55371 Windows Server Administration
- Course Duration
- 5 Days
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Course Description
Looking to strengthen your Windows Server administration skills? Over 70% of IT workloads rely on Windows Server, making server admins essential to business continuity and network efficiency.
This five-day instructor-led course delivers the core knowledge IT professionals need to deploy, manage, and support Windows Server environments. You’ll gain hands-on experience with identity services, networking, virtualization, high availability, and security features. Designed for those with some server experience, this training is ideal for administrators transitioning into more advanced roles or updating skills from previous versions of Windows Server.
Course Objective
By the end of this training, you’ll be able to manage identity, networking, storage, compute, virtualization, and security within Windows Server. You’ll also understand upgrade and migration paths for legacy environments.
- Deploy and manage core Windows Server infrastructure components
- Implement and manage AD DS, Group Policy, and identity services
- Configure networking: DHCP, DNS, IPAM, and remote access
- Set up Hyper-V virtualization and storage services
- Manage security, backup, high availability, and disaster recovery
Course Outline
Module 1: Windows Server Administration Overview
- Introducing Windows Server
- Windows Server Core Overview
- Administration principles and tools
Module 2: Identity Services in Windows Server
- AD DS overview and domain controller deployment
- Azure AD and Group Policy
- Certificate Services
Module 3: Network Infrastructure Services
- Deploying/managing DHCP and DNS
- IPAM
- Remote Access Services
Module 4: File Servers and Storage Management
- Volumes and File Systems
- Sharing and Storage Spaces
- Data Deduplication, iSCSI, and DFS
Module 5: Hyper-V and Containers
- Hyper-V setup and VM configuration
- Virtualization security
- Containers and Kubernetes overview
Module 6: High Availability
- Failover clustering and stretch clusters
- Hyper-V disaster recovery
Module 7: Disaster Recovery
- Hyper-V Replica
- Backup and restore strategies
Module 8: Windows Server Security
- Credential protection and JEA
- Server hardening and SMB security
- Update management
Module 9: Remote Desktop Services (RDS)
- Session-based deployment
- Personal and pooled desktops
Module 10: Remote Access and Web Services
- VPN and Always On VPN
- NPS and Web Server setup
Module 11: Server and Performance Monitoring
- Monitoring tools and event logs
- Performance troubleshooting
Module 12: Upgrade and Migration
- AD DS migration
- Storage Migration Service
- Server migration tools