Networking with Windows Server

This course examines the services and features of Microsoft Windows Server from 2012 to 2025, including lessons and lab exercises on key attributes you’ll need on the job. It’s designed for IT professionals who have some networking knowledge and experience, and who are looking for a single course that provides insight into core and advanced Windows Server networking technologies. This audience typically includes network administrators and system and infrastructure administrators.

There are instructor materials available for this course. 

Audience profile

This course is for IT pros that have some networking knowledge and experience, and who are looking for a single course that provides insight into core and advanced Windows Server networking technologies. This audience typically includes network administrators and system and infrastructure administrators.

Why choose this course?

Meticulous content relevance, tailored to Windows Server 2025, sets it apart from competitive courses which are based primarily on previous versions. 

• Content on obsolete technology, which is present in competitive versions of the course, has been removed. 
• Includes content on DHCP high availability.
• Offers an array of demonstrations that bolster the learning material.
• Expert instructional design ensures a superior learning experience.
• Labs are developed by Waypoint in parallel with courseware, so they are 100% aligned.

This is the updated version of 55349AC from the retired Microsoft Courseware Marketplace.

Module 1: Plan and implement IPv4

This module details how to plan and implement an IPv4 addressing scheme to support your organization’s needs. The module also explains how to use fundamental networking tools and techniques to configure and troubleshoot IPv4-based networks.

Lessons

• Plan IPv4 addressing
• Configure IPv4
• Manage and troubleshoot IPv4

Lab 1: Plan an IPv4 addressing scheme

• Plan the IPv4 address assignments
• Verify IPv4 communication
• Troubleshoot IPv4

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan IPv4 addressing and subnetting.
• Configure Windows Server with IPv4.
• Manage and troubleshoot IPv4 network connectivity.

Module 2: Implement DHCP

Automatic IP configuration makes it easier to manage IP hosts. In this module, students learn how to deploy and manage the DHCP server role, select a high-availability option for DHCP, and configure DHCP failover.

Lessons

• What is DHCP?
• Deploy DHCP
• Manage DHCP high availability
• Manage and troubleshoot DHCP

Lab 2: Implement DHCP

• Plan a DHCP server implementation
• Implement the DHCP configuration
• Implement DHCP failover
• Validate the DHCP implementation

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan a DHCP server implementation.
• Implement a DHCP configuration.
• Plan DHCP high-availability options.
• Validate a DHCP deployment.

Module 3: Plan and implement IPv6

This module details how to plan and implement an IPv6 addressing scheme to support your organization’s needs. It also includes specifics about configuring coexistence between IPv4 and IPv6 and explains options for transitioning to IPv6.

Lessons

• Overview of IPv6
• Implement and configure IPv6

Lab 3: Configure IPv6 in Windows Server

• Review the default IPv6 configuration
• Implement DHCPv6

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create and configure DHCPv6 scopes. 
• Verify configuration by testing the allocation of IPv6 addresses

Module 4: Implement name resolution with DNS

This module explains the fundamentals of using Domain Name System (DNS) for simple name resolution, and then details more advanced topics, such as the GlobalNames zone, Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), and split-brain syndrome. These modules detail how you can install, configure, and troubleshoot DNS within an organization’s network.

Lessons

• Deploy DNS servers
• Configure zones in DNS server
• Configure name resolution between DNS zones
• Configure DNS integration with AD DS
• Configure advanced DNS settings

Lab 4: Plan and implement DNS name resolution

• Plan DNS name resolution
• Implement DNS servers and zones

Lab 5: Integrate DNS with AD DS

• Integrate DNS with AD DS

Lab 6: Configure advanced DNS settings

• Configure DNS policies
• Validate the DNS implementation
• Troubleshoot DNS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan the DNS infrastructure.
• Implement DNS servers and zones. 
• Integrate DNS with AD DS.
• Configure DNS policies.
• Validate and troubleshoot DNS.

Module 5: Implement and manage IPAM

This module introduces IPAM functionality, explains how to deploy IPAM, and shows student how to manage DNS and DHCP functionality by using IPAM.

Lessons

• What is IPAM?
• Deploy IPAM
• Manage IP address spaces with IPAM

Lab 7: Implement IPAM

• Install the IPAM Server feature
• Provision the IPAM Server
• Manage IP address spaces by using IPAM

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Install the IPAM Server feature. 
• Provision IPAM to manage servers
• Manage IP address spaces with IPAM

Module 6: Implement remote access

This module explains how to implement remote access technologies in Windows Server. It also covers different implementation scenarios for small or medium-sized organizations and enterprise organizations. In Windows Server, four component technologies—virtual private network (VPN), DirectAccess, Routing, and Web Application Proxy—integrate into a single, unified server role called Remote Access.

Lessons

• Overview of remote access options
• Implement WAP
• Plan VPNs

Lab 8: Implement a Web Application Proxy

• Implement Web Application Proxy
• Validate a Web Application Proxy deployment

Lab 9: Implement Always On VPN

• Configure the Always On VPN infrastructure
• Deploy and validate the Always On VPN connection

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure the Always On VPN infrastructure.
• Deploy and validate the Always On VPN connection. 

Module 7: Implement branch office networking

This module explains several ways in which to use Windows Server to overcome the limitations of branch-office scenarios. It also explains the use of Distributed File System (DFS) and Windows BranchCache.

Lessons

• Networking features and considerations for branch offices
• Implement DFSR
• Implement BranchCahe for branch offices

Lab 10: Implement DFS for branch offices

• Implement DFS
• Validate the deployment

Lab 11: Implement BranchCache

• Implement BranchCache
• Validate the deployment

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Implement DFS for the Toronto branch office and validate the deployment.
• Implement BranchCache and validate the deployment. 

Module 8: Implement advanced networking

Windows Server includes advanced high-performance networking features, such as server message block (SMB) 3.1.1, Quality of Service (QoS) options, and several enhancements on the receiving end of network packet processing. Additionally, high-performance networking features are available to the Microsoft Hyper-V role and the virtual machines (VMs) that are running under Hyper V, such as expanded virtual-switch functionality and extensibility, single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV), dynamic virtual-machine queuing, and NIC Teaming for VMs. In this module, you will learn how to deploy and configure advanced networking in Windows Server and the new Hyper-V networking features.

Lessons

• Overview of high-performance networking features
• Configure advanced Hyper-V networking features

Lab 12: Configure SMB over QUIC

• Configure and validate SMB over QUIC

Lab 13: Configure advanced Hyper-V networking features

• Create Hypder-V virtual switches and configure NIC Teaming
• Configure advanced virtual switch features

After completing this module, students will be able to: 

• Configure and validate SMB over QUIC.
• Create Hyper-V virtual switches and configure NIC Teaming.
• Configure bandwidth management and DHCP guarding.