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

Module 1: Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads

This module describes the preparation and installation of Nano Server and Server Core, migration of server roles, and activation models.

Lessons

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

Module 2: Configuring local storage

This module explains how to manage disks and volumes in Windows Server 2016.

Lessons

• Managing volumes in Windows Server 2016
• Managing disks in Windows Server 2016
   

Module 3: Implementing enterprise storage solutions

This module introduces the direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), and storage area networks (SANs), Microsoft Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) Server, data center bridging, and Multipath I/O (MPIO).

Lessons

• Overview of direct-attached storage, network-attached storage, and storage area networks
• Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE
• Understanding iSNS, data center bridging, and MPIO
• Configuring sharing in Windows Server 2016
   

Module 4: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

This module describes how to implement,  manage Storage Spaces and implement Data Deduplication.

Lessons

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

Module 5: Installing and configuring Hyper-V and virtual machines

This module introduces Hyper-V, its configuration, management, and installation.

Lessons

• Hyper-V Overview
• Hyper-V Installation
• Configuring networking on Hyper-V host servers
• Configuring storage on Hyper-V host servers
• Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines
• Managing Hyper-V virtual machines
   

Module 6: Deploying and managing Windows Server and Hyper-V containers

This module introduces you to containers in Windows Server 2016.

Lessons

• Windows Server 2016 Containers Overview  
• Install, configure, and manage containers
• Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
   

Module 7: Overview of high availability and disaster recovery

In this module, students will get an overview of high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery.

Lessons

• High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016
• Defining levels of availability
• Backing up and restoring the Windows Server 2016 operating system and data by using Windows Server B
• Planning high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines
   

Module 8: Implementing and managing failover clustering

This module describes how to plan, create, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot a failover cluster.

Lessons

• Creating and configuring a new failover cluster
• Maintaining a failover cluster
• Planning a failover cluster
• Implementing site high availability with stretch clustering
• Troubleshooting a failover cluster
   

Module 9: Implementing failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines

This module explains how to integrate Hyper-V virtual machines in a clustered environment and on failover clusters.

Lessons

• Integrating Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 with failover clustering Overview
• Key features for virtual machines in a clustered environment
• Implementing and maintaining Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters
   

Module 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing

This module introduces NLB clusters, their planning and configuration.

Lessons

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

Module 11: Creating and managing deployment images

This module introduces deployment images and explains how to create and manage deployment images by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).

Lessons

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

Module 12: Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations

This module introduces WSUS and explains the deployment options. It explains how to use Performance Monitor update and management process with WSUS.

Lessons

• WSUS overview and deployment options
• Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools Overview
• PowerShell DSC Overview
• Monitoring Event Logs
• Update management process with WSUS
• Using Performance Monitor