UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning
UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning · Microsoft

Administering Windows Server Training

LevelBeginner
Duration5 Days
ExperienceNone
Average Salary$120,000
LabsYes

Offered to the Jacksonville and Northeast Florida community through UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning in partnership with Applied Technology Academy — live online or in person, taught by ATA's practitioner instructors.

Master Windows Server administration, from core services (AD DS, DNS, Hyper-V) to HA, security, and migration.

Course Overview

This five-day instructor-led course teaches IT professionals the fundamental administration skills required to deploy and support Windows Server in most organizations. It is designed for those responsible for managing identity, networking, storage, and compute using Windows Server, covering the necessary scenarios, requirements, and options available for effective Windows Server administration.

Course Outline
  • Module 1: Windows Server Administration Overview
    • Introducing Windows Server
    • Windows Server Core Overview
    • Windows Server administration principles and tools overview
    • Lab: Deploying and configuring Windows Server, Implementing and using remote server administration
  • Module 2: Identity Services in Windows Server
    • AD DS Overview
    • Deploying Windows Server domain controllers
    • Azure AD overview
    • I implementing Group Policy
    • Active Directory Certificate Services overview
    • Lab: Implementing Identity Services and Group Policy, Deploying new domain controller on Server Core, Deploying and using certificate services
  • 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
    • Lab: Implementing and configuring network infrastructure services in Windows Server, Implementing Web Application Proxy
  • Module 4: File Servers and Storage management in Windows Server
    • Volumes and File Systems in Windows Server
    • I mplementing sharing in Windows Server
    • Implementing Storage Spaces in Windows Server
    • Implementing Data Deduplication
    • Implementing iSCSI
    • Deploying Distributed File System
    • Lab: Implementing storage solutions in Windows Server, Configuring redundant storage spaces, Implementing Storage Spaces Direct
  • 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
    • Lab: Implementing and configuring virtualization in Windows Server, Installing and configuring containers
  • 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
    • Lab: Implementing failover clustering, Deploying and configuring a highly available file server
  • Module 7: Disaster recovery in Windows Server
    • Hyper-V Replica
    • Backup and restore infrastructure in Windows Server
    • Lab: Implementing Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup
  • 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
    • Lab: Configuring security in Windows Server, Configuring Windows Defender Credential Guard, Implementing LAPS
  • Module 9: RDS in Windows Server
    • Overview of RDS
    • Configuring a session-based desktop deployment
    • Overview of personal and pooled virtual desktops
    • Lab: Implementing RDS in Windows Server, Configuring Session Collection Settings and using RDC server
  • Module 10: Remote access and web services in Windows Server
    • Implementing VPNs
    • Implementing Always On VPN
    • Implementing NPS
    • Implementing Web Server in Windows Server
    • Lab: Deploying network workloads, Deploying and Configuring Web Server
  • Module 11: Server and performance monitoring in Windows Server
    • Overview of Windows Server monitoring tools
    • Using Performance Monitor
    • Monitoring event logs for troubleshooting
    • Lab: Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server
  • Module 12: Upgrade and migration in Windows Server
    • AD DS migration
    • Storage Migration Service
    • Windows Server migration tools
    • Lab: Migrating Server workloads, Implementing Storage Migration Service
Intended Audience
  • IT Professionals with some experience with Windows Server.
  • Server Administrators looking to update knowledge from previous Windows Server versions.
  • Individuals preparing for Windows Server-related certification exams.
  • Service desk personnel transitioning into server maintenance roles.
Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.