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Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016: Microsoft 70-740 MCSA Exam Guide

By : Sasha Kranjac, Vladimir Stefanovic
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Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016: Microsoft 70-740 MCSA Exam Guide

By: Sasha Kranjac, Vladimir Stefanovic

Overview of this book

MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification is one of the most sought-after certifications for IT professionals, which includes working with Windows Server and performing administrative tasks around it. This book is aimed at the 70-740 certification and is part of Packt's three-book series on MCSA Windows Server 2016 certification, which covers Exam 70-740, Exam 70-741, and Exam 70-742. This book will cover exam objectives for the 70-740 exam, and starting from installing and configuring Windows Server 2016, Windows Server imaging and deployment to configuring and managing disks and volumes, implementing and configuring server storage and implementing Hyper-V. At the end of each chapter you will be provided test questions to revise your learnings which will boost your confidence in preparing for the actual certifications. By the end of this book, you will learn everything needed to pass the, MCSA Exam 70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016, certification.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about the requirements for and installation methods of various different Windows Server 2016 editions. We then learned to how install Windows Server 2016 features and roles using Server Manager and Windows PowerShell. Next, we explored the install and configure of Windows Server Core and learned how to manage Windows Server installations using various tools. We have also seen how to install and configure Nano Server, a lightweight and compact Windows Server edition. Finally, we showed how to upgrade and migrate servers and workloads, and the differences between migration and upgrading, as well as operating system activation.

In the next chapter you will learn about creating, managing, and maintaining Windows images for deployment, planning for virtualization, and assessing hardware and software environment using Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit.