Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to server virtualization

  • Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
  • Introducing the software-defined datacenter
  • Extending virtualization to the cloud

Module 2: 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

Module 3: Installing and configuring Virtual Machine Manager

  • Overview of Virtual Machine Manager
  • Installing Virtual Machine Manager
  • Adding hosts and managing host groups

Module 4: Managing storage fabric and fabric updates

  • Overview of server virtualization storage technologies
  • Managing storage fabric
  • Managing fabric updates

Module 5: Configuring and managing the Virtual Machine Manager library and library objects

  • Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager library
  • Preparing Windows for deployment in Virtual Machine Manager
  • Working with profiles
  • Working with VM templates

Module 6: Managing the networking fabric

  • Networking concepts in Virtual Machine Manager
  • Managing Software Defined Networking
  • Understanding network function virtualization

Module 7: Creating and managing virtual machines by using Virtual Machine Manager

  • VM management tasks
  • Creating, cloning, and converting VMs

Module 8: Managing clouds in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager

  • Introduction to clouds
  • Creating and managing a cloud
  • Creating user roles in Virtual Machine Manager

Module 9: Managing services in Virtual Machine Manager

  • Overview of services in Virtual Machine Manager
  • Creating and managing services in Virtual Machine Manager

Module 10: 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 Virtual Machine Manager and Data Protection Manager

Module 11: Implementing and managing Hyper-V Replica and Azure Site Recovery

  • Implementing and managing Hyper-V Replica
  • Implementing and managing Azure Site Recovery

Module 12: Protecting a virtualization infrastructure by using Data Protection Manager

  • Overview of backup and restore options for VMs
  • Configuring and managing Data Protection Manager for virtualization infrastructure protection

Requirements

  • An understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts
  • An understanding of different storage technologies and concepts
  • Familiarity with different types of virtualizations
  • Familiarity with Windows Server and Windows Server administration
  • An understanding of Windows PowerShell
  • Students should have the ability to work in a team/virtual team and possess good documentation and communication skills.

    Students who attend this training can meet the prerequisites by attending the following courses, or obtaining equivalent knowledge and skills:

  • 20740 - Storage & Compute with Windows Server 2016
  • 20741 - Networking with Windows Server 2016

Audience

This course is intended for IT professionals and administrators who are responsible for designing, implementing, and managing virtualization infrastructure in a software-defined datacenter by using System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager. The main focus of this course is on managing Hyper-V virtualization infrastructure in Windows Server 2016, although the course also covers other virtualization platforms that can be managed by using Virtual Machine Manager 2016.

This course is also intended for IT decision makers who want to determine which virtualization product to implement in their software-defined datacenters and who want to become familiar with the System Center 2016 solution for managing virtualization infrastructure.

Job role: Administrator
Preparation for exam: 70-745

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