Windows Server 2016 Ultimate Bootcamp

Exam 70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

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

2. Configuring Local Storage

• Managing disks in Windows Server 2016
• Managing volumes in Windows Server 2016

3. Implementing Enterprise Storage Solutions

• Overview of direct-attached storage, network-attached storage, and storage area networks
• Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE
• Understanding iSNS, data centre bridging, and MPIO
• Configuring sharing in Windows Server 2016

4. Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

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

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 Hyper-V virtual machines

6. Deploying and Managing Windows Server and Hyper-V Containers

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

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 the Windows Server 2016 operating system and data by using Windows Server B
• High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016

8. Implementing and Managing 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

9. Implementing Failover Clustering for with Server 2016 Hyper-V

• Overview of integrating Hyper-V Server 2016 with failover clustering
• Implementing and maintaining Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters
• Key features for virtual machines in a clustered environment

10. Implementing Network Load Balancing

• Overview of NLB clusters
• Configuring an NLB cluster
• Planning an NLB implementation

11. Creating and Managing Deployment Images

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

12. Managing, Monitoring, and Maintaining Virtual Machine Installations

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

Exam 70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016

1. Planning and Implementing an IPv4 Network

• Planning IPv4 addressing
• Configuring an IPv4 host
• Managing and troubleshooting IPv4 network connectivity

2. Implementing DHCP

• Overview of the DHCP server role
• Deploying DHCP
• Managing and troubleshooting DHCP

3. Implementing IPv6

• Overview of IPv6 addressing
• Configuring an IPv6 host
• Implementing IPv6 and IPv4 coexistence
• Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6

4. Implementing DNS

• Configuring zones in DNS
• Configuring name resolution between DNS zones
• Configuring DNS integration with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
• Configuring advanced DNS settings

5. Implementing and Managing IPAM

• IPAM overview
• Deploying IPAM
• Managing IP address spaces by using IPAM

6. Remote Access in Windows Server 2016

• Remote access overview
• Implementing Web Application Proxy

7. Implementing DirectAccess

• Overview of DirectAccess
• Implementing DirectAccess by using the Getting Started Wizard
• Implementing and managing an advanced DirectAccess infrastructure

8. Implementing VPNs

• Planning VPNs

9. Implementing Networking for Branch Offices

• Networking features and considerations for branch offices
• Implementing Distributed File System (DFS) for branch offices
• Implementing BranchCache for branch offices

10. Configuring Advanced Networking Features

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

11. Implementing Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

• Overview of SDN
• Implementing network virtualization
• Implementing Network Controller

Exam 70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016

1. Installing and Configuring Domain Controllers (DCs)

• Overview of AD DS
• Overview of AD DS DCs
• Deploying DCs

2. Managing Objects in AD DS

• Managing user accounts
• Managing groups in AD DS
• Managing computer accounts
• Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS administration
• Implementing and managing organizational units

3. Advanced AD DS Infrastructure Management

• Overview of advanced AD DS deployments
• Deploying a distributed AD DS environment
• Configuring AD DS trusts

4. Implementing and Administering AD DS Sites and Replication

• Overview of AD DS replication
• Configuring AD DS sites
• Configuring and monitoring AD DS replication

5. Implementing Group Policy

• Introducing Group Policy
• Implementing and administering GPOs
• Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing
• Troubleshooting the application of GPOs

6. Managing User Settings with GPOs

• Implementing administrative templates
• Configuring Folder Redirection and scripts
• Configuring Group Policy preferences

7. Securing AD DS

• Securing domain controllers
• Implementing account security
• Audit authentication
• Configuring managed service accounts (MSAs)

8. Deploying and Managing AD CS

• Deploying CAs
• Administering CAs
• Troubleshooting and maintaining CAs

9. Deploying and Managing Certificates

• Deploying and managing certificate templates
• Managing certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery
• Using certificates in a business environment
• Implementing and managing smart cards

10. Implementing and Administering AD FS

• Overview of AD FS
• AD FS requirements and planning
• Deploying and configuring AD FS
• Overview of Web Application Proxy

11. Implementing and Administering AD RMS

• Overview of AD RMS
• Deploying and managing an AD RMS infrastructure
• Configuring AD RMS content protection

12. Implementing AD DS Synchronization with Azure AD

• Planning and preparing for directory synchronization
• Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
• Managing identities with directory synchronization

13. Monitoring, Managing, and Recovering AD DS

• Monitoring AD DS
• Managing the Active Directory database
• Active Directory backup and recovery options for AD DS and other identity and access solutions

• Implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
• Install and configure Microsoft Hyper-V
• Deploy, configure, and manage Windows and Hyper-V containers
• High availability and disaster recovery technologies in Windows Server 2016
• Plan, create and manage a failover cluster
• Implement failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines
• Implement Domain Name System (DNS)
• Implement and manage IP address management (IPAM)
• Plan for remote access
• Implement DirectAccess
• Implement virtual private networks (VPNs)
• Implement networking for branch offices
• Implement AD DS in complex environments
• Implement AD DS sites, and configure and manage replication
• Implement and manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
• Manage user settings by using GPOs
• Secure AD DS and user accounts
• Implement and manage a certificate authority (CA) hierarchy with AD CS
• Deploy and manage certificates
• Implement and administer AD FS

Exam 70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

Exam 70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016

Exam 70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016

• Two years of hands-on experience working in a Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016 environment
• Hands-on Windows Client experience Windows 8, or Windows 10 is recommended but not required

• IT professionals with at least two years of hands-on experience implementing and administering network and desktop operating systems
• Systems engineers, network engineers, systems analysts, network analysts, and technical consultants who want to prepare for their MCSA: Windows Server 2016 credential in an accelerated format
• MCSAs on Windows Server 2012