Storage and High Availability with Windows Server ®

Course details

In this course, you will learn about traditional storage topologies such as Direct Attached Storage (DAS), Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Networks (SANs), and bus technologies such as Fibre Channel and Internet SCSI (iSCSI).

Course Outline

1 - Disks and Volumes with Windows Server

• Managing Disks in Windows Server
• Managing Volumes in Windows Server
• Securing Volumes and Drives
• Lab : Managing Disks and Volumes in Windows Server 2012

2 - Fundamental Storage Technologies and Components

• Storage Topology Options
• Configuring Bus Technologies in Windows Server
• Configuring Sharing in Windows Server
• Lab : Planning and Configuring Storage Technologies and Components

3 - Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

• Implementing Storage Spaces
• Maintaining Storage Spaces
• Implementing Data Deduplication
• Lab : Implementing Storage Spaces
• Lab : Implementing Data Deduplication

4 - High Availability in Windows Server

• Defining Levels of Availability
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions with Hyper-V Virtual Machines
• High Availability with Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2012
• Lab : Planning and Configuring High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions

5 - Implementing Failover Clustering

• Planning a Failover Cluster
• Creating a New Failover Cluster
• Lab : Creating and Administering a Cluster

6 - Managing Server Roles and Clustering Resources

• Configuring High Availability Applications and Services on a Failover Cluster
• Managing and Maintaining a Failover Cluster
• Troubleshooting a Failover Cluster
• Implementing Site High Availability with Multi-site Failover Clustering
• Lab : Managing Server Roles and Clustering Resources

7 - Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V

• Overview of Integrating Hyper-V with Failover Clustering
• Implementing Hyper-V with Failover Clustering
• Managing and Maintaining Hyper-V Virtual Machines on Failover Clusters
• Lab : Implementing Failover Clustering by Using Hyper-V

8 - Storage Infrastructure Management with Virtual Machine Manager

• Overview of Virtual Machine Manager
• Managing Storage Infrastructure with Virtual Machine Manager
• Provisioning Failover Cluster in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
• Lab : Storage Infrastructure Management with Virtual Machine Manager

9 - Cloud Based Storage and High Availability

• Microsoft Azure Storage Solutions and Infrastructure
• Cloud Integrated Storage with StorSimple
• Disaster Recovery with Hyper-V Recovery Manager
• Lab : Cloud Based Storage and High Availability

10 - Implementing Network Load Balancing Clusters

• Overview of NLB
• Configuring an NLB Cluster
• Planning an NLB Implementation
• Lab : Implementing a Network Load Balancing Cluster

Target Audience: This course is intended for experienced IT Professionals who have the following experience and background:

IT professionals with real-world experience who work in an enterprise environment and who are involved in storage and high availability management and provisioning, and who are looking to gain knowledge and training on the latest technologies in those areas in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

IT professionals with real-world experience who work in a Windows Server 2008 environment and want to assess the latest storage and technologies that are available in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

IT Professionals who work in small-to-medium enterprises who manage storage and high availability requirements for their organization.

IT professionals who have skills in other areas, such as general system administration, who are looking for knowledge and skills for career development in Windows Server storage and high availability.