Configuring and Administering Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012

Course details

Students will learn the history of Virtualization as it pertains to Microsoft technologies. Students will learn the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012.

Course Outline

1 - Planning for Virtualization

• Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
• Assessment of Virtualization Candidates
• Planning for Virtualization
• Lab 1: Assessing the Environment for Virtualization

2 - Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V

• Implementing Hyper-V
• Managing Virtual Machine Storage
• Managing Virtual Networks
• Lab 1: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role

3 - Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines

• Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks
• Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
• Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots
• Virtual Machine Import
• Lab 1: Creating Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines

4 - Configure Networking in Hyper-V

• Advanced features of Virtual Network Adapters
• Hyper-V Network Virtualization
• Hyper-V Extensible Switch
• Lab 1: Configuring Network Settings

5 - Scale-up Virtual Machines

• Overview of Scale-up options in Windows Server 2012
• Non-uniform memory access (NUMA)
• Hyper-v Scale Comparison
• Lab 1: Configuring NUMA

6 - Hyper-V Replica and Disaster Recovery

• Overview of Hyper-V Replica
• Configuring Hyper-V Replica
• Hyper-V Replica Failover Operations
• Hyper-V Backup
• Lab 1: Configuring Hyper-V Replica and Backups

7 - Hyper-V Migration

• Live Migration Overview
• Storage Migration Overview
• Live Migration Security
• Live Migration using SMB
• Lab 1: Implementing Migration in Hyper-V

Target Audience: This course is intended for Network Administrators who are responsible for virtualization in their environment specifically Hyper-V.