MCSA Windows Server 2016 study guide: exam 70-740: installation, storage, and compute with Windows Server 2016

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• Publisher: Sybex
• Year: 2017
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NOTE: As the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve rapidly around the world, Microsoft has announced that it's extending the retirement date of the current MCSA Windows Server 2016 certification until January 31, 2021. Pearson VUE has temporarily closed many of its testing centers worldwide in response to global government regulations to battle the spread of COVID-19. As an alternative to taking your exam at a testing center, online proctoring is available, which allows you to take your certification exam in the comfort of your own home or office. Instead of taking the required exams at a Pearson VUE testing center near you, Pearson VUE will be offering only online proctored exams for the foreseeable future. This means you will have more time to prepare for the current exams:

70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016

70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016

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The vast majority of servers around the world use Windows Server, and the 2016 release includes a host of new features and updates. This study guide has been updated to prepare you for these changes so you can be confident on exam day and beyond.

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✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 9
About the Author......Page 11
Contents at a Glance......Page 13
Contents......Page 15
Table of Exercises......Page 21
Introduction......Page 23
Assessment Test......Page 34
Answers to Assessment Test......Page 38
Chapter 1 Installing Windows Server 2016......Page 43
Features and Advantages of Windows Server 2016......Page 44
Server Roles in Windows Server 2016......Page 48
Migrating Roles and Features to Windows Server 2016......Page 52
Deciding Which Windows Server 2016 Versions to Use......Page 53
Deciding on the Type of Installation......Page 55
NIC Teaming......Page 58
Installing Windows Server 2016......Page 59
Activating and Servicing Windows......Page 73
Key Management Service......Page 74
Automatic Virtual Machine Activation......Page 75
Servicing Windows Server 2016......Page 76
Using Windows Deployment Services......Page 77
WDS Server Requirements......Page 78
Installing the WDS Server Components......Page 79
Understanding Features On Demand......Page 81
Exam Essentials......Page 83
Review Questions......Page 84
Chapter 2 Installing in the Enterprise......Page 87
Understanding Automated Deployment Options......Page 88
An Overview of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 Update 2......Page 89
An Overview of Unattended Installation......Page 97
An Overview of the System Preparation Tool and Disk Imaging......Page 99
Overview of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit......Page 103
Summary of Windows Server 2016 Deployment Options......Page 104
Deploying Unattended Installations......Page 106
Using the System Preparation Tool to Prepare an Installation for Imaging......Page 107
Using Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (Windows ICD) to Create a Disk Image......Page 109
Installing from a Disk Image......Page 111
Using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool......Page 112
Using Windows System Image Manager to Create Answer Files......Page 115
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit......Page 117
Understanding Hyper-V......Page 119
Linux and FreeBSD Image Deployments......Page 120
Summary......Page 121
Exam Essentials......Page 122
Review Questions......Page 123
Chapter 3 Configuring Storage and Replication......Page 127
Understanding File Systems......Page 128
Resilient File System (ReFS)......Page 129
NTFS......Page 130
Initializing Disks......Page 133
Configuring Basic and Dynamic Disks......Page 134
Managing Volumes......Page 136
Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2016......Page 137
Redundant Array of Independent Disks......Page 138
Mount Points......Page 141
Microsoft MPIO......Page 142
Configuring iSCSI Target......Page 144
Internet Storage Name Service......Page 145
Implement Thin Provisioning and Trim......Page 147
Virtual Disk Service......Page 148
Understanding Data Center Bridging......Page 150
Understanding SMB......Page 151
Understanding NTFS......Page 152
Understanding Shared Permissions......Page 154
How NTFS Security and Shared Permissions Work Together......Page 156
Understanding NFS Shares......Page 158
Configuring Disk Quotas......Page 160
Windows PowerShell......Page 162
Using Server Manager......Page 167
Booting from a VHD......Page 168
Understanding Data Deduplication......Page 169
Backup and Restoring Deduplicated Volumes......Page 170
Installing and Enabling Data Deduplication......Page 171
Summary......Page 174
Exam Essentials......Page 175
Review Questions......Page 177
Chapter 4 Understanding Hyper-V......Page 179
What Is Virtualization?......Page 181
Hyper-V Features......Page 182
Hyper-V Architecture......Page 187
Hyper-V Requirements......Page 189
Install the Hyper-V Role......Page 190
Hyper-V in Server Manager......Page 193
Using Hyper-V Manager......Page 194
Configure Hyper-V Settings......Page 195
Manage Virtual Switches......Page 196
Managing Virtual Hard Disks......Page 199
Creating and Managing Virtual Machines......Page 204
Linux and FreeBSD Image Deployments......Page 217
PowerShell Commands......Page 221
Summary......Page 224
Exam Essentials......Page 225
Review Questions......Page 227
Chapter 5 Configuring High Availability......Page 229
Components of High Availability......Page 230
Achieving High Availability......Page 231
High Availability Foundation......Page 232
Understanding Network Load Balancing......Page 233
Installing NLB Nodes......Page 235
Upgrading an NLB Cluster......Page 240
PowerShell Commands for a NLB Cluster......Page 241
Achieving High Availability with Hyper-V......Page 242
Implementing a Hyper-V Replica......Page 243
Understanding Live Migration......Page 247
Implementing Storage Migration......Page 250
PowerShell Commands for Hyper-V High Availability......Page 252
Summary......Page 253
Exam Essentials......Page 254
Review Questions......Page 255
Chapter 6 Understanding Clustering......Page 257
Achieving High Availability with Failover Clustering......Page 258
Failover Clustering Requirements......Page 260
Workgroup and Multi-domain clusters......Page 261
Cluster Quorum......Page 262
Validating a Cluster Configuration......Page 265
Creating a Cluster......Page 270
Clustered Application Settings......Page 273
Resource Properties......Page 275
Windows Server 2016 Clustering Features......Page 278
PowerShell Commands for Clustering......Page 281
Implementing Storage Spaces Direct......Page 283
Deployment options......Page 285
Requirements to Set Up Storage Spaces Direct......Page 286
Storage Spaces Direct using Windows PowerShell......Page 287
Exam Essentials......Page 289
Review Questions......Page 290
Chapter 7 Configuring Windows Containers......Page 293
Understanding Windows Containers......Page 294
Install and Configure Server Containers......Page 295
Install and Configure Windows Containers......Page 302
Uninstall an Operating System Image......Page 307
Creating New Images Using Dockerfile......Page 308
Understanding Hyper-V Containers......Page 310
Managing Container Networking......Page 311
Using Docker Hub Repository......Page 312
Using PowerShell for Containers......Page 313
Summary......Page 315
Exam Essentials......Page 316
Review Questions......Page 317
Chapter 8 Maintaining Windows Server......Page 319
Configuring Windows Server Updates......Page 320
Windows Update......Page 321
Using Windows Server Update Services......Page 324
Understanding Backups......Page 339
Overview of the Windows Server 2016 Backup Utility......Page 340
Setting Up an Active Directory Backup......Page 345
Restoring Active Directory......Page 348
Active Directory Recycle Bin......Page 350
Understanding the ntdsutil Utility......Page 351
Wbadmin Command-Line Utility......Page 352
Backing Up Virtual Machines......Page 353
PowerShell Commands......Page 354
Summary......Page 356
Exam Essentials......Page 357
Review Questions......Page 358
Chapter 9 Understanding Monitoring......Page 361
Overview of Windows Server 2016 Performance Monitoring......Page 363
Introducing Performance Monitor......Page 365
Using Other Monitoring Tools......Page 374
Summary......Page 389
Exam Essentials......Page 390
Review Questions......Page 391
Appendix Answers to the Review Questions......Page 393
Chapter 2: Installing in the Enterprise......Page 394
Chapter 3: Configuring Storage and Replication......Page 395
Chapter 4: Understanding Hyper-V......Page 396
Chapter 5: Configuring High Availability......Page 397
Chapter 6: Understanding Clustering......Page 398
Chapter 8: Maintaining Windows Server......Page 399
Chapter 9: Understanding Monitoring......Page 400
Index......Page 403
Advert......Page 426
EULA......Page 427