Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 55341

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, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server.

Although this course and the associated labs are written for Windows Server 2022, the skills taught will also be backwards compatible for Server 2016 and Server 2019.

The course and labs also focus on how to administer Windows Server using not only the traditional tools such as PowerShell and Server manager, but also Windows Admin Center.

Course Objectives Prepare and install Windows Server and plan a server upgrade and migration strategy. Describe the various storage options, including partition table formats, basic and dynamic disks, file systems, virtual hard disks, and drive hardware, and explain how to manage disks and volumes. Describe enterprise storage solutions, and select the appropriate solution for a given situation. Implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication. Install and configure Microsoft Hyper-V, and configure virtual machines. Deploy, configure, and manage Windows and Hyper-V containers. Describe the high availability and disaster recovery technologies in Windows Server. Plan, create, and manage a failover cluster. Implement failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines. Configure a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster, and plan for an NLB implementation. Create and manage deployment images. Manage, monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations.

Prior to attending this course, students should have the following knowledge:

A basic understanding of networking fundamentals. An awareness and understanding of security best practices. An understanding of basic Active Directory concepts. Basic knowledge of server hardware. Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11.