20740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

1. Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating Servers and Workloads

• Introducing Windows Server 2016
• Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
• Preparing for upgrades and migrations
• Migrating server roles and workloads
• Windows Server activation models

2. Configuring Local Storage

• Managing disks in Windows Server
• Managing volumes in Windows Server

3. Implementing Enterprise Storage Solutions

• Overview of DAS, NAS, and SANs
• Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE
• Understanding iSNS, data centre bridging, and MPIO
• Configuring sharing in Windows Server 2016

4. Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

• Implementing Storage Spaces
• Managing Storage Spaces
• Implementing Data Deduplication

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

6. Deploying and Managing Windows Server 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

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 B
• High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016

8. Implementing and Managing 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

9. Implementing Failover Clustering for with Server 2016 Hyper-V

• Overview of integrating Hyper-V Server 2016 with failover clustering
• Implementing Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters
• Key features for virtual machines in a clustered environment

10. Implementing Network Load Balancing

• Overview of NLB clusters
• Configuring an NLB cluster
• Planning an NLB implementation

11. Creating and Managing Deployment Images

• Introduction to deployment images
• Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT
• Virtual machine environments for different workloads

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 1: Installing and Configuring Server Core Lab 2: Configuring Local Storage Lab 3: Planning and Configuring Storage Technologies and Components Lab 4: Implementing Storage Spaces Lab 5: Implementing Data Deduplication Lab 6: Installing and Configuring Hyper-V Lab 7: Installing and Configuring Containers Lab 8: Planning and Implementing a High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solution Lab 9: Implementing a Failover Cluster Lab 10: Managing a Failover Cluster Lab 11: Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V Lab 12: Implementing an NLB Lab 13: Using MDT to Deploy Windows Server 2016 Lab 14: Implementing WSUS and Deploying Updates Lab 15: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2016