55341 Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server

This five-day course is designed primarily for IT professionals who have some experience with Windows Server. It is designed for professionals who will be responsible for managing storage and compute by using Windows Server, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server. Although this course and the associated labs are written for Windows Server 2022, the skills taught will also be backwards compatible for Server 2016 and Server 2019. The course and labs also focus on how to administer Windows Server using not only the traditional tools such as PowerShell and Server manager, but also Windows Admin Center.

Course Details

Price:

$2,995.00

Days:

Location:

Virtual

Course Overview

Prepare and install Windows Server and plan a server upgrade and migration strategy. Describe the various storage options, including partition table formats, basic and dynamic disks, file systems, virtual hard disks, and drive hardware, and explain how to manage disks and volumes. Describe enterprise storage solutions, and select the appropriate solution for a given situation. Implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication. Install and configure Microsoft Hyper-V, and configure virtual machines. Deploy, configure, and manage Windows and Hyper-V containers. Describe the high availability and disaster recovery technologies in Windows Server. Plan, create, and manage a failover cluster. Implement failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines. Configure a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster, and plan for an NLB implementation. Create and manage deployment images. Manage, monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations.

A basic understanding of networking fundamentals. An awareness and understanding of security best practices. An understanding of basic Active Directory concepts. Basic knowledge of server hardware. Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11.

1 – Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads

Introducing Windows Server
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

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 containers

Overview of containers in Windows Server
Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
Installing, configuring, and managing containers by using Docker

7 – 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

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 Hyper-V

Overview of the integration of Hyper-V 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 monitoring tools
Using Performance Monitor
Monitoring event logs

Class Dates & Times


09/08/2025 - 09/12/2025 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $2,995.00
12/08/2025 - 12/12/2025 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $2,995.00

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