55371 Windows Server Administration

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Course Overview

This five-day instructor-led 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 identity, networking, storage and compute by using Windows Server, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and options that are available and applicable to Windows Server. The course teaches IT professionals the fundamental administration skills required to deploy and support Windows Server in most organizations.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for Information Technology (IT) Professionals who have some experience working with Windows Server and are looking for a single five-day course that covers core administration components and technologies in Windows Server. This course also helps server administrators from previous Windows Server versions to update their knowledge and skills related to Windows Server. The course is also for individuals from a service desk role who wish to transition into server maintenance.

Course Outline

Module 1: Windows Server Administration Overview 

  • Introducing Windows Server
  • Windows Server Core Overview
  • Windows Server administration principles and tools overview

Module 2: Identity Services in Windows Server 

  • AD DS Overview
  • Deploying Windows Server domain controllers
  • Azure AD overview
  • Implementing Group Policy
  • Active Directory Certificate Services overview

Module 3: Network Infrastructure services in Windows Server 

  • Deploying and managing DHCP
  • Deploying and managing DNS service
  • Deploying and managing IPAM
  • Remote Access Services in Windows Server

Module 4: File Servers and Storage management in Windows Server 

  • Volumes and File Systems in Windows Server
  • Implementing sharing in Windows Server
  • Implementing Storage Spaces in Windows Server
  • Implementing Data Deduplication
  • Implementing iSCSI
  • Deploying Distributed File System

Module 5: Hyper-V virtualization and containers in Windows Server 

  • Hyper-V in Windows Server
  • Configuring VMs
  • Securing virtualization in Windows Server
  • Containers in Windows Server
  • Overview of Kubernetes

Module 6: High Availability in Windows Server

  • Planning for failover clustering implementation
  • Creating and configuring failover cluster
  • Overview of stretch clusters
  • High availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V VMs

Module 7: Disaster recovery in Windows Server

  • Hyper-V Replica
  • Backup and restore infrastructure in Windows Server

Module 8: Windows Server security

  • Credentials and privileged access protection
  • Hardening Windows Server
  • JEA in Windows Server
  • Securing and analyzing SMB traffic
  • Windows Server update management

Module 9: RDS in Windows Server

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

Module 10: Remote access and web services in Windows Server

  • Implementing VPNs
  • Implementing Always On VPN
  • Implementing NPS
  • Implementing Web Server in Windows Server

Module 11: Server and performance monitoring in Windows Server 

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

Module 12: Upgrade and migration in Windows Server

  • AD DS migration
  • Storage Migration Service
  • Windows Server migration tools

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Eastern time

This is a 5-day class

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Register When Time Where How
Register 05/19/2025 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
Register 07/07/2025 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
Register 10/06/2025 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT

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