Duration:

5 Days

Audience:

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Course Description:

The course teaches IT professionals the fundamental administration skills required to deploy and support Windows Server 2019 in most organizations.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Use administrative techniques and tools in Windows Server 2019.
  • Implement identity Services.
  • Manage network infrastructure services.
  • Configure file servers and storage.
  • Manage virtual machines using Hyper-V virtualization and containers
  • Implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Apply security features to protect critical resources.
  • Configure Remote Desktop Services.
  • Configure a virtual machine-based desktop infrastructure deployment.
  • Implement remote access and web services.
  • Implement service monitoring and performance monitoring, and apply troubleshooting.
  • Perform upgrades and migration related to AD DS, and storage.

Course Outline

1 – WINDOWS SERVER ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW
  • Introducing Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server Core Overview
  • Windows Server administration principles and tools overview
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
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
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
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
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
7 – DISASTER RECOVERY IN WINDOWS SERVER
  • Hyper-V Replica
  • Backup and restore infrastructure in Windows Server
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
9 – RDS IN WINDOWS SERVER
  • Overview of RDS
  • Configuring a session-based desktop deployment
  • Overview of personal and pooled virtual desktops
10 – REMOTE ACCESS AND WEB SERVICES IN WINDOWS SERVER
  • Implementing VPNs
  • Implementing Always On VPN
  • Implementing NPS
  • Implementing Web Server in Windows Server
11 – SERVER AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING IN WINDOWS SERVER
  • Overview of Windows Server monitoring tools
  • Using Performance Monitor
  • Monitoring event logs for troubleshooting
12 – UPGRADE AND MIGRATION IN WINDOWS SERVER
  • AD DS migration
  • Storage Migration Service
  • Windows Server migration tools