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