Introduction to server virtualization
- Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
- Introduction to the software-defined datacenter
- Extending virtualization to the cloud
Overview of Hyper-V virtualization
- Installing and configuring the Hyper-V role
- Creating and managing virtual hard disks and virtual machines
- Creating and using Hyper-V virtual switches
- Implementing failover clustering with Hyper-V
Installing and configuring System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager
- Overview of System Center 2016 VMM
- Installing System Center 2016 VMM
- Adding hosts and managing host groups
Managing storage fabric and fabric updates
- Overview of server virtualization storage technologies
- Managing storage fabric
- Managing fabric updates
Configuring and managing the Virtual Machine Manager library and library objects
- Overview of the VMM library
- Preparing Windows for deployment in VMM
- Working with profiles
- Working with virtual machine templates
Managing the networking fabric
- Networking concepts in VMM
- Managing Software-Defined Networking
- Understanding network function virtualization
Creating and managing virtual machines by using Virtual Machine Manager
- Virtual machine management tasks
- Creating, cloning, and converting virtual machines
Managing clouds in System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager
- Introduction to clouds
- Creating and managing a cloud
- Creating user roles in VMM
Managing services in Virtual Machine Manager
- Overview of services in VMM
- Creating and managing services in VMM
Monitoring a virtualization infrastructure by using System Center Operations Manager
- Operations Manager architecture and security
- Using Operations Manager for monitoring and reporting
- Integrating Operations Manager with VMM and DPM
Implementing and managing Hyper-V Replica and Azure Site Recovery
- Implementing and managing Hyper-V Replica
- Implementing and managing Azure Site Recovery
Protecting a virtualization infrastructure by using Data Protection Manager
- Overview of backup and restore options for virtual machines
- Configuring and managing DPM for virtualization infrastructure protection
Monitoring, managing, and recovering AD DS
- Monitoring AD DS
- Managing the AD DS database
- Recovering AD DS objects