VTEC Training
Course Code: 5511
20740 Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016
VTEC Training
Portland,
ME
Class Dates:
1/1/0001
Length:
5 Days
Cost:
$2495
Class Time:
Technology:
Server
Delivery:
Instructor-Led Training, Virtual Instructor-Led Training
Overview
- Course Overview
- This five-day course is designed primarily for IT professionals who have some experience with Windows Server. It is designed for professionals who will be responsible for managing storage and compute by using Windows Server 2016, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server 2016.
- Audience
- This course is intended for IT professionals who have some experiencing 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.
Candidates suitable for this course would be:
- 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 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.
Prerequisites
- 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.
Course Details
- Module 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
- Lab : Installing and configuring Server Core
- Module 2: Configuring local storage
- Managing disks in Windows Server 2016
- Managing volumes in Windows Server 2016
- Lab : Configuring local storage
- Module 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
- Lab : Planning and configuring storage technologies and components
- Module 4: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
- Implementing Storage Spaces
- Managing Storage Spaces
- Implementing Data Deduplication
- Lab : Implementing Storage Spaces
- Lab : Implementing Data Deduplication
- Module 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 Hyper-V virtual machines
- Lab : Installing and configuring Hyper-V
- Module 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
- Lab : Installing and configuring containers
- Module 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 the Windows Server 2016 operating system and data by using Windows Server Backup
- High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016
- Lab : Planning and implementing a high availability and disaster recovery solution
- Module 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
- Lab : Implementing a failover cluster
- Lab : Managing a failover cluster
- Module 9: Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
- Overview of integrating Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 with failover clustering
- Implementing Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters
- Key features for VMs in a clustered environment
- Lab : Implementing failover clustering with Hyper-V
- Module 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing
- Overview of NLB
- Configuring an NLB cluster
- Planning an NLB implementation
- Lab : Implementing an NLB
- Module 11: Creating and managing deployment images
- Introduction to deployment images
- Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT
- Virtual machine environments for different workloads
- Lab : Using MDT to deploy Windows Server 2016
- Module 12: Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations
- WSUS overview and deployment options
- Update management process with WSUS
- Overview of PowerShell DSC
- Overview of Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools
- Using Performance Monitor
- Monitoring Event Logs
- Lab : Implementing WSUS and deploying updates
- Lab : Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server 2016