This course examines the services and features of Microsoft Windows Server versions from 2019 to 2025, including lessons and lab exercises about key attributes you might need on the job. It’s a comprehensive guide to key areas of administrating contemporary Windows Server editions, and it’s designed for IT professionals seeking one course in which they can learn all Windows Server knowledge and skills with respect to configuring, using, and maintaining it.
The course begins with an overview of administration techniques and continues with topics about identity services, networking, virtualization, high availability, and disaster recovery. This is a comprehensive course that has extensive content and labs, and you’ll find it helpful for exam preparation and as a guide for administering a Windows Server environment.
Benefits
- Describe Windows Server 2025, its versions, requirements, and deployment techniques.
- Describe the concepts and main tools for administering Windows Server.
- Deploy domain controllers (DCs) and use the Group Policy mechanism to manage the AD DS environment.
- Describe the core networking services in Windows Server, including DHCP, DNS, and IP Address Management (IPAM).
- Explain data deduplication, sharing, iSCSI, and Distributed File System (DFS) services.
- Describe Hyper-V, options to help secure a virtualization environment, containers, and Kubernetes.
- Explain the high availability in Windows Server and the Failover Clustering feature.
- Describe the technologies to implement disaster recovery in a Windows Server environment.
- Explain the security technologies that address various critical components in a Windows Server environment.
- Describe RDS in Windows Server and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementations.
- Describe remote-access technologies for Windows Server and Internet Information Services (IIS) deployment and usage.
- List the monitoring tools and technologies available in Windows Server.
- List the available tools in Windows Server for upgrading and migrating servers, and describe AD DS migration and the upgrade process.
Outline
Module 1 Overview of Windows Server 2025
This module provides an overview of Windows Server 2025 and describes its versions and deployment techniques.
Module 2 Windows Server administration
This module details administration tools for Windows Server. You’ll learn how to select the appropriate administration tool and use it effectively and securely.
Module 3 Windows Server identity and management services
This module covers identity roles in Windows Server. It also discusses the main management mechanisms of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), in addition to Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and the cloud-based identity service Microsoft Entra ID (Entra ID). In this module, you’ll learn how to deploy domain controllers (DCs) and use the Group Policy mechanism to manage the AD DS environment.
Module 4 Network infrastructure services in Windows Server
This module details the core networking services in Windows Server, including DHCP, DNS, and IP Address Management (IPAM).
Module 5 File servers and storage management in Windows Server
This module details services that deal with file systems, volumes, and storage. Students will also learn about data deduplication, sharing, iSCSI, and Distributed File System (DFS) services.
Module 6 Hyper-V virtualization and containers in Windows Server
In this module, students learn about virtualization services in Windows Server. The module details Hyper-V, options to help secure a virtualization environment, containers, and Kubernetes.
Module 7 High availability in Windows Server
This module details high availability in Windows Server and primarily focuses on the Failover Clustering feature.
Module 8 Disaster recovery in Windows Server
This module details technologies to implement disaster recovery in a Windows Server environment.
Module 10 RDS in Windows Server
This module details RDS in Windows Server and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementations.
Module 11 Remote access and web services in Windows Server
In this module, students learn about remote-access technologies for Windows Server and Internet Information Services (IIS) deployment and usage.
Module 12 Server and performance monitoring in Windows Server
This module details the monitoring tools and technologies available in Windows Server.
Module 13 Upgrade and migration in Windows Server (optional)
This module details the available tools in Windows Server for upgrading and migrating servers, and explains AD DS migration and the upgrade process.
Required Prerequisites
- Some exposure to, and experience with, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) concepts and technologies in Windows Server 2019 and newer.
- Experience working with, and configuring, Windows Server 2019 and newer.
- Experience with, and an understanding of, core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
- Experience working with, and an understanding of, Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server-virtualization concepts.
- An awareness of basic security best practices.
- Experience working directly with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 and newer.
- Basic experience with Windows PowerShell.
- Basic experience with Microsoft Azure platform.
Windows Server 2025 Administration
