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

Module 1: Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads

• Introducing Windows Server 2016
• Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
• Preparing for upgrades and migrations
• Migrating server roles and workloads
• Windows Server activation models

Module 2: Configuring local storage

• Managing disks in Windows Server 2016
• Managing volumes in Windows Server 2016

Module 3: Implementing enterprise storage solutions

• Overview of direct-attached storage, network-attached storage, and storage area networks
• Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE
• Understanding iSNS, data centre bridging, and MPIO
• Configuring sharing in Windows Server 2016

Module 4: Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

• Implementing Storage Spaces
• Managing Storage Spaces
• Implementing Data Deduplication

Module 5: Installing and configuring Hyper-V and virtual machines

• Overview of Hyper-V
• Installing Hyper-V
• Configuring storage on Hyper-V host servers
• Configuring networking on Hyper-V host servers
• Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines
• Managing Hyper-V virtual machines

Module 6: Deploying and managing Windows Server and Hyper-V containers

• Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016
• Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
• Installing, configuring, and managing containers

Module 7: Overview of high availability and disaster recovery

• Defining levels of availability
• Planning high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines
• Backing up and restoring the Windows Server 2016 operating system and data by using Windows Server B
• High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016

Module 8: Implementing and managing failover clustering

• Planning a failover cluster
• Creating and configuring a new failover cluster
• Maintaining a failover cluster
• Troubleshooting a failover cluster
• Implementing site high availability with stretch clustering

Module 9: Implementing failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines

• Overview of integrating Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 with failover clustering
• Implementing and maintaining Hyper-V virtual machines on failover clusters
• Key features for virtual machines in a clustered environment

Module 10: Implementing Network Load Balancing

• Overview of NLB clusters
• Configuring an NLB cluster
• Planning an NLB implementation

Module 11: Creating and managing deployment images

• Introduction to deployment images
• Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT
• Virtual machine environments for different workloads

Module 12: Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations

• WSUS overview and deployment options
• Update management process with WSUS
• Overview of PowerShell DSC
• Overview of Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools
• Using Performance Monitor
• Monitoring Event Logs

 

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70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016

Module 1: Planning and implementing an IPv4 network

• Planning IPv4 addressing
• Configuring an IPv4 host
• Managing and troubleshooting IPv4 network connectivity

Module 2: Implementing DHCP

• Overview of the DHCP server role
• Deploying DHCP
• Managing and troubleshooting DHCP

Module 3: Implementing IPv6

• Overview of IPv6 addressing
• Configuring an IPv6 host
• Implementing IPv6 and IPv4 coexistence
• Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6

Module 4: Implementing DNS

• Implementing DNS servers
• Configuring zones in DNS
• Configuring name resolution between DNS zones
• Configuring DNS integration with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
• Configuring advanced DNS settings

Module 5: Implementing and managing IPAM

• IPAM overview
• Deploying IPAM
• Managing IP address spaces by using IPAM

Module 6: Remote access in Windows Server 2016

• Remote access overview
• Implementing Web Application Proxy

Module 7: Implementing DirectAccess

• Overview of DirectAccess
• Implementing DirectAccess by using the Getting Started Wizard
• Implementing and managing an advanced DirectAccess infrastructure

Module 8: Implementing VPNs

• Planning VPNs
• Implementing VPNs

Module 9: Implementing networking for branch offices

• Overview of high performance networking features
• Networking features and considerations for branch offices
• Implementing Distributed File System (DFS) for branch offices
• Implementing BranchCache for branch offices

Module 10: Configuring advanced networking feature

• Configuring advanced Hyper-V networking features
• Creating and using Microsoft Hyper-V virtual switches
• Configuring and using the advanced features of a virtual switch

Module 11: Implementing software defined networking

• Overview of software defined networking
• Implementing network virtualization
• Implementing Network Controller

 

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70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016

Module 1: Installing and configuring DCs

• Overview of AD DS
• Overview of AD DS DCs
• Deploying DCs

Module 2: Managing objects in AD DS

• Managing user accounts
• Managing groups in AD DS
• Managing computer accounts
• Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS administration
• Implementing and managing organizational units

Module 3: Advanced AD DS infrastructure management

• Overview of advanced AD DS deployments
• Deploying a distributed AD DS environment
• Configuring AD DS trusts

Module 4: Implementing and administering AD DS sites and replication

• Overview of AD DS replication
• Configuring AD DS sites
• Configuring and monitoring AD DS replication

Module 5: Implementing Group Policy

• Introducing Group Policy
• Implementing and administering GPOs
• Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing
• Troubleshooting the application of GPOs

Module 6: Managing user settings with GPOs

• Implementing administrative templates
• Configuring Folder Redirection and scripts
• Configuring Group Policy preferences

Module 7: Securing AD DS

• Securing domain controllers
• Implementing account security
• Audit authentication
• Configuring managed service accounts (MSAs)

Module 8: Deploying and managing AD CS

• Deploying CAs
• Administering CAs
• Troubleshooting and maintaining CAs

Module 9: Deploying and managing certificates

• Deploying and managing certificate templates
• Managing certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery
• Using certificates in a business environment
• Implementing and managing smart cards

Module 10: Implementing and administering AD FS

• Overview of AD FS
• AD FS requirements and planning
• Deploying and configuring AD FS
• Overview of Web Application Proxy

Module 11: Implementing and administering AD RMS

• Overview of AD RMS
• Deploying and managing an AD RMS infrastructure
• Configuring AD RMS content protection

Module 12: Implementing AD DS synchronization with Azure AD

• Planning and preparing for directory synchronization
• Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
• Managing identities with directory synchronization

Module 13: Monitoring, managing, and recovering AD DS

• Monitoring AD DS
• Managing the AD DS database
• Recovering AD DS objects
  
   

   

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  70-744: Securing Windows Server 2016

  
  Module 1: Breach detection and using the Sysinternals tools
  
  • Overview of breach detection
  • Using the Sysinternals tools to detect breaches
  
  
  Module 2: Protecting credentials and privileged access
  
  • Understanding user rights
  • Computer and service accounts
  • Protecting credentials
  • Understanding privileged-access workstations and jump servers
  • Deploying a local administrator-password solution
  
  
  Module 3: Limiting administrator rights with Just Enough Administration
  
  • Understanding JEA
  • Configuring and deploying JEA
  
  
  Module 4: Privileged Access Management and administrative forests
  
  • Understanding ESAE forests
  • Overview of MIM
  • Implementing JIT and Privileged Access Management by using MIM
  
  
  Module 5: Mitigating malware and threats
  
  • Configuring and managing Windows Defender
  • Using software restricting policies (SRPs) and AppLocker
  • Configuring and using Device Guard
  • Using and deploying the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
  
  
  Module 6: Analysing activity by using advanced auditing and log analytics
  
  • Overview of auditing
  • Understanding advanced auditing
  • Configuring Windows PowerShell auditing and logging
  
  
  Module 7: Analysing activity with Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics feature
  
  • Overview of Advanced Threat Analytics
  • Understanding OMS
  
  
  Module 8: Securing your virtualization an infrastructure
  
  • Overview of Guarded Fabric VMs
  • Understanding shielded and encryption-supported VMs
  
  
  Module 9: Securing application development and server-workload infrastructure
  
  • Using Security Compliance Manager
  • Introduction to Nano Server
  • Understanding containers
  
  
  Module 10: Protecting data with encryption
  
  • Planning and implementing encryption
  • Planning and implementing BitLocker
  
  
  Module 11: Limiting access to file and folders
  
  • Introduction to FSRM
  • Implementing classification management and file-management tasks
  • Understanding Dynamic Access Control (DAC)
  
  
  Module 12: Using firewalls to control network traffic flow
  
  • Understanding Windows Firewall
  • Software-defined distributed firewalls
  
  
  Module 13: Securing network traffic
  
  • Network-related security threats and connection-security rules
  • Configuring advanced DNS settings
  • Examining network traffic with Microsoft Message Analyzer
  • Securing SMB traffic, and analysing SMB traffic
  
  
  Module 14: Updating Windows Server
  
  • Overview of WSUS
  • Deploying updates by using WSUS