55367AC Windows Server Administration

Course description

This course is intended for IT professionals with some experience in Windows Server 2012 or later. It should serve as a comprehensive guide to the key areas of Windows Server 2022 administration and a one-stop-shop for all Windows Server administrators who need additional knowledge on configuring and maintaining the most important features of this product. The course begins with an overview of management techniques and then continues with topics such as identity services, networking, virtualization, high availability, disaster recovery, and more. This is a very extensive course, with lots of content and labs, and can be used both for exam preparation and as a helpful guide to managing a Windows Server environment.

Public profile

This course is intended for IT professionals who have some experience working with Windows Server and would like a five-day course that covers managing core components and technologies in Windows Server 2022. This course also helps administrators of servers on older versions of Windows Server to update your knowledge and skills related to Windows Server 2022.

At the end of the course

• Manage Windows Server 2022 and earlier versions.
• Manage and configure network services in Windows Server 2022.
• Manage and configure virtualization services in Windows Server 2022.
• Manage and configure security services in Windows Server 2022.
• Manage and configure high availability and disaster recovery services on Windows Server 2022.

Course outline

Module 1: Windows Server Administration

This module covers management tools for Windows Server and also introduces releases of Windows Server 2022.
lessons

• Overview of Windows Server administration principles and tools
• Presentation of Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server Core Overview

Lab 1: Deploying and configuring Windows Server Core

• Exercise 1: Deploying and configuring Server Core
• Exercise 2: Implementing and using remote server administration

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe and use management tools in Windows Server
• Describe Windows Server 2022 and its key features
• Deploy and use Server Core

Module 2: Identity Services in Windows Server

This module covers important identity roles in Windows Server. First, it discusses Active Directory domain services, certificate services, and the cloud-based identity service Azure AD.

lessons

• AD DS Overview
• Deployment of Windows Server Domain Controllers
• Azure AD overview
• Group Policy Deployment
• AD CS Overview

Lab 1: Implementing Identity Services and Group Policy

• Exercise 1: Deploying a new domain controller to Server Core
• Exercise 2: Configuring Group Policy
• Exercise 3: Implementing and using certificate services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe AD DS and explain how it works
• Implement Windows Server Domain Controllers
• Describe Azure AD
• Use Group Policy to manage the Windows Server-based environment
• Describe and use AD CS

Module 3: Network infrastructure services in Windows Server

This module covers the basic network services in Windows Server: DHCP, DNS, and IPAM.

lessons

• DHCP Implementation and Management
• Implementation and administration of DNS services
• Implementation and administration of IPAM

Lab 1: Implementing and configuring network infrastructure services on Windows Server

• Exercise 1: Implementing and configuring DHCP
• Exercise 2: DNS Implementation and Configuration
• Exercise 3: Implementation of IPAM

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe, configure, and use the DHCP service in Windows Server
• Describe, configure, and use DNS
• Describe, configure, and use IPAM to manage network services.

Module 4: File Servers and Storage Management in Windows Server

This module covers services related to file systems, volumes, and storage. Students will also learn about data deduplication, sharing, iSCSI, and DFS services.

lessons

• Volumes and file systems in Windows Server
• Implementing sharing on Windows Server
• Deploying Storage Spaces on Windows Server
• Implementation of data deduplication
• Implementing iSCSI
• DFS Implementation

Lab 1: Implementing storage solutions on Windows Server

• Exercise 1: Implementing data deduplication
• Exercise 2: Configuring iSCSI storage
• Exercise 3: Configuring redundant storage spaces
• Exercise 4: Implementing Storage Spaces Direct

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe volumes and file systems in Windows Server
• Implement sharing on Windows Server
• Describe and implement storage spaces
• Describe and configure the data deduplication service
• Describe iSCSI
• Deploy DFS

Module 5: Hyper-V Virtualization and Containers on Windows Server

In this module, students learn about virtualization services in Windows Server. The module covers Hyper-V, options for securing the virtualization environment, containers, and Kubernetes.

lessons

• Hyper-V on Windows server
• Virtual machine configuration
• Virtualization Protection on Windows Server
• Containers on Windows Server
• Kubernetes Overview

Lab 1: Deploying and configuring virtualization on Windows Server

• Exercise 1: Creating and configuring virtual machines
• Exercise 2: Installing and configuring containers

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe and use the Hyper-V platform on Windows Server
• Configure virtual machines on the Hyper-V platform
• Secure virtualization environment on Windows Server
• describe containers
• Describe Kubernetes

Module 6: High availability in Windows Server

This module covers high availability on Windows Server. It is primarily focused on the failover clustering feature.

lessons

• Failover Cluster Deployment Planning
• Create and configure failover clusters
• Overview of stretched clusters
• High availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines

Lab 1: Implementing Failover Clustering

• Exercise 1: Configuring iSCSI Storage
• Exercise 2: Configuring a failover cluster
• Exercise 3: Implementing and configuring a highly available file server
• Exercise 4: Validating the highly available file server implementation

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan the deployment of failover clustering
• Create failover clusters
• Describing stretched clusters
• Apply failover clustering for high availability with the Hyper-V platform

Module 7: Disaster Recovery on Windows Server

This module covers technologies for implementing disaster recovery in the Windows Server environment.

lessons

• Hyper-V Replica
• Infrastructure Backup and Restore on Windows Server

Lab 1: Deploying Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup

• Exercise 1: Implementing Hyper-V Replica
• Exercise 2: Implementing backup and restore with Windows Server Backup

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe and implement Hyper-V Replication
• Implement backup and restore with Windows Server Backup

Module 8: Windows Server Security

In this module, students learn about security technologies that address several critical components in the Windows Server environment.

lessons

• Credentials and privileged access protection in Windows Server
• Windows Server Hardening
• JEA on Windows Server
• Securing and analyzing SMB traffic
• Windows Server Update Management

Lab 1: Configuring security on Windows Server

• Exercise 1: Configuring Windows Defender Credential Guard
• Exercise 2: Locating problematic accounts
• Exercise 3: Implementation of LAPS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe credentials and privileged access protection
• Describe and perform hardening of Windows Server
• Describe and implement JEA on Windows Server
• Describe who to protect and analyze SMB traffic
• Describe and implement update management for Windows Server

Module 9: RDS on Windows Server

This module covers Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server. It also deals with VDI implementations.

lessons

• RDS Summary
• Configuring a session-based desktop deployment
• Overview of personal and pooled virtual desktops

Lab 1: Implementing RDS on Windows Server

• Exercise 1: RDS Implementation
• Exercise 2: Configuring RemoteApp Collection Settings
• Exercise 3: Setting up a virtual desktop template

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe and configure RDS
• Configuring a session-based desktop deployment
• Deploy personal and pooled virtual desktops

Module 10: Remote Access and Web Services on Windows Server

In this module, students learn about remote access technologies for Windows Server, as well as deploying and using IIS.

lessons

• Overview of RAS on Windows Server
• VPN implementation
• Implementing NPS
• Always-on VPN deployment
• Web server deployment on Windows Server

Lab 1: Deploying network workloads

• Exercise 1: Web Application Proxy Implementation
• Exercise 2: Implementing VPN on Windows Server
• Exercise 2: Implementation and configuration of the web server

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describing and Implementing RAS in Windows Server
• Describe and implement VPN
• Describe and implement NPS
• Describe and implement Always On VPN
• Describe and implement the web server role in Windows Server

Module 11: Server and Performance Monitoring on Windows Server

This module covers the monitoring tools and technologies available in Windows Server.

lessons

• Overview of Windows Server Monitoring Tools
• Using Performance Monitor
• Monitoring event logs for troubleshooting

Lab 1: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Windows Server

• Exercise 1: Establishing a performance baseline
• Exercise 2: Identify the source of a performance problem
• Exercise 3: Viewing and configuring centralized event logs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe and use performance monitoring tools.
• Describe and use server monitoring tools.
• Use event logs to troubleshoot

Module 12: Upgrade and Migration on Windows Server

This module covers the tools available in Windows Server for server upgrade and migration. It also covers the AD DS upgrade and migration process.

lessons

• ADDS Migration
• Storage Migration Service
• Windows Server Migration Tools

Lab 1: Migrating server workloads

• Exercise 1: Selecting a process to migrate server workloads
• Exercise 2: Planning how to migrate files using the Storage Migration Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe and perform AD DS migration and upgrade
• Describe and perform storage migration
• Describe and use Windows Server migration tools.

Previous requirements

• Some exposure and experience with AD DS concepts and technologies on Windows Server 2016 or later
• Experience working and configuring Windows Server 2016 or later
• Experience and understanding of major network technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Experience working with and understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts
• Knowledge of basic security best practices.
• Experience working directly with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or later
• Basic experience with Windows PowerShell

Language

• English course
• Labs: English