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Section-1 Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads

• Introducing Windows Server 2016
• Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
• Preparing for upgrades and migrations
• Migrating server roles and workloads
• Windows Server activation models

Section-2 Configuring local storage

• Managing disks in Windows Server
• Managing volumes in Windows Server

Section-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 Server 2016

Section-4 Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

• Implementing Storage Spaces
• Managing Storage Spaces
• Implementing Data Deduplication

Section-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

Section-6 Deploying and managing Windows and Hyper-V containers

• Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016
• Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
• Installing, configuring, and managing containers by using Docker

Section-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

Section-8 Implementing failover clustering

• Planning a failover cluster
• Creating and configuring a new failover cluster
• Maintaining a failover cluster
• Troubleshooting a failover cluster
• Implementing site high availability with stretch clustering

Section-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

Section-10 Implementing Network Load Balancing Overview of NLB

• Configuring an NLB cluster
• Planning an NLB implementation

Section-11 Creating and managing deployment images

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

Section-12 Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations

• WSUS overview and deployment options
• Update management process with WSUS
• Overview of Windows PowerShell DSC
• Overview of Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools
• Using Performance Monitor
• Monitoring event logs