Microsoft windows server 2016 industry lab MCSA “fast track”

Building your own network from scratch, study MCSA and get ready for your interview and next job, 2022 updates

Created by: Dante Leo
MCT, CEI, Senior system engineer

What Will I Learn?

• You will have real industry experience in Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016
• Ready for 70-740, 70-741 and 70-742 exams.
• Ready to answer interview questions for your next job as a MCSA.
• Solid knowledge about server 2012R2 and 2016.
• Prepare and install Nano Server, a Server Core installation, 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.
• Deploy, configure, and manage Windows and Hyper-V containers.
• Describe the high availability and disaster recovery technologies in Windows Server 2016.
• 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.
• Plan and implement an IPv4 network.
• Implement Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). Implement IPv6.
• Implement Domain Name System (DNS).
• Implement and manage IP address management (IPAM).
• Plan for remote access.
• Implement DirectAccess.
• Implement virtual private networks (VPNs).
• Implement networking for branch offices.
• Configure advanced networking features.
• Implement Software Defined Networking.
• Install and configure domain controllers.
• Manage objects in AD DS by using graphical tools and Windows PowerShell.
• Implement AD DS in complex environments.
• Implement AD DS sites, and configure and manage replication.
• Implement and manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
• Manage user settings by using GPOs.
• Secure AD DS and user accounts.
• Implement and manage a certificate authority (CA) hierarchy with AD CS.
• Deploy and manage certificates.
• Implement and administer AD FS.
• Implement and administer Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS).
• Implement synchronization between AD DS and Azure AD.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and establish business continuity for AD DS services.

Requirements

• You need to have basic knowledge about PCs and networks.
• Have a PC or laptop with 8 - 16 GB ram, 1TB HD, I5, I7 CPU support 64bit.

Target audience

• All students who start their Microsoft servers study.
• HelpDesk who wants to improve to next level as a system admin.
• System admins and engineers who want to study server 2016 in details
• All professional who want to be ready for their MCSA 2016 certificates.