IT Install and Configure Windows Server

Installing and Upgrading Windows Server

• Overview of Windows Server
• Introduction to Hyper-V
• Using Virtual Machines
• Installing Windows Server
• Licences and Feature Comparison
• Performing a Manual Installation
• Post Installation Configuration
• Control Panel and PC Settings
• Managing and Configuring Servers
• Installing Roles and Features
• Windows Admin Center
• Network Settings
• Configuring Windows Server
• Licensing Windows

Using PowerShell and ISE Scripting

• Introduction to Windows PowerShell
• Using Windows PowerShell for Administration

Install and Configure Hyper-V Virtual Machines and Switches

• Creating a Hyper-V Host
• Configuring Virtual Switches
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Configuring Virtual Machines
• Creating and Installing Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Storage
• Adding Virtual Disks

Managing User, Group and Computer Accounts in ADDS

• Overview of Active Directory (AD)
• Organisational Units
• User and Computer Accounts
• Domain Services
• Managing Groups
• Rights
• Groups and UAC
• PowerShell Commands for Active Directory Administration
• The Active Directory Administrative Center
• Using the Active Directory Administrative Center and Un-deleting Users

Managing Domain Controllers and Replication

• Migrating or Upgrading Active Directory
• Installing Domain Controllers
• Active Directory Replication
• Active Directory Connections
• Upgrading Active Directory to 2016

Managing an IP Network with DNS

• DNS and Name Resolution Methods
• Internal DNS and Active Directory
• Installing DNS
• Domain Name System Records
• Dynamic Updates
• DNS Zone Types
• DNS and Active Directory
• Installing and Configuring DNS
• Multiple DNS Servers

Managing an IP Network with DHCP

• What is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol?
• Implementing DHCP
• Managing a DHCP Server
• Implementing DHCP Servers and Clients
• Securing and Monitoring DHCP

Introducing Server Core and Nano Server

• Introduction to Server Core
• Server Core
• What is Nano Server?
• Installing Nano Server

Managing Storage

• Managing Data Storage
• Overview of Storage
• Managing Disks and Volumes
• Disk Administration
• Configuring iSCSI Storage
• Setting Up iSCSI
• Storage Pools
• File Systems
• Storage Optimisation and Deduplication
• Deduplication

Securing Files and Folders

• File Permissions and NTFS Security
• Securing Folders
• File Server Resource Management
• Introducing Classification Management and File Management Tasks
• Sharing Resources
• DFS Overview
• Configuring DFS Namespaces and Replication
• DFS

Introducing Group Policy

• Group Policy Overview
• Local Policies
• Group Policy Processing
• Managing Group Policy
• Troubleshooting Group Policy Application

Back Up Restore and Boot Options

• Protecting Data using Shadow Copies
• Shadow Copy
• Implementing Windows Server Backup
• Using Server Backup
• Restoring Data
• The Windows Boot Process
• Windows Recovery Environment
• Advanced Startup
• Troubleshooting Tools
• Restoring a Server from Backup

Monitoring Server Performance

• Monitoring Performance
• Resource Monitor
• Performance Monitor
• Logging Performance
• Reporting
• Monitoring Event Logs
• Monitoring Using Server Manager
• Scheduled Tasks
• Event Viewer and Scheduled Tasks

WSUS

• Windows Server Update Services
• Installing WSUS
• Managing WSUS
• Deploying Updates with WSUS

Clustering Server Roles

• Clustering Overview
• Clustered Roles and Applications
• Using Hyper-V to Provide Highly Available Services
• Preparing to Implement Failover Clustering
• Cluster Hardware Network and Storage Requirements
• Cluster Quorum
• Creating a New Cluster on Server 2016
• Maintaining and Monitoring Clusters
• Creating a Cluster

Introducing Containers

• Deployment Overview
• Using PowerShell Commands to Manage Images
• Docker

Storage Replica and Migration

• Storage Replica
• Introducing the Storage Migration Service

Deployment Tools MDT and WDS

• Deployment Overview
• Image Preparation
• The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
• Using the MDT Deployment Workbench
• Using MDT to Capture an Image
• Prepare the Deployment Share and Capture an Image
• Customising the MDT Deployment Share
• Deploying Images with MDT
• Windows Deployment Services
• Installing WDS
• Adding Images to the Server
• Drivers in WDS
• Configuring WDS Image Deployments
• Deploying WDS Images
• Deploying Images
• Multicast Transmissions