-V and virtualization. It explains how to install Hyper-V, and how to configure storage and networking on Hyper-V host servers. Additionally, it explains how to configure and manage Hyper-V virtual machines.

Lessons

Overview of Hyper-V
Install Hyper-V
Configure storage on Hyper-V host servers
Configure networking on Hyper-V host servers
Configure Hyper-V VMs
Manage Hyper-V VMs

Lab 1: Install and configure Hyper-V

Exercise 1: Verify installation of the Hyper-V server role
Exercise 2: Configure Hyper-V networks
Exercise 3: Create and configure a virtual machine
Exercise 4: Enable nested virtualization for a virtual machine

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the Hyper-V platform.
Install Hyper-V.
Configure storage on Hyper-V host servers.
Configure networking on Hyper-V host servers.
Configure Hyper-V VMs.
Manage Hyper-V VMs.

This module provides an overview of containers in Windows Server. Additionally, this topic explains how to deploy Windows Server and Hyper-V containers. It also explains how to install, configure, and manage containers by using Docker.

Lessons

Overivew of containers in Windows Server
Prepare for containers deployment
Install, configure, and manage containers

Lab 1: Install and configure containers

Exercise 1: Install and configure Windows Server containers by using Windows PowerShell
Exercise 2: Install and configure Windows Server containers by using Docker

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe containers in Windows Server.
Deploy containers.
Explain how to install, configure, and manage containers using Docker.

This module provides an overview of high availability and high availability with failover clustering in Windows Server. It further explains how to plan high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). Additionally, this topic explains how to back up and restore the Windows Server operating system and data by using Windows Server Backup.

Lessons

Define levels of availability
Plan high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V VMs
Network Load Balancing overview
Backup and restore with Windows Server Backup
High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server

Lab 1: Plan and implement a high-availability and disaster recovery solution

Exercise 1: Determine the appropriate high availability and disaster recovery solution
Exercise 2: Implement storage migration
Exercise 3: Configure Hyper-V replicas

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe levels of availability.
Plan for high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V VMs.
Describe Network Load Balancing (NLB).
Backup and restore data by using Windows Server Backup.
Describe high availability with failover clustering in Window Server.

This module explains how to plan for failover clustering. It also explains how to create, manage, and troubleshoot a failover cluster.

Lessons

Plan for a failover cluster
Create and configure a new failover cluster
Maintain a failover cluster
Troubleshoot a failover cluster

Lab 1: Implement a failover cluster

Exercise 1: Create a failover cluster
Exercise 2: Verify quorum settings and adding a node

Lab 2: Manage a failover cluster

Exercise 1: Evict a node and verify quorum settings
Exercise 2: Change the quorum from Disk Witness to File Share Witness, and define node voting
Exercise 3: Verify high availability

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan for a failover-clustering implementation.
Create and configure a failover cluster.
Maintain a failover cluster.
Troubleshoot a failover cluster.

This module describes how Hyper-V integrates with failover clustering. It also explains how to implement Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) in failover clusters.

Lessons

Overview of integrating Hyper-V in Windows Server with failover clustering
Implement and maintain Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters
Key features for VMs in a clustered environment

Lab 1: Implement failover clustering with Hyper-V

Exercise 1: Configure virtual environment and iSCSI storage
Exercise 2: Configure a failover cluster for Hyper-V
Exercise 3: Configure a highly available VM

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain integrating Hyper-V in Windows Server with failover clustering.
Implement and maintain Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters.
Describe key features for VMs in a clustered environment.

This module provides an overview of the Windows Server image deployment process. It also 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
Create and manage deployment images by using the MDT
VM Environments for difference workloads

Lab 1: Use the MDT to deploy Windows Server

Exercise 1: Configure MDT
Exercise 2: Create and deploy an image

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the Windows Server image-deployment process.
Create and manage deployment images by using the MDT.
Describe VM environments for different workloads.

This module provides an overview on Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and the requirements to implement WSUS. It explains how to manage the update process with WSUS. Additionally, this topic provides an overview of Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Windows Server monitoring tools. Finally, this topic describes how to use Performance Monitor, and how to manage event logs.

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