Technologies / Infrastructure

Storage and High Availability with Windows Server

Storage and High Availability with Windows Server course - learn to manage data storage and ensure high service availability with Windows Server to increase IT infrastructure reliability and performance.

Required Participant Preparation

Before starting the course, students must have:

Knowledge and experience in day-to-day work with Windows Server systems in an Enterprise environment.
Familiarity and experience with basic local storage concepts and technologies such as disk, volumes, and file systems.
Experience working with Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 (beneficial but not required).

Benefits

Manage and secure disks and volumes in Windows Server.
Describe storage technologies and components in Windows Server.
Deploy and manage storage spaces and data deduplication.
Describe high availability and disaster recovery with Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) and high availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2012.
Plan and deploy a failover cluster.
Describe server role management and clustering resources.
Deploy and manage virtual machines with Hyper-V with failover clustering.
Describe how to use Virtual Machine Manager to manage storage infrastructure.
Describe cloud storage and high availability solutions.
Plan and deploy an NLB cluster.

Who is this training for?

IT professionals with real-world experience working in an enterprise environment who deal with storage management and high availability and their delivery, and who want to gain knowledge and training in the latest technologies in these 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 evaluate the latest storage and storage technologies available in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

IT professionals working in small and medium-sized businesses who manage storage and high availability requirements in their organization.

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

Training program

This module introduces various storage hardware and communication technologies.
It discusses changes in storage options and new technologies, including virtualization.
This module also discusses enterprise storage hardware solutions such as storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS), direct-attached storage (DAS), redundant array of independent disks (RAID), bus technologies, storage controllers, communication protocols, and data protection.
Lessons
Changes to disk and file systems in Windows Server 2012
Server storage topology
Bus technologies and protocols
Configuring sharing in Windows Server
Securing volumes and disks
Lab: Planning and configuring storage technologies and components
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe changes in storage technologies.
Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), storage area network (SAN), and redundant array of independent disks (RAID).
Understand and configure bus technologies and protocols.
Describe Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) storage protocols.
Explain how to implement data protection using Encrypting File System (EFS), Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and BitLocker Drive Encryption.

This module discusses how to manage, maintain, and recover storage spaces, how to configure storage pools and virtual hard disks, and how to implement data deduplication, a feature for finding and removing duplicate data while maintaining data integrity.
Lessons
Implementing Storage Spaces
Maintaining Storage Spaces
Implementing Data Deduplication
Lab: Implementing Storage Spaces Lab: Implementing Data Deduplication
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe and implement the Storage Spaces feature in the context of enterprise storage needs.
Manage and maintain Storage Spaces.
Describe and implement Data Deduplication.

In this module, students will learn about high availability and disaster recovery with Hyper-V virtual machines and how to implement high availability in virtual environments using failover clustering in Windows Server 2012.
Lessons
Understanding High Availability
High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions with Hyper-V Virtual Machines
High Availability with Clustering in Windows Server 2012
Lab: Planning and Configuring High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Understand and describe high availability.
Describe high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012.
Describe high availability with clustering in Windows Server 2012.

In this module, students will learn how to plan failover cluster implementation and how to create and configure new failover clusters.
Lessons
Planning Failover Cluster
Creating a New Failover Cluster
Lab: Creating and Administering a Cluster
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan a failover cluster.
Create, configure, and manage a failover cluster.

This module describes how to configure roles and services for high availability in a failover cluster.
Students will learn how to configure, manage, maintain, and troubleshoot failover clusters, and how to implement site high availability using multi-site failover clustering.
Lessons
Configuring Highly Available Applications and Services in a Failover Cluster
Managing and Maintaining a Failover Cluster
Troubleshooting a Failover Cluster
Implementing Site High Availability with Multi-Site Failover Clusters
Lab: Implementing Server Roles and Clustering Resources
Lab: Managing Server Roles and Clustering Resources
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Configure highly available applications and services in failover clusters.
Manage and maintain failover clusters.
Troubleshoot failover clusters.
Implement multi-site failover clusters.

In this module, students will learn how to implement failover clustering in a Hyper-V scenario to achieve high availability for a virtual environment.
Lessons
Overview of Hyper-V Integration with Failover Clustering
Implementing Hyper-V with Failover Clustering
Virtual Machine Storage Options
Managing and Maintaining Hyper-V Virtual Machines in Failover Clusters
Lab: Implementing Failover Clustering Using Hyper-V
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe how the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V role integrates with the Windows Server 2012 failover clustering feature.
Implement Hyper-V virtual machines in failover clusters.
Describe different virtual machine storage options.
Manage and maintain Hyper-V virtual machines in failover clusters.

This module provides an overview of System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager, which is one of Microsoft's virtualization technologies, and explains how students can use it to manage both virtualization and traditional storage infrastructures.
Lessons
Overview of Virtual Machine Manager
Managing Storage Infrastructure with Virtual Machine Manager
Provisioning Failover Clustering in Virtual Machine Manager
Lab: Managing Storage Infrastructure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Navigate in Virtual Machine Manager.
Manage storage infrastructure with Virtual Machine Manager.
Provision Scale-Out File Server cluster with Virtual Machine Manager.

This module discusses cloud storage and high availability solutions, including Azure, StorSimple, and disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery.
Lessons
Azure Storage Solutions and Infrastructure
Integrated Cloud Storage with StorSimple
Disaster Recovery with Azure Site Recovery
Lab: Managing Cloud Storage and High Availability
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe Microsoft Azure Storage solutions and infrastructure.
Describe cloud-integrated storage with Azure StorSimple.
Describe disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery.

This module introduces students to network load balancing (NLB) and how this technology works.
This module also covers situations where NLB is appropriate, how to configure and manage NLB clusters, how to perform maintenance tasks on NLB clusters, and how load balancing works in Virtual Machine Manager and Microsoft Azure.
Lessons
Overview of NLB
Configuring an NLB Cluster
Planning an NLB Implementation
Lab: Implementing Network Load Balancing Clusters
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe NLB.
Configure an NLB cluster.
Plan an NLB implementation.

Delivery Methods

Online

Convenience of participating from anywhere
Interactive live sessions with trainer
Materials available for 30 days
No travel costs

On-site

Direct contact with trainer and group
Intensive hands-on workshops
Networking with other participants
Full focus on learning

Frequently asked questions

What are the prerequisites for this training?

The Storage and High Availability with Windows Server training does not require specialized prior knowledge. Basic IT knowledge is sufficient.

What is the format and duration of this training?

The training lasts 4 days and is available in online and on-site format. Sessions run from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We can also customize the schedule to fit your team's needs.

Who is this training designed for?

This training is designed for: IT professionals with real-world experience working in an enterprise environment who deal with storage management and high availability and their delivery, and who want to gain knowledge and training in the latest technologies in these 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 evaluate the latest storage and storage technologies available in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.; IT professionals working in small and medium-sized businesses who manage storage and high availability requirements in their organization..