Duration: 5 Days

Who should attend: 

IT technicians who perform installation, configuration and general management and maintenance of Windows Server core services together with both first- and second-line support technicians working in a networking environment. Delegates may also be familiar with setting security and access to file and folder resources in a domain-based environment.

Pre-requisites: 

This course will teach you about the core concepts of networking and network architecture as well as how to configure TCP/IP on a client PC to work within a networked server 2019/2022 environment. Describe Windows Server 2019/2022 versions and Hardware requirements. Configure interoperability with earlier versions of Server 2012/2008. Install and Configure Active Directory. Manage access to resources using Groups. You will also learn how to secure the Server Operating System OS and protect the data stored on the device. Configure core TCP/IP Networking Components and install and Configure DHCP Servers, DNS servers etc. Configure Disk Management for both security and disaster recovery, creating mirrored, RAID and virtual hard disks. Monitor and Troubleshoot 2019/2022 Servers, install and configure Remote Desktop Services to allow remote configuration and troubleshooting. This course also shows the fundamental features of Hyper-V enabling the creation of virtual machines within your environment.

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Price: £1995+VAT

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Introduction to Networking

What is a Network?

Why Network?

LANs, WANs, and MANs

Introduction to Networking Standards

OSI 7 Layer Model

Networking Access Methods Ethernet

Network Topologies Wireless Networking

Introduction to TCP/IP

What is TCP/IP? History of TCP/IP

An Introduction to the Internet The TCP/IP 5 Layer Model TCP/IP Frame Structure

IP Addressing

IP Addressing

Class Based IP Addressing

IP Addresses and the Internet Special Addresses

Broadcast Addresses Subnet Masks

What Packets Will a Host Read? Introducing IP Version 6

Installation and Deployment

Pre-Installation Tasks

Standard vs Datacenter

Core Installation vs Desktop Experience

Installing Windows 2019/2022 Server Disk

Partitioning Recommendations

Changing the Installation Type

Installation Troubleshooting 

Overview – Using Core Edition

Initial Core Server Configuration

Running the Server Config Utility

Initial Configuration Settings

Configuring Remote Access to Core Edition

Performing Initial Configuration Tasks 

Server Manager Utility

- Server Manager Dashboard

Using the Windows Admin Centre

Accessing Server Manager

Adding/Removing Roles

Adding/Removing Features

Introducing Active Directory

Workgroups vs Domains

Member Servers vs Domain Controllers

Introducing Trees and Forests

Active Directory Physical Structure

Installing Active Directory on Windows 2019/2022 Servers

Domain and Forest Functional Levels

Troubleshooting the Installation of Active Directory

Active Directory Recycle Bin

Overview – The Active Directory Recycle Bin

Enabling the AD Recycle Bin

Recovering Objects with the AD Recycle Bin

Introduction to TCP/IP

Introduction to TCP/IP

The History of TCP/IP

IP Address Classes – A, B and C Subnetting

Configuring IPv6

TCP/IP Overview of IPv6

Coexistence with IPv4

Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6

Configuring a New IPv6 Network and Client

Describe the benefits and considerations of IPv6 Troubleshoot IPv6 connectivity

Configuring and Troubleshooting DNS

Installing the DNS Server Role

Configuring the DNS Server Role

Configuring a DNS Infrastructure

Troubleshooting DNS

Creating and Managing User Accounts

Introduction to User Accounts

Guidelines for New User Accounts

Creating Local User Accounts

Creating and Configuring User Accounts

Setting Properties for Domain User Accounts

Customizing User Settings with User Profiles

User Accounts - Best Practices

NTFS Security and Permissions

NTFS Permissions

Setting NTFS permissions on files and folders

Sharing Resources

Setting Share Level Security Permissions

Combining NTFS and Share Level Permissions 

BitLocker Volume Encryption

What is BitLocker?

Disk Partitioning for BitLocker

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

Installing and Configuring BitLocker Using Bit Locker-To-Go

Managing Distributed File System (DFS)

Describe DFS

Installing the DFS Service

Creating a DFS Namespace

Configuring Folder Targets and Replication

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

The DHCP Server Role

The 4-way Handshake Process

Installing and Authorizing the DHCP Server Role

Configuring DHCP Scopes and Options

Managing a DHCP Database

Monitoring and Troubleshooting DHCP

Securing DHCP 

Disk Management

Server 2019/2022 Disk Management

Overview Filing systems supported

Basic V Dynamic Storage

Creating Simple Storage Volumes

Creating Spanned, Striped, Mirrored and RAID 5 Volumes

Disaster Protection

Introduction to Disaster Protection Using Windows Server Backup

Backing Up and Restoring Data

PowerShell WBADMIN Commands

Using Disaster Recovery Tools

Repair Mode

Boot Options

Repairing Server 2019/2022 

Remote Administration

Using Remote Desktop

Overview - Remote Desktop Services (RDS)

Server Manager Remote Management

Remote Desktop for Administration

Installing/Configuring RDS

Introduction to Remote Administration

Remote Administration Options

 Installing and configuring Hyper-V

Overview of Hyper-V and virtualisation

Install and configure Hyper-V

Create and manage Virtual Machines

Hyper-V network configuration

Overview Stand Alone Hyper-V

Using the Physical to Virtual (P2V) application

Monitoring and Optimizing Performance

Monitoring Event Logs

Using Task Manager to Monitor System Resources

Using System Monitor to Monitor System Performance

Using System Alerts

Identify counters to monitor Optimizing Performance

Resolving Performance Bottlenecks

Performance Logging

Implementing Security Auditing Auditing Windows Server 2019/2022

Configuring Auditing

Auditing File and Folder Access

Auditing Logon Events

Auditing Printers

Viewing/Examining Audit Logs