Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) – 20740 (SF)
Course Code:
TGS-2018500764
Duration:
5 Days
Delivery Mode:
Classroom
Start Date:
25 Nov 2024
End Date:
29 Nov 2024
Fees:
$2,125.50

(Before Funding)

This 5-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 storage and compute by using Windows Server 2016, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server 2016.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads
  • Introducing Windows Server 2016
  • Preparing and installing Server Core
  • Preparing for upgrades and migrations
  • Mitigating server roles and workloads
  • Windows Server activation models

Lab: Installing and configuring Server Core

Lesson 2: Configuring local storage
  • Managing disks in Windows Server
  • Managing volumes in Windows Server

Lab: Configuring local storage

Lesson 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 2016

Lab: Planning and Configuring storage technologies and components

Lesson 4: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
  • Implementing Storage Spaces
  • Managing Storage Spaces
  • Implementing Data Deduplication

Lab: Implementing Storage Spaces
Lab: Implementing Data Deduplication

Lesson 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

Lab: Installing and configuring Hyper-V

Lesson 6: Deploying and managing Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
  • Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016
  • Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
  • Installing, configuring, and managing containers

Lab: Installing and configuring containers

Lesson 7: Overview of 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 2016

Lab: Planning and implementing a high availability and disaster recovery solution

Lesson 8: Implementing failover clustering
  • Planning a failover cluster
  • Creating and configuring a newfailover cluster
  • Maintaining a failover cluster
  • Troubleshooting a failover cluster
  • Implementing site high availability with stretch clustering

Lab: Implementing failover clustering
Lab: Managing a failover cluster

Lesson 9: Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
  • Overview of the integration of Hyper-V Server 2016 with failover clustering
  • Implementing Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters
  • Key features for VMs in a clustered environment

Lab: Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V

Lesson 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing
  • Overview of NLB
  • Configuring an NLB cluster
  • Planning an NLB implementation

Lab: Implementing NLB

Lesson 11: Creating and managing deployment images
  • Introduction to deployment images
  • Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT
  • Virtual machine environments for different workloads

Lab: Using MDT to deploy Windows Server 2016

Lesson 12: Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations
  • WSUS overview and deploymentoptions
  • Update management process withWSUS
  • Overview of Windows PowerShellDSC
  • Overview of Windows Server 2016monitoring tools
  • Using Performance Monitor
  • Monitoring event logs

Lab: Implementing WSUS anddeploying updates
Lab: Monitoring and troubleshootingWindows Server 2016

Course Fee (inclusive of 9% GST)

Criteria Individual Company Sponsored (Non-SME) Company Sponsored (SME)
Full Course Fee
$2,125.50
SG Citizens aged 21 – 39 years old / PRs above 21 years old
$1150.50
$1150.50
$760.50
SG Citizens age 40 years old and above
$760.50
$760.50
$760.50
Course Prerequisite
  • A basic understanding of networking fundamentals.
  • An awareness and understanding of security best practices.
  • An understanding of basic AD DS concepts.
  • Basic knowledge of server hardware.
  • Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 8 or Windows 10
Important Notes
All Trainees must take note of the following:
  1. Must attend at least 75% of the course before being eligible to take the assessments.
  2. Dynamic QR Code Attendance Taking: a. Scan the QR Code that will be displayed by the Trainer on each session. Use your SingPass App to scan and submit your attendance. If you fail to do so, you will be deemed absent from that session. b. The QR Code is only accessible on: • Morning Session: between 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. • Afternoon Session: between 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm. c. Please take the attendance one at a time as the system can only register you one by one.
  3. Sign daily on the Attendance Sheet as a backup if any technical glitch happens.
  4. Submit Course Evaluation by the end of each module to help us improve the course and your future learning experience with us.
The course completion requirements for this course as follow:
  1. Attended at least 75% of the course.
  2. Declared as competent during the assessments.
Who Should Attend?
• A basic understanding of networking fundamentals. • An awareness and understanding of security best practices. • An understanding of basic AD DS concepts. • Basic knowledge of server hardware. • Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 8 or Windows 10.

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