Windows Server 2025 Administration
The course begins with an overview of administration techniques and continues with topics about identity services, networking, virtualization, high availability, and disaster recovery. This is a comprehensive course that has extensive content and labs, and you’ll find it helpful for exam preparation and as a guide for administering a Windows Server environment.
By completing this course, you’ll achieve the knowledge and skills to:
- Describe Windows Server 2025, its versions, requirements, and deployment techniques.
- Describe the concepts and main tools for administering Windows Server.
- Deploy domain controllers (DCs) and use the Group Policy mechanism to manage the AD DS environment.
- Describe the core networking services in Windows Server, including DHCP, DNS, and IP Address Management (IPAM).
- Explain data deduplication, sharing, iSCSI, and Distributed File System (DFS) services.
- Describe Hyper-V, options to help secure a virtualization environment, containers, and Kubernetes.
- Explain the high availability in Windows Server and the Failover Clustering feature.
- Describe the technologies to implement disaster recovery in a Windows Server environment.
- Explain the security technologies that address various critical components in a Windows Server environment.
- Describe RDS in Windows Server and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementations.
- Describe remote-access technologies for Windows Server and Internet Information Services (IIS) deployment and usage.
- List the monitoring tools and technologies available in Windows Server.
- List the available tools in Windows Server for upgrading and migrating servers, and describe AD DS migration and the upgrade process.
This course is for IT professionals who have some experience working with Windows Server and want a course that details the administration of core Windows Server 2025 components and technologies. It also should help server administrators of previous Windows Server versions to update their knowledge and skills with respect to Windows Server 2025.
- Some exposure to, and experience with, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) concepts and technologies in Windows Server 2019 and newer.
- Experience working with, and configuring, Windows Server 2019 and newer.
- Experience with, and an understanding of, core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
- Experience working with, and an understanding of, Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server-virtualization concepts.
- An awareness of basic security best practices.
- Experience working directly with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 and newer.
- Basic experience with Windows PowerShell.
- Basic experience with Microsoft Azure platform.
Course outline
Lab description
The labs in this course cover
Windows Server 2025 administration, starting with the deployment and
configuration of Windows Server, implementing identity services, network
services, storage, and virtualization. You’ll also implement failover
clustering, backup, and RDS, configure security and monitoring, and upgrade and
migrate server workloads in Windows Server.
Module 1 Overview of Windows
Server 2025
This module provides an overview
of Windows Server 2025 and describes its versions and deployment techniques.
Lesson 1 Overview of Windows
Server
Windows Server history and role in business environments
Overview of new Windows Server 2025 features
Deprecated and removed Windows Server features
Windows Server 2025 editions
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter: Azure Edition
Windows Server pay-as-you-go
Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server
Windows Server release and servicing channels
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe the Windows Server and its
editions and servicing channels.
Lesson 2 Windows Server
deployment
Hardware requirements for Windows Server 2025
Overview of deployment options
Deployment accelerators
Licensing and activation models for Windows Server
Overview of Windows Server Core and its usage scenarios
Server Core installation and post-installation tasks
Use the Sconfig tool in Server Core
On-demand installation features in Server Core
Demonstration: Configure Server Core
Lesson 3 Overview of Windows
Server Core
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe Windows Server Core, including
specific details about it and ways to administer it.
Lab: Deploy and configure
Windows Server Core
Exercise 1: Deploying and configuring Server Core
Exercise 2: Provisioning an Azure trial subscription
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to deploy and configure Server Core.
Module 2 Windows Server
administration
This module details administration
tools for Windows Server. You’ll learn how to select the appropriate
administration tool and use it effectively and securely.
Lesson 1 Overview of Windows
Server administration principles and tools
What is Windows Admin Center?
Demonstration: Use Windows Admin Center
Deploy Windows Admin Center in Azure
Overview of Server Manager
Overview of remote server administration
Demonstration: Manage servers remotely
Use least-privilege administration
Demonstration: Delegate privileges
Privileged Access Workstations and jump servers, and when
to use them
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe the concepts and main tools for
administering Windows Server.
Lesson 2 Administer Windows
Server with Azure Arc
What is Azure Arc?
What are Azure Arc-enabled servers?
Connect Windows Server to Azure Arc
Manage Windows Server from Azure Arc
Manage updates by using Azure Update Manager
Demonstration: Connect Windows Server to Azure Arc
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe Windows Server and techniques for
its deployment, activation, and servicing.
Lab: 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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Perform remote server administration by using Server
Manager.
Implement Windows Admin Center for remote server
administration.
Use Remote PowerShell for remote server administration.
Configure Azure Arc to manage Windows Server.
Module 3 Windows Server
identity and management services
This module covers identity roles
in Windows Server. It also discusses the main management mechanisms of Active
Directory Domain Services (AD DS), in addition to Active Directory Certificate
Services (AD CS) and the cloud-based identity service Microsoft Entra ID (Entra
ID). In this module, you’ll learn how to deploy domain controllers (DCs) and
use the Group Policy mechanism to manage the AD DS environment.
Lesson 1 Overview of AD DS
What is AD DS?
What’s new in AD DS in Windows Server 2025?
AD DS objects
AD DS forests and domains
Overview of OUs in AD DS
What is the AD DS schema?
Overview of the AD DS replication process
How does the AD DS sign-in process work?
Overview of AD DS administration tools
Demonstration: Use tools to manage objects and properties
in AD DS
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe and manage AD DS and AD DS objects
and processes.
Lesson 2 Deploy Windows Server
DCs
What is an AD DS DC?
What is the global catalog?
What are operations masters in AD DS?
Deploy AD DS DCs
Upgrade from a previous AD DS version
DC cloning
Overview of DC service SRV records
Demonstration: Explore DC SRV records in DNS
Transfer and seize roles in AD DS
Deploy a DC in Azure IaaS
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe and manage AD DS domain
controllers and their roles and records.
Lesson 3 Overview of Entra ID
AD DS scope and limitations
What is Entra ID?
Manage Entra ID
Entra ID versions and capabilities
Authentication with Entra ID
Benefits of integrating Entra ID with AD DS
Connect AD DS with Entra ID by using Entra Connect
Connect AD DS with Entra ID by using Entra Cloud Sync
Microsoft Entra Connect Health
Microsoft Entra ID Domain Services
Deploy a managed domain with Microsoft Entra Domain
Services
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe Entra ID, authentication with
Entra ID and connect Entra ID with AD DS.
Lesson 4 Implement Group Policy
What are Group Policy and GPOs?
Overview of GPO scope and inheritance
Default domain GPOs
Demonstration: Create and configure a domain-based GPO
Overview of GPO storage and replication
What are Starter GPOs?
What are administrative templates?
Overview of the central store
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to implement and manage Group Policy objects.
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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Deploy a new domain controller on Server Core.
Configure Group Policy.
Configure directory synchronization by using Microsoft
Entra Connect.
Module 4 Network infrastructure
services in Windows Server
This module details the core
networking services in Windows Server, including DHCP, DNS, and IP Address
Management (IPAM).
Lesson 1 Deploy and manage DHCP
Overview of the DHCP server role
Install and configure the DHCP role
Configure DHCP options
Demonstration: Configure the DHCP server role
Configure DHCP scopes
Demonstration: Create and configure a DHCP scope
DHCP AD DS authorization
High-availability options for DHCP
How to achieve DHCP failover
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to install, configure and manage DHCP server
role.
Lesson 2 Deploy and manage DNS
services
DNS components
What are DNS zones?
What are DNS records?
Demonstration: Install and configure the DNS role
Manage DNS services
Records management in DNS
Configure DNS zones
What is DNS forwarding?
DNS for on-premises and Azure resources
DNS integration in AD DS
Overview of DNS policies
Overview of DNSSEC
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to install, configure and manage DNS server,
DNS zones and DNS policies.
Lesson 3 Deploy and manage IPAM
What is IPAM and when should you use it?
IPAM deployment requirements
Process for deploying IPAM
Configure IPAM options
Demonstration: Install the IPAM role service (optional)
Administer the IPAM service
Manage DNS zones with IPAM
Configure DHCP servers with IPAM
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to deploy and administer IPAM service.
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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Deploy and configure DHCP.
Deploy and configure DNS.
Implement IPAM.
Manage IP address spaces by using IPAM.
Module 5 File servers and
storage management in Windows Server
This module details services that
deal with file systems, volumes, and storage. Students will also learn about
data deduplication, sharing, iSCSI, and Distributed File System (DFS) services.
Lesson 1 Volumes and file
systems in Windows Server
Overview of file systems that Windows Server supports
Use ReFS in Windows Server
Overview of disk volumes
Demonstration: Manage volumes in Windows Server
Overview of File Server Resource Manager
Manage permissions on volumes
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe file systems in Windows Server,
describe and manage volumes.
Lesson 2 Implement sharing in
Windows Server
What is SMB?
Overview of SMB improvements
Overview of SMB over QUIC
Configure SMB shares
Demonstration: Configure SMB shares by using Server Manager
and Windows PowerShell
Best practices for sharing resources
Overview of NFS
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to implement sharing and manage shared
resources in Windows Server.
Lesson 3 Implement Storage
Spaces in Windows Server
What is the Storage Spaces feature?
Components and features of Storage Spaces
Usage scenarios for Storage Spaces
Provision of a storage space
Demonstration: Configure Storage Spaces
Overview of Storage Spaces Direct
Demonstration: Configure Storage Spaces Direct
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe Storage Spaces, configure
components of Storage spaces and configure storage spaces direct.
Lesson 4 Implement Data
Deduplication
What is Data Deduplication?
Usage scenarios for Data Deduplication
Core components of Data Deduplication
Deploy Data Deduplication
Demonstration: Implement Data Deduplication
Backup and restore considerations with Data Deduplication
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to implement and manage Data Deduplication.
Lesson 5 Implement iSCSI
What is iSCSI?
iSCSI components
Considerations for implementing iSCSI
iSCSI usage scenarios
Demonstration: Configure and connect to an iSCSI target
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe, implement and manage iSCSI
service in Windows Server.
Lesson 6 Implement DFS
Overview of DFS
Deploy the DFS service
Implement DFSR for files and AD DS
DFS namespaces and replication
Manage DFS databases
Overview of Azure Files and storage utilities for
datacenters
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe DFS, manage DFS replication and
describe Azure Files.
Lab A: Implement Data
Deduplication
Exercise 1: Install the Data Deduplication role service
Exercise 2: Configure and verify data deduplication
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Install the Data Deduplication role service.
Configure and verify data deduplication.
Exercise 1: Install and configure the iSCSI Target Server
role
Exercise 2: Configure and connect to iSCSI Targets
Lab B: Configure iSCSI storage
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Install and configure the iSCSI Target Server role.
Configure and connect to iSCSI Targets.
Exercise 1: Configure the redundant Storage Spaces feature
Lab C: Configure redundant
storage spaces
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Configure the redundant Storage Spaces feature.
Exercise 1: Implement Storage Spaces Direct
Lab D: Implement Storage Spaces
Direct
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Implement Storage Spaces Direct.
Exercise 1: Configure and issue a server certificate
Exercise 2: Configure SMB over QUIC
Lab E: Configure SMB over QUIC
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Configure and issue a server certificate.
Configure SMB over QUIC.
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Implement Data Deduplication.
Configure iSCSI storage.
Configure redundant storage spaces.
Implement Storage Spaces Direct.
Configure SMB over QUIC.
Module 6 Hyper-V virtualization
and containers in Windows Server
In this module, students learn
about virtualization services in Windows Server. The module details Hyper-V,
options to help secure a virtualization environment, containers, and
Kubernetes.
Lesson 1 Hyper-V in Windows
Server
Overview of the Hyper-V virtualization platform
Hyper-V improvements in Windows Server 2025
Manage Hyper-V with Hyper-V Manager
Best practices and considerations for configuring Hyper-V
hosts
Overview of nested virtualization
Integrate the Hyper-V platform with Azure IaaS
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe Hyper-V, new features in Windows
Server 2025 and manage features of Hyper-V
Lesson 2 Configure VMs
VM configuration and generation versions
Operating systems in Hyper-V VMs
Overview of VM settings
Storage options in Hyper-V
VHD formats and types
Shared VHDX and VHD Set files
Overview of Hyper-V networking
Networking features for Hyper-V
Manage VM checkpoints
Import and export VMs
Demonstration: Create and manage a VM
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to configure and manage Hyper-V virtual
machines and its main components.
Lesson 3 Secure virtualization
in Windows Server
What is a guarded fabric?
Attestation modes for guarded fabric
Overview of the Host Guardian Service
Types of protected VMs in a guarded fabric
General process for creating shielded VMs
Process for powering-on shielded VMs
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe virtualization security features
in Windows Server.
Lesson 4 Containers in Windows
Server
What are containers?
Containers vs. VMs
Overview of container isolation modes
Manage containers using Docker
Pull and push container base images
Run a Windows container
Manage containers using Windows Admin Center
Demonstration: Deploy containers by using Docker and
Windows Admin Center
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe containers in Windows Server,
manage containers with Docker and Windows Admin Center.
Lab A: Implement and configure
virtualization in Windows Server
Exercise 1: Create and configure VMs
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to use Hyper-V Manager and Windows Admin
Center to create a virtual switch and VHD, and then create and manage a VM.
Lab B: Install and configure
containers
Exercise 1: Install Docker and download an image
Exercise 2: Deploy and configure a container
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to install and configure containers.
Module 7 High availability in
Windows Server
This module details high
availability in Windows Server and primarily focuses on the Failover Clustering
feature.
Lesson 1 Plan for
implementation of failover clustering
What is failover clustering?
Achieve high availability with failover clustering
Clustering terminology and key components
Cluster quorum in Windows Server
Considerations for planning failover clustering
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe and plan failover clustering
feature.
Lesson 2 Create and configure
failover clusters
The Validate a Configuration Wizard and policy requirements
for cluster support
Create a failover cluster
Demonstration: Create a failover cluster
Configure storage for failover clustering
Configure networking for failover clustering
Configure quorum options
Demonstration: Configure a quorum
Configure roles for high availability
Manage failover clusters
Configure cluster object properties
Configure failover and failback
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to create, configure and manage failover
clusters in Windows Server.
Lesson 3 Overview of stretched
clusters
What is a stretched cluster?
Overview of Storage Replica
Prerequisites for implementing a stretched cluster
Synchronous and asynchronous replication
Select a quorum and witness mode for a stretched cluster
Configure a stretched cluster
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe stretched cluster, storage replica
and cluster replication.
Lesson 4 High availability and
disaster-recovery solutions with Hyper-V VMs
High-availability options for Hyper-V VMs
Overview of live migration
Requirements for live migration
Provide high availability with Storage Migration
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe and plan High availability and
disaster-recovery solutions for Hyper-V.
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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Configure iSCSI storage.
Configure a failover cluster.
Deploy and configure a highly available file server.
Validate deployment of a highly available file server.
Module 8 Disaster recovery in
Windows Server
This module details technologies
to implement disaster recovery in a Windows Server environment.
Lesson 1 Hyper-V Replica
Overview of Hyper-V Replica
Plan for Hyper-V Replica
Configure and implement Hyper-V Replica
Demonstration: Implement Hyper-V Replica
Overview of Azure Site Recovery
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe and configure Hyper-V replica in
Windows Server.
Lesson 2 Back up and restore an
infrastructure in Windows Server
Overview of Windows Server Backup
Implement backup and restore
Back up and restore Hyper-V VMs
Overview of Azure Backup
Implement backup and restore with Azure Backup
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe, implement and manage backup 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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Configure and implement Hyper-V Replica.
Configure and implement backup with Windows Server Backup.
Exercise 1: Configure Azure Backup for On-Premises Servers
Lab B: Configure Azure Backup
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to configure Azure Backup for On-Premises
Servers.
Module 9 Windows Server
security
In this module, students learn
about security technologies that address various critical components in a
Windows Server environment.
Lesson 1 Credentials and
privileged-access protection in Windows Server
Configure user rights in Windows Server
What is the Protected Users group?
Overview of authentication policies and
authentication-policy silos
What is Windows Defender Credential Guard?
Windows Defender Credential Guard requirements
Configure Windows Defender Credential Guard
NTLM blocking overview
LDAP security
Locate problematic accounts in AD DS
Demonstration: Locate problematic accounts
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to configure security features in Windows
Server to protect accounts.
Lesson 2 Harden Windows Server
What is a Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)?
LAPS improvements in Windows Server 2025
How LAPS works
Configure and manage passwords by using LAPS
Demonstration: Configure and deploy LAPS
Limit administrative access to help secure hosts
How to help secure DCs
Overview of the Security Compliance Toolkit
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe, implement and manage LAPS.
Lesson 3 JEA in Windows Server
What is JEA?
Role capability files
Session-configuration files
JEA endpoints
Connect to a JEA endpoint
Demonstration: Connect to a JEA endpoint
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe and implement
just-enough-administration in Windows Server.
Lesson 4 Secure and analyze SMB
traffic
What is SMB?
SMB improvements in Windows Server 2025
SMB signing
SMB encryption
Demonstration: Configure SMB encryption on shares
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe SMB and configure SMB encryption
and signing.
Lesson 5 Windows Server update
management
Overview of Windows Update
What is the Windows Server Update Service?
WSUS server deployment options
What are Windows Update client policies?
Other update deployment options
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe 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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Configure Windows Defender Credential Guard.
Locate problematic accounts.
Implement LAPS.
Module 10 RDS in Windows Server
This module details RDS in Windows
Server and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementations.
Lesson 1 Overview of RDS
RDS overview and benefits
Client-experience features with RDS
Remote Desktop feature and RDS
What’s new in RDS for Windows Server 2025?
Plan an RDS deployment
Access RDS
Overview of RD Gateway
Overview of RDS licensing
Azure Virtual Desktop
Overview of Windows App
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Lesson 2 Configure a
session-based desktop deployment
Overview of deploying session-based desktops
Demonstration: Install RDS
What is a collection?
Configure session collection settings
Demonstration: Create and configure a session collection
High-availability options for session-based desktops
Overview of RemoteApp
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Lesson 3 Overview of pooled and
personal virtual desktops
Overview of VM-based desktop deployments
Overview of pooled virtual desktops
Overview of personal virtual desktops
Compare remote desktop options
High availability for pooled and personal virtual desktops
Prepare a virtual-desktop template
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Lab Implement RDS in Windows
Server
Exercise 1: Implement RDS
Exercise 2: Configure RemoteApp collection settings
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Implement RDS.
Configure RemoteApp collection settings.
Module 11 Remote access and web
services in Windows Server
In this module, students learn
about remote-access technologies for Windows Server and Internet Information
Services (IIS) deployment and usage.
Lesson 1 Deploy AD CS to secure
network traffic
What is AD CS?
Options for implementing CA hierarchies
What are certificates and certificate templates?
Certificate enrollment methods
Configure trust for certificates
Demonstration: Enroll for a certificate
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to deploy and manage AD CS as well as to
deploy, enroll and manage certificates.
Lesson 2 Overview of remote
access in Windows Server
What remote access options does Windows Server provide?
Factors to consider when deploying PKI for remote access
What is WAP?
Authentication options in WAP
Publish apps with WAP
Discussion: Remote access usage scenarios
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to use remote access in Widows Server.
Lesson 3 Implement VPNs
VPN scenarios
Site-to-site VPN
Tunneling options
Authentication protocols
What is VPN Reconnect?
Configure a VPN server
Demonstration: Configure VPN
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to implement VPNs.
Lesson 4 Implement NPS
Overview of NPS
Plan an NPS deployment
Configure NPS policies
Implement RADIUS with NPS
Demonstration: Manage NPS
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to implement NPS.
Lesson 5 Implement Always On
VPN
What is Always On VPN?
Deploy Always On
VPN
Latest features in IIS
Overview of IIS architecture
Overview of the Web Server (IIS) role
Prepare to install the Web Server (IIS) role
Install and configure the Web Server (IIS) role
Demonstration: Create and configure a new site in IIS
Lesson 6 Implement Web Server
in Windows Server
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe and configure Web Server (IIS) 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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Implement Web Application Proxy.
Implement VPN in Windows Server.
Deploy and configure Web Server.
Module 12 Server and
performance monitoring in Windows Server
This module details the monitoring
tools and technologies available in Windows Server.
Lesson 1 Overview of Windows
Server monitoring tools
Overview of Task Manager
Overview of Performance Monitor
Overview of Resource Monitor
Overview of Reliability Monitor
Overview of Event Viewer
Monitor a server with Server Manager
Monitor a server with Windows Admin Center
Use Sysinternals tools to monitor servers
Use Azure tools for Windows Server monitoring
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Lesson 2 Use Performance
Monitor
What are performance bottlenecks?
What to monitor
What are data collector sets?
Demonstration: Review performance with Performance Monitor
Monitor network-infrastructure services
Considerations for monitoring VMs
Performance monitoring with Windows Admin Center
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe performance monitoring and use it
in Windows Server.
Lesson 3 Monitor event logs for
troubleshooting
Use Server Manager to review event logs
What is a custom view?
Demonstration: Create a custom view
What are event-log subscriptions?
Demonstration: Configure an event subscription
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to describe event logging and monitor it for
troubleshooting purposes.
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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Establish a performance baseline
Identify the source of a performance problem
Review and configure centralized event logs
Module 13 Upgrade and migration
in Windows Server (optional)
This module details the available
tools in Windows Server for upgrading and migrating servers, and explains AD DS
migration and the upgrade process.
Lesson 1 AD DS upgrade and
migration
Windows Server upgrade overview
AD DS upgrade overview
Upgrade a previous AD DS version to Windows Server 2025
Migrate to AD DS in Windows Server 2025 from a previous
version
Overview of the Active Directory Migration Tool
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Lesson 2 Storage Migration
Service
Storage Migration Service overview and usage scenarios
Storage migration requirements
Migrate a server with storage migration
Storage migration considerations
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Lesson 3 Windows Server
Migration Tools
What are Windows Server Migration Tools?
Install Windows Server Migration Tools
Use Windows Server Migration Tools
By completing this lesson, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
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
By completing this lab, you’ll
achieve the knowledge and skills to:
Select a process to migrate server workloads.
Plan how to migrate files by using Storage Migration
Service.