Mastering Windows Server 2022

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Lessons

17+ Lessons |

TestPrep

1

Preface

  • Who this course is for
  • What this course covers
  • To get the most out of this course
2

Getting Started with Windows Server 2022

  • The purpose of Windows Server
  • It’s getting cloudy out there
  • Windows Server versions and licensing
  • Overview of new and updated features
  • Features deprecated in Server 2022
  • Navigating the interface
  • Using the newer Settings screen
  • Two ways to do the same thing
  • Task Manager
  • Task View
  • Summary
  • Questions
3

Installing and Managing Windows Server 2022

  • Technical requirements
  • Installing Windows Server 2022
  • Installing roles and features
  • Centralized management and monitoring
  • Windows Admin Center (WAC)
  • Enabling quick server rollouts with Sysprep
  • In-place upgrading to Windows Server 2022
  • Summary
  • Questions
4

Active Directory

  • What is a domain controller?
  • Creating your first domain
  • Multiple domain controllers for redundancy
  • Active Directory Users and Computers
  • Active Directory Domains and Trusts
  • Active Directory Sites and Services
  • Active Directory Administrative Center
  • Read-only domain controllers
  • FSMO Roles
  • Demote an old domain controller
  • Group Policy
  • Summary
  • Questions
5

DNS and DHCP

  • The purpose of DNS
  • Types of DNS records
  • Split-brain DNS
  • Types of DNS zones
  • IP addressing with DHCP
  • Creating a DHCP scope
  • DHCP reservations
  • DHCP failover
  • IPAM
  • Summary
  • Questions
6

Group Policy

  • Group Policy Objects
  • Building a GPO
  • Scoping a GPO
  • Computer settings and user settings
  • Policy versus preference
  • Default Domain Policy
  • Administrative Templates
  • The Central Store
  • Summary
  • Questions
7

Certificates

  • Common certificate types
  • Planning your PKI
  • Creating a new certificate template
  • Issuing your new certificates
  • Obtaining a public authority SSL certificate
  • Exporting and importing certificates
  • OpenSSL for Linux webservers
  • Summary
  • Questions
8

Networking with Windows Server 2022

  • Introduction to IPv6
  • Your networking toolbox
  • Building a routing table
  • NIC Teaming
  • Software-defined networking
  • Summary
  • Questions
9

Remote Access

  • Regular ol’ VPN
  • Always On VPN
  • DirectAccess
  • Remote Access Management Console
  • DA, VPN, or AOVPN? Which is best?
  • Web Application Proxy
  • Requirements for WAP
  • Latest improvements to WAP
  • Summary
  • Questions
10

Hardening and Security

  • Microsoft Defender Antivirus
  • Windows Defender Firewall – no laughing matter
  • Encryption technologies
  • Azure AD Password Protection
  • Fine-grained password policy
  • Advanced Threat Analytics – end of support
  • General security best practices
  • Summary
  • Questions
11

Server Core

  • Why use Server Core?
  • Interfacing with Server Core
  • Windows Admin Center to manage Server Core
  • The Sconfig utility
  • Roles available in Server Core
  • Building a Server Core domain controller
  • What happened to Nano Server?
  • Summary
  • Questions
12

PowerShell

  • Why move to PowerShell?
  • Working within PowerShell
  • Importing a module
  • Using a pipeline
  • PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment
  • Remotely managing a server
  • Desired State Configuration
  • Windows Terminal
  • Summary
  • Questions
13

Redundancy in Windows Server 2022

  • Network Load Balancing (NLB)
  • Configuring a load-balanced website
  • Failover clustering
  • Clustering tiers
  • Setting up a failover cluster
  • Clustering improvements in Windows Server 2022
  • Storage Replica (SR)
  • Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
  • Summary
  • Questions
14

Containers

  • Understanding application containers
  • Container base images
  • Windows Server containers versus Hyper-V containers
  • Docker and Kubernetes
  • Working with containers
  • Where is Azure in all this?
  • Summary
  • Questions
15

Hyper-V

  • Designing and implementing your Hyper-V Server
  • Virtual switches
  • Implementing a new virtual server
  • Managing a virtual server
  • Shielded VMs
  • Integrating with Linux
  • ReFS deduplication
  • Hyper-V Server…2019?
  • Summary
  • Questions
16

Remote Desktop Services

  • Wherefore art thou, role?
  • Components of an RDS environment
  • Publishing RDS sessions
  • RDS licensing
  • RDS user profiles
  • RemoteApp
  • RDS maintenance considerations
  • Summary
  • Questions
17

Troubleshooting

  • Backup and restore
  • Task Manager
  • Resource Monitor
  • Performance Monitor
  • Sysinternals tools
  • Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
  • System Insights
  • Remote toolsets
  • Event Logs
  • MMC and MSC shortcuts
  • Summary
  • Questions

Mastering Windows Server 2022

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