Module 1: Module 1 Overview of Windows Server 2025
- Overview of Windows Server
- Windows Server deployment
- Overview of Windows Server Core
Lab: Deploy and configure Windows Server Core
- Exercise 1: Deploying and configuring Server Core
- Exercise 2: Provisioning an Azure trial subscription
Module 2: Windows Server administration
- Overview of Windows Server administration principles and tools
- Administer Windows Server with Azure Arc
Labs: Manage and configure Windows Server
- Exercise 1: Perform remote server administration by using Server Manager
- Exercise 2: Implement Windows Admin Center for remote server administration
- Exercise 3: Use Remote PowerShell for remote server administration
- Exercise 4: Configure Azure Arc to manage Windows Server
Module 3: Windows Server identity and management services
- Overview of AD DS
- Deploy Windows Server DCs
- Overview of Entra ID
- Implement Group Policy
Lab: Implement identity services and Group Policy
- Exercise 1: Deploy a new domain controller on Server Core
- Exercise 2: Configure Group Policy
- Exercise 3: Configure directory synchronization by using Microsoft Entra Connect
Module 4: Network infrastructure services in Windows Server
- Deploy and manage DHCP
- Deploy and manage DNS services
- Deploy and manage IPAM
Lab: Implement and configure network infrastructure services in Windows Server
- Exercise 1: Deploy and configure DHCP
- Exercise 2: Deploy and configure DNS
- Exercise 3: Implement IPAM
- Exercise 4: Manage IP address spaces by using IPAM
Module 5: File servers and storage management in Windows Server
- Volumes and file systems in Windows Server
- Implement sharing in Windows Server
- Implement Storage Spaces in Windows Server
- Implement Data Deduplication
- Implement iSCSI
- Implement DFS
Module 6: Hyper-V virtualization and containers in Windows Server
- Hyper-V in Windows Server
- Configure VMs
- Secure virtualization in Windows Server
- Containers in Windows Server
Module 7: High availability in Windows Server
- Plan for implementation of failover clustering
- Create and configure failover clusters
- Overview of stretched clusters
- High availability and disaster-recovery solutions with Hyper-V VMs
Lab: Implement failover clustering
- Exercise 1: Configure iSCSI storage
- Exercise 2: Configure a failover cluster
- Exercise 3: Deploy and configure a highly available file server
- Exercise 4: Validate deployment of the highly available file server
Module 8: Disaster recovery in Windows Server
- Hyper-V Replica
- Backup and restore an infrastructure in Windows Server
Lab A: Implement Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup
- Exercise 1: Configure and implement Hyper-V Replica
- Exercise 2: Configure and implement backup with Windows Server Backup
Module 9: Windows Server security
- Credentials and privileged-access protection in Windows Server
- Harden Windows Server
- JEA in Windows Server
- Secure and analyze SMB traffic
- Windows Server update management
Lab: Configure security in Windows Server
- Exercise 1: Configure Windows Defender Credential Guard
- Exercise 2: Locate problematic accounts
- Exercise 3: Implement LAPS
Module 10: RDS in Windows Server
- Overview of RDS
- Configure a session-based desktop deployment
- Overview of pooled and personal virtual desktops
Lab: Implement RDS in Windows Server
- Exercise 1: Implement RDS
- Exercise 2: Configure RemoteApp collection settings
Module 11: Remote access and web services in Windows Server
- Deploy AD CS to secure network traffic
- Overview of remote access in Windows Server
- Implement VPNs
- Implement NPS
- Implement Always On VPN
- Implement Web Server in Windows Server
Lab: Deploy network workloads
- Exercise 1: Deploying AD CS
- Exercise 2: Implement Web Application Proxy
- Exercise 3: Implement VPN in Windows Server
- Exercise 4: Deploy and configure Web Server
Module 12: Server and performance monitoring in Windows Server
- Overview of Windows Server monitoring tools
- Use Performance Monitor
- Monitor event logs for troubleshooting
Lab: Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server
- Exercise 1: Establish a performance baseline
- Exercise 2: Identify the source of a performance problem
- Exercise 3: Review and configure centralized event logs
Module 13: Upgrade and migration in Windows Server (optional)
- AD DS upgrade and migration
- Storage Migration Service
- Windows Server Migration Tools
Lab: Migrate server workloads
- Exercise 1: Select a process to migrate server workloads
- Exercise 2: Plan how to migrate files by using Storage Migration Service
