Exam Ref 70-743 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016, First Edition

Exam Ref 70-743 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016, First Edition

by Charles Pluta
Released December 2016
Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
ISBN: 9780735697652

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Book description

About the Book: Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-743—and demonstrate that your skills are upgraded for Windows Server 2016. Designed for experienced IT pros ready to advance their status, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level. Focus on the skills measured on the exam:

  • Install Windows servers in host and compute environments

  • Implement storage solutions

  • Implement Hyper-V

  • Implement Windows containers

  • Implement high availability

  • Implement Domain Name System (DNS)

  • Implement IP Address Management (IPAM)

  • Implement network connectivity and remote access solutions

  • Implement an advanced network infrastructure

  • Install and configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

  • Implement identity federation and access solutions

    • This Microsoft Exam Ref:

  • Organizes its coverage by the “Skills measured” posted on the exam webpage

  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

  • Points to in-depth material by topic for exam candidates needing additional review

  • Assumes you are an IT pro looking to validate your skills in and knowledge of installing and configuring Windows Server 2016

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    Table of contents

    1. Cover
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright Page
    4. Contents at a glance
    5. Contents
    6. Introduction
      1. Organization of this book
      2. Microsoft certifications
      3. Acknowledgments
      4. Free ebooks from Microsoft Press
      5. Microsoft Virtual Academy
      6. Quick access to online references
      7. Errata, updates, & book support
      8. We want to hear from you
      9. Stay in touch
      10. Important: How to use this book to study for the exam
    7. Chapter 1. Install Windows Servers in host and compute environments
      1. Skill 1.1: Install, upgrade, and migrate servers and workloads
        1. Determine Windows Server 2016 installation requirements
        2. Determine appropriate Windows Server 2016 editions per workload
        3. Install Windows Server 2016
        4. Install Windows Server 2016 features and roles
        5. Install and configure Windows Server Core
        6. Manage Windows Server Core installations using Windows PowerShell, command line, and remote management capabilities
        7. Implement Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration to install and maintain integrity of installed environments
        8. Perform upgrades and migrations of servers and core workloads from Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2016
        9. Determine the appropriate activation model for server installation, such as Automatic Virtual Machine Activation, Key Management Service, and Active Directory-based Activation
      2. Skill 1.2: Install and configure Nano Server
        1. Determine appropriate usage scenarios and requirements for Nano Server
        2. Install Nano Server
        3. Implement roles and features on Nano Server
        4. Manage and configure Nano Server
      3. Skill 1.3: Create, manage, and maintain images for deployment
        1. Plan for Windows Server virtualization
        2. Plan for Linux and FreeBSD deployments
        3. Assess virtualization workloads using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, determine considerations for deploying workloads into virtualized environments
        4. Manage and maintain Windows Server Core, Nano Server images, and VHDs using Windows PowerShell, update images with patches, hotfixes, and drivers and install roles and features in offline images
      4. Chapter summary
      5. Thought Experiment
      6. Thought Experiment Answer
    8. Chapter 2. Implement storage solutions
      1. Skill 2.1: Implement server storage
        1. Configure storage pools
        2. Implement simple, mirror, and parity storage layout options for disks or enclosures
        3. Expand storage pools
        4. Configure tiered storage
        5. Configure iSCSI target and initiator
        6. Configure Datacenter Bridging
        7. Configure Multi-Path IO (MPIO)
        8. Determine usage scenarios for Storage Replica
        9. Implement Storage Replica for server-to-server, cluster-to-cluster, and stretch cluster scenarios
      2. Skill 2.2: Implement data deduplication
        1. Implement and configure deduplication
        2. Determine appropriate usage scenarios for deduplication
        3. Monitor deduplication
        4. Implement a backup and restore solution with deduplication
      3. Chapter summary
      4. Thought Experiment
      5. Thought Experiment Answers
    9. Chapter 3. Implement Hyper-V
      1. Skill 3.1: Install and configure Hyper-V
        1. Determine hardware and compatibility requirements for installing Hyper-V
        2. Install Hyper-V
        3. Install management tools
        4. Upgrade from existing versions of Hyper-V
        5. Delegate virtual machine management
        6. Perform remote management of Hyper-V hosts
        7. Configure virtual machines using Windows PowerShell Direct
        8. Implement nested virtualization
      2. Skill 3.2: Configure virtual machine settings
        1. Add or remove memory in running a VM
        2. Configure dynamic memory
        3. Configure Non-Uniform Memory Access support
        4. Configure smart paging
        5. Configure Resource Metering
        6. Manage Integration Services
        7. Create and configure Generation 1 and 2 VMs and determine appropriate usage scenarios
        8. Implement enhanced session mode
        9. Create Linux and FreeBSD VMs, install and configure Linux Integration Services, and install and configure FreeBSD Integration Services
        10. Implement Secure Boot for Windows and Linux environments
        11. Move and convert VMs from previous versions of Hyper-V to Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
        12. Export and import VMs
        13. Implement Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)
      3. Skill 3.3: Configure Hyper-V storage
        1. Create VHDs and VHDX files using Hyper-V Manager
        2. Create shared VHDX files
        3. Configure differencing disks
        4. Configure pass-through disks
        5. Resize a virtual hard disk
        6. Manage checkpoints
        7. Implement production checkpoints
        8. Implement a virtual Fibre Channel adapter
        9. Configure storage Quality of Service (QoS)
      4. Skill 3.4: Configure Hyper-V networking
        1. Add and remove virtual network interface cards, configuring network adapters, configuring virtual machine queue, and configuring bandwidth management
        2. Configure Hyper-V virtual switches and configure network isolation
        3. Optimize network performance
        4. Configure MAC addresses
        5. Configure NIC teaming in VMs
        6. Enable Remote Direct Memory Access on network adapters bound to a Hyper-V virtual switch using Switch Embedded Teaming
      5. Chapter summary
      6. Thought Experiment
      7. Thought Experiment Answers
    10. Chapter 4. Implement Windows Containers
      1. Skill 4.1: Deploy Windows Containers
        1. Determine installation requirements and appropriate scenarios for Windows Containers
        2. Install and configure containers
        3. Install Docker on Windows Server and Nano Server
        4. Configure Docker daemon start-up options
        5. Install a base operating system
        6. Tag an image
        7. Uninstall an operating system image
        8. Create Windows Server containers
        9. Create Hyper-V containers
      2. Skill 4.2: Manage Windows Containers
        1. Manage Windows or Linux containers using the Docker daemon
        2. Manage Windows or Linux containers using Windows PowerShell
        3. Manage container networking
        4. Manage container data volumes
        5. Manage resource control
        6. Create new container images using Dockerfile
        7. Manage container images using Docker Hub repository for public and private scenarios
        8. Manage container images using Microsoft Azure
      3. Chapter summary
      4. Thought Experiment
      5. Thought Experiment Answers
    11. Chapter 5. Implement high availability
      1. Skill 5.1: Implement high availability and disaster recovery options in Hyper-V
        1. Implement Hyper-V replica
        2. Implement Live Migration
        3. Implement shared nothing Live Migration
        4. Configure CredSSP or Kerberos authentication protocol for Live Migration
        5. Implement storage migration
      2. Skill 5.2: Implement failover clustering
        1. Implement workgroup, single, and multi-domain clusters
        2. Configure quorum and configure cloud witness
        3. Configure cluster networking
        4. Restore single node or cluster configuration
        5. Configure cluster storage and implement a Clustered Storage Spaces solution using Shared SAS storage enclosures
        6. Implement Cluster-Aware Updating
        7. Implement Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade
        8. Configure and optimize clustered shared volumes (CSVs)
        9. Configure clusters without network names
        10. Implement Scale-Out File Server (SoFS)
        11. Determine different scenarios for the use of SoFS vs. clustered File Server
        12. Determine usage scenarios for implementing guest clustering
        13. Implement Storage Replica
        14. Implement VM resiliency
        15. Implement shared VHDX as a storage solution for guest clusters
      3. Skill 5.3: Implement Storage Spaces Direct
        1. Determine scenario requirements for implementing Storage Spaces Direct
        2. Enable Storage Spaces Direct using Windows PowerShell
        3. Implement a disaggregated Storage Spaces Direct scenario in a cluster
        4. Implement a hyper-converged Storage Spaces Direct scenario in a cluster
      4. Skill 5.4: Manage failover clustering
        1. Configure role-specific settings, including continuously available shares
        2. Configure VM monitoring
        3. Configure failover and preference settings
        4. Implement stretch and site-aware failover clusters
        5. Enable and configure node fairness
      5. Skill 5.5: Manage VM movement in clustered nodes
        1. Perform live migration
        2. Perform quick migration
        3. Perform storage migration
        4. Import, export, and copy VMs
        5. Configure VM network health protection
        6. Configure drain on shutdown
      6. Chapter summary
      7. Thought Experiment
      8. Thought Experiment Answers
    12. Chapter 6. Implement DNS
      1. Implement and configure DNS servers
        1. Determine DNS installation requirements
        2. Determine supported DNS deployment scenarios on Nano Server
        3. Install DNS
        4. Configure forwarders
        5. Configure root hints
        6. Configure delegation
        7. Implement DNS policies
        8. Configure Domain Name System Security Extensions
        9. Configure DNS socket pool
        10. Configure cache locking
        11. Enable Response Rate Limiting (RRL)
        12. Configure DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities
        13. Configure DNS logging
        14. Configure delegated administration
        15. Configure recursion settings
        16. Implement DNS performance tuning
        17. Configure global settings using Windows PowerShell
      2. Chapter summary
      3. Thought Experiment
      4. Thought Experiment Answers
    13. Chapter 7. Implement IP Address Management
      1. Skill 7.1: Install and configure IPAM
        1. Provision IPAM manually or by using Group Policy
        2. Configure server discovery
        3. Create and manage IP blocks and ranges
        4. Monitor utilization of IP address space
        5. Migrate existing workloads to IPAM
        6. Configure IPAM database storage using SQL Server
        7. Determine scenarios for using IPAM with System Center Virtual Machine Manager for physical and virtual IP address space management
      2. Skill 7.2: Manage DNS and DHCP using IPAM
        1. Manage DHCP server properties using IPAM
        2. Configure DHCP scopes and options
        3. Configure DHCP policies and failover
        4. Manage DNS server properties using IPAM
        5. Manage DNS zones and records
        6. Manage DNS and DHCP servers in multiple Active Directory forests
        7. Delegate administration for DNS and DHCP using Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
      3. Chapter summary
      4. Thought Experiment
      5. Thought Experiment Answers
    14. Chapter 8. Implement network connectivity and remote access solutions
      1. Implement Virtual Private Network and DirectAccess solutions
        1. Implement remote access and site-to-site VPN solutions using Remote Access Gateway
        2. Configure different VPN protocol options
        3. Configure authentication options
        4. Configure VPN reconnect
        5. Create and configure connection profiles
        6. Determine when to use remote access VPN and site-to-site VPN and configure appropriate protocols
        7. Install and configure DirectAccess
        8. Implement server requirements
        9. Implement client configuration
        10. Troubleshoot DirectAccess
      2. Chapter summary
      3. Thought Experiment
      4. Thought Experiment Answers
    15. Chapter 9. Implement an advanced network infrastructure
      1. Skill 9.1: Implement high performance network solutions
        1. Implement NIC Teaming or the Switch Embedded Teaming solution and identify when to use each
        2. Enable and configure Receive Side Scaling and enable and configure virtual Receive Side Scaling on a Virtual Machine Queue capable network adapter
        3. Enable and configure network Quality of Service with Data Center Bridging
        4. Enable and configure SMB Direct on Remote Direct Memory Access enabled network adapters
        5. Enable and configure SMB Multichannel
        6. Enable and configure Virtual Machine Multi-Queue
        7. Enable and configure Single-Root I/O Virtualization on a supported network adapter
      2. Skill 9.2: Determine scenarios and requirements for implementing Software Defined Networking
        1. Determine deployment scenarios and network requirements for deploying SDN
        2. Determine requirements and scenarios for implementing Hyper-V Network Virtualization using Network Virtualization Generic Route Encapsulation encapsulation or Virtual Extensible LAN encapsulation
        3. Determine scenarios for implementation of Software Load Balancer for North-South and East-West load balancing
        4. Determine implementation scenarios for various types of Windows Server Gateways, including L3, GRE, and S2S, and their uses
        5. Determine requirements and scenarios for distributed firewall policies and network security groups
      3. Chapter summary
      4. Thought Experiment
      5. Thought Experiment Answers
    16. Chapter 10. Install and configure Active Directory Domain Services
      1. Skill 10.1: Install and configure domain controllers
        1. Install a new forest
        2. Add or remove a domain controller from a domain
        3. Upgrade a domain controller
        4. Install AD DS on a Server Core installation
        5. Install a domain controller from Install from Media
        6. Resolve DNS SRV record registration issues
        7. Configure a global catalog server
        8. Transfer and seize operations master roles
        9. Install and configure a read-only domain controller
        10. Configure domain controller cloning
      2. Chapter summary
      3. Thought experiment: Upgrading the forest
      4. Thought experiment answers
    17. Chapter 11. Implement identity federation and access solutions
      1. Skill 11.1: Install and configure Active Directory Federation Services
        1. Upgrade and migrate previous AD FS workloads to Windows Server 2016
        2. Implement claims-based authentication, including Relying Party Trusts
        3. Configure authentication policies
        4. Configure multi-factor authentication
        5. Implement and configure device registration
        6. Integrate AD FS with Windows Hello for Business
        7. Configure for use with Microsoft Azure and Office 365
        8. Configure AD FS to enable authentication of users stored in LDAP directories
      2. Skill 11.2: Implement Web Application Proxy
        1. Install and configure WAP
        2. Implement WAP in pass-through mode
        3. Implement and integrate WAP as AD FS proxy
        4. Configure AD FS requirements
        5. Publish web apps via WAP
        6. Publish Remote Desktop Gateway applications
        7. Configure HTTP to HTTPS redirects
        8. Configure internal and external Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs)
      3. Chapter summary
      4. Thought Experiment
      5. Thought Experiment Answers
    18. Index
    19. About the author
    20. Code Snippets

    Product information

    • Title: Exam Ref 70-743 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016, First Edition
    • Author(s): Charles Pluta
    • Release date: December 2016
    • Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
    • ISBN: 9780735697652