What's New in Microsoft Windows Server 2025

What's New in Microsoft Windows Server 2025

This course is designed for IT professionals who need to stay current with Microsoft technologies and adopt modern tools to improve the reliability, security, and performance of their infrastructure. Whether managing on-premises data centers, hybrid environments, or planning migrations, participants will gain practical insights and experience to optimize their IT operations with Windows Server 2025 .

The course is taught in online mode and consists of 7 units. The duration of the course is 60 hours that is distributes between content and collaboration tools. Upon completion, the student will receive a certificate of completion.

Training is carried out through our Virtual Campus , with this option you will have all the educational content on the course platform and it will be accessible, from the day the course starts, 24 hours a day, every day of the week. The student will also have access to participation forums , as well as a continuous tutoring .

The course is taught in distance learning modality (100% bonus option). In-person and online training courses are also available on demand.

• Access to the platform: 8 weeks
• Individualized support

Introduction

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the latest features and enhancements in Microsoft Windows Server 2025. Designed to help participants quickly understand and implement new functionality, the course focuses on areas such as security, hybrid cloud integration, storage, networking, and management. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on lab work, participants will gain hands-on experience with the tools and technologies that make Windows Server 2025 a powerful platform for modern IT environments.

Key topics include built-in ransomware protection, SMB over QUIC for secure file sharing, and improved support for Azure Arc and hybrid workloads. Participants will also explore improvements to Storage Spaces Direct, data deduplication, and Hyper-V scalability, as well as updates to management tools such as Windows Admin Center and PowerShell. The course concludes with a deep dive into new deployment and migration tools, empowering attendees to plan and execute seamless upgrades to Windows Server 2025.

Course objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will have the knowledge and skills necessary to take advantage of Windows Server 2025 innovations, enabling them to modernize their IT infrastructure, improve security, and optimize operational efficiency. This course is ideal for organizations and individuals looking to stay ahead in today's evolving IT landscape.

Addressed to

This course is designed for IT professionals, system administrators, cloud architects, and decision-makers responsible for managing and modernizing IT infrastructure in organizations of all sizes.

It is ideal for those looking to understand and implement the latest features and enhancements in Microsoft Windows Server 2025 to optimize security, performance, and hybrid cloud integration.

Course Content What's New in Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Module 1 – Desktop experience and upgrade

Session Overview:

• In-place upgrade from Windows Server 2012 R2
  
• Desktop shell
  
• DTrace
  
• Email and accounts
  
• Feedback Hub
  
• File compression
  
• Pinned apps
  
• Task Manager
  
• Wi-Fi
  
• Windows Terminal
  
• WinGet
  
• Hands-On Activity:
  
• Using and Customizing Windows Terminal on Windows Server 2025.
  
• Windows Server 2025 DTrace
  
• Installing PowerToys using winget in Windows Terminal on Windows Server 2025

Module 2 – Enhanced Security Features

Session Overview:

• Hotpatch
  
• Credential Guard
  
• Active Directory Domain Services
  
• Delegated Managed Service Account
  
• Windows Local Administrator Password Solution
  
• OpenSSH
  
• Security baseline
  
• Virtualization-based security enclaves
  
• Hands-On Activity:
  
• Creating a Delegated Managed Service Account (dMSA)
  
• Lab 2 Installing and Configuring Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)
  
• Configuring OpenSSH
  
• Implementing a Security Baseline

Module 3 – Hyper-V, AI, and performance

Session Overview:

• Accelerated Networking
  
• Dynamic processor compatibility
  
• Hyper-V Manager
  
• Hypervisor-enforced paging translation
  
• GPU partitioning
  
• Network ATC
  
• Scalability
  
• Workgroup clusters

Module 4 – Storage Enhancements

Session Overview:

• Block cloning support
  
• Dev Drive
  
• NVMe
  
• Storage Replica compression
  
• Storage Replica Enhanced Log
  
• ReFS native storage deduplication and compression
  
• Thin provisioned volumes
  
• Hands-On Activity:
  
• Configuring a Dev Drive

Module 5 – Azure Arc and Hybrid

Session Overview:

• Simplified Azure Arc Setup
  
• Pay-as-you-go licensing
  
• Windows Server Management enabled by Azure Arc

Module 6 – Software-Defined Networking

Session Overview:

• Network Controller
  
• Tag-based segmentation
  
• Default network policies in Windows Server 2025
  
• SDN Multisite
  
• Improved performance of SDN layer 3 gateways

Module 7 – Other features

Session Overview:

• Windows Containers portability
  
• Windows Server Insider Program
  

Prerequisites

Participants must have:

• A solid understanding of Windows Server 2019/2022 architecture and features.
  
• Experience in administering and configuring Active Directory, Hyper-V, and file services.
  
• Basic knowledge of Azure services and hybrid cloud environments is recommended, but not required.

Language

• Course: English
  

Other modalities

If you are interested in taking this course online, please contact us: Email: info@nanforiberica.com , Phone: +34 91 031 66 78, WhatsApp: +34 685 60 05 91