Training agenda
  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
  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 Fibre Channel over Ethernet
    • Understanding iSNS, DCB, 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 virtual machines
  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
  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 by using Windows Server Backup
    • High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016
  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
  9.  Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V

    • Overview of the integration of Hyper-V Server 2016 with failover clustering
    • Implementing Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters
    • Key features for VMs in a clustered environment
  10.  Implementing Network Load Balancing

    • Overview of NLB
    • 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 Windows PowerShell DSC
    • Overview of Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools
    • Using Performance Monitor
    • Monitoring event logs