The document outlines a 3 month Windows Server 2016 course covering topics like installation, storage configuration, Hyper-V, containers, high availability, and monitoring. The course consists of 12 modules that include lectures, labs, and hands-on exercises to help students learn how to install, configure, manage and maintain Windows Server 2016 and related technologies like Hyper-V, Storage Spaces, and Failover Clustering. It will run for 6 batches with classes 2 hours twice a week plus 4 hours on Sundays, with the next batch starting in November 2016 at a cost of $5000.

1. Windows Server 2016 Course Outline
I. Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads
1. Introducing Windows Server 2016
2. Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
3. Preparing for upgrades and migrations
4. Migrating server roles and workloads
5. Windows Server activation models
6. Lab : Installing and configuring Nano Server
7. Implementing Nano Server
8. Completing post-installation tasks on the Nano Server
9. Performing remote management
II. Configuring local storage
1. Managing disks in Windows Server 2016
2. Managing volumes in Windows Server 2016
3. Lab : Managing disks and volumes in Windows Server 2016
4. Creating and Managing virtual hard disks by using Windows PowerShell
5. Converting virtual hard disks from .vhd to .vhdx
6. Resizing a volume
III. Implementing enterprise storage solutions
1. Overview of direct-attached storage, network-attached storage, and storage area
networks
2. Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE
3. Understanding iSNS, data centre bridging, and MPIO
4. Configuring sharing in Windows Server 2016
5. Lab : Planning and configuring storage technologies and components
6. Planning storage requirements
7. Configuring iSCSI storage
8. Configuring and managing the share infrastructure
IV. Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
1. Implementing Storage Spaces
2. Managing Storage Spaces
3. Implementing Data Deduplication
4. Lab : Implementing Storage Spaces
5. Creating a storage space
6. Enabling and configuring storage tiering
7. Lab : Implementing Data Deduplication
8. Installing Data Deduplication
9. Configuring Data Deduplication
V. Installing and configuring Hyper-V and virtual machines
1. Overview of Hyper-V
2. Installing Hyper-V
3. Configuring storage on Hyper-V host servers
4. Configuring networking on Hyper-V host servers
5. Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines
6. Managing Hyper-V virtual machines

2. 7. Lab : Installing and configuring Hyper-V
8. Installing the Hyper-V server role
9. Configuring Hyper-V settings
10. Creating and configuring a virtual machine
11. Managing a virtual machine by using PowerShell Direct
VI. Deploying and managing Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
1. Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016
2. Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
3. Installing, configuring, and managing containers
4. Lab : Installing and configuring containers
5. Installing and configuring Windows Server containers by using Windows
PowerShell
6. Installing and configuring Windows Server containers by using Docker
VII. Overview of high availability and disaster recovery
1. Defining levels of availability
2. Planning high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual
machines
3. Backing up and restoring the Windows Server 2016 operating system and data by
using Windows Server B
4. High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016
5. Lab : Planning and implementing a high availability and disaster recovery
solution
6. Determining the appropriate high availability and disaster recovery solution
7. Implementing storage migration
8. Implementing Hyper-V Replica
VIII. Implementing and managing failover clustering
1. Planning a failover cluster
2. Creating and configuring a new failover cluster
3. Maintaining a failover cluster
4. Troubleshooting a failover cluster
5. Implementing site high availability with stretch clustering
6. Lab : Implementing a failover cluster
7. Creating a failover cluster
8. Verifying quorum settings and adding a node
9. Lab : Managing a failover cluster
10. Evicting a node and verifying quorum settings
11. Changing the quorum from Disk Witness to File Share Witness, and defining
node voting
12. Adding and removing disks from the cluster
IX. Implementing failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines
1. Overview of integrating Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 with failover
clustering
2. Implementing and maintaining Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters
3. Key features for virtual machines in a clustered environment
4. Lab : Implementing failover clustering with Hyper-V
5. Configuring a failover cluster for Hyper-V

3. 6. Configuring a highly available virtual machine
X. Implementing Network Load Balancing
1. Overview of NLB clusters
2. Configuring an NLB cluster
3. Planning an NLB implementation
4. Lab : Implementing an NLB cluster
5. Implementing an NLB cluster
6. Configuring and managing the NLB cluster
7. Validating high availability for the NLB cluster
XI. Creating and managing deployment images
1. Introduction to deployment images
2. Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT
3. Virtual machine environments for different workloads
4. Lab : Using MDT to deploy Windows Server 2016
5. Installing and configuring MDT
6. Creating and deploying an image
XII. Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations
1. WSUS overview and deployment options
2. Update management process with WSUS
3. Overview of PowerShell DSC
4. Overview of Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools
5. Using Performance Monitor
6. Monitoring Event Logs
7. Lab : Implementing WSUS and deploying updates
8. Implementing WSUS
9. Configuring update settings
10. Approving and deploying an update by using WSUS
11. Lab : Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server 2016
12. Establishing a performance baseline
13. Identifying the source of a performance problem
14. Viewing and configuring centralized event logs
Duration: 3 Months
Course Fees: 5000
Batches: 6 Members
Class Schedule: 2 Hours 2 Classes every week / 4 Hours Sunday
Next Batch: Nov’ 2016