Course Outline
This course is intended for learners who have some experience working with Windows Server, and who are looking for a singular course that covers Windows Server from installation, storage, and compute technologies to more sophisticated server features. Attendees of this course typically are learners who have some knowledge about, and experience with, Windows Server identity services, and who want to gain additional insight about Windows Server identity and access technologies.
Module 1 Introducing Windows Server: In this module, you’ll learn how to use Windows Server configuration and administration tools, as well as configure network settings in Windows Server.
Lab 1: Configuring Windows Server settings and IPv4 connectivity
Module 2 Windows Server installation and initial configuration: In this module, you’ll learn about the different editions of Windows Server 2022, how to install and configure Windows Server 2022, and how to manage servers remotely.
Lab 2: Deploy and configure Windows Server Core
Module 3 Configuring drives and storage for Windows Server: In this module, you’ll learn the basics about disks that you can use for storage and the types of volumes you can create on a disk. It also covers the distinct types of file systems supported by Windows Server 2022, and how to provide faster and more fault-tolerant storage by utilizing Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID).
Lab 3: Managing disks and volumes in Windows Server
Module 4 Configuring file permissions, sharing, and auditing: In this module, you’ll learn how to configure file and folder permissions, understand permission inheritance, and use the Effective Access feature. You’ll also understand SMB protocol, SMB shares, and the difference between file permissions and share permissions.
Lab 4: Configuring sharing and permissions in Windows Server
Module 5 Hyper-V overview: In this module, you’ll learn how to implement Hyper-V and how to use it to provision, configure, and manage virtual machines (VMs).
Lab 5: Install and configure Hyper-V
Module 6 Implementing and managing DHCP in Windows Server: In this module, you’ll learn how to explain what the DHCP server role is and how it works, how to install and configure a DHCP server, how to manage DHCP high availability by implementing DHCP failover, and how to manage and troubleshoot DHCP.
Lab 6: Implement DHCP
Module 7 Implementing and managing DNS in Windows Server: In this module, you’ll learn how to deploy and administer a DNS server, configure DNS zones and name resolution, and how to integrate DNS with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
Lab 7: Plan and implement DNS name resolution
Lab 8: Integrate DNS with AD DS
Lab 9: Configure advanced DNS settings
Module 8 Implementing VPN in Windows Server: In this module, you’ll learn about Remote Access options, how to implement Web Application Proxy, and how to plan virtual private networks (VPNs).
Lab 10: Implement a Web Application Proxy
Lab 11: Implement a VPN
Module 9 Deploying AD DS in Windows Server: In this module, you’ll learn how to configure DCs to suit your specific organizational needs and integrate AD DS with Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to provide single sign-on (SSO) for users that access both on-premises and cloud-based apps.
Lab 12: Deploying and administering AD DS
Module 10 Managing AD DS objects: In this module, you’ll learn how to manage user accounts, group objects, computer objects, and how to manage containers.
Lab 13: Managing objects in AD DS
Module 11 Advanced AD DS infrastructure management: In this module, you’ll learn the key technologies that serve as the building blocks of more advanced AD DS environments and how to implement and manage such environments.
Lab 14: Configuring AD DS infrastructure
Module 12 AD DS sites and replication: In this module, you’ll learn about the technical details of AD DS replication and how you can leverage that knowledge to optimize the design and implementation of AD DS environments that consist of multiple geographically distributed DCs.
Lab 15: Implementing AD DS sites and replication
Module 13 Securing AD DS: In this module, you’ll learn how to secure DCs, implement account security, plan and configure audit authentication, and configure managed service accounts (MSAs).
Lab 16: Securing AD DS environment
Module 14 Monitoring, managing, and recovering AD DS: In this module, you’ll learn how to monitor AD DS and Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), manage the Active Directory database, and understand backup and recovery options for AD DS.
Lab 17: Recovering objects in AD DS
Module 15 Implementing Group Policy: In this module, you’ll learn how to implement and administer Group Policy, how to manage Group Policy scope and processing, and how to troubleshoot Group Policy application.
Lab 18: Implementing Group Policy infrastructure
Module 16 Managing user settings with Group Policy: In this module, you’ll learn how to implement administrative templates, configure Folder Redirection, software installation, and scripts, and how to configure Group Policy preferences.
Lab 19: Managing user settings with Group Policy
Module 17 Deploying and managing AD CS: In this module, you’ll learn how to deploy, administer, troubleshoot, and maintain CAs.
Lab 20: Deploying and managing AD CS infrastructure
Module 18 Deploying and managing certificates: In this module, you’ll learn how to deploy and manage certificate templates, manage certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery, and how to use certificates in a business environment.
Lab 21: Deploying and using certificates
