MCSA Windows Server 2016 Certification Guide: Exam 70-741 E-Book

Sasha Kranjac

• Herausgeber: Packt Publishing
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 145

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

A comprehensive certification guide that will help you prepare for the exam from day one of your preparation journey

Key Features

• Get well-versed with the nitty-gritty of Windows server 2016
  
  


• A practical guide towards installing, upgrading, and migrating to Windows Server 2016
  
  


• Enhance your skills with practice questions and mock tests
  
  

Book Description

MCSA: Windows Server 2016 is one of the most sought-after certifications for IT professionals which include working with Windows Server and performing administrative tasks around it. It targets Exam 70-740, Exam 70-741, Exam 70-742 and Exam 70-743 certifications and the demand for these certifications is increasingly high.

This book will start with installation, upgrade and migration to Windows Server 2016, cover imaging and deployment and proceed with High Availability and Clustering. Then we will deep dive into fundamental concepts like Core networking, DNS, DHCP, Storage and proceed to Hyper-V, Network Access and Distributed File System. It will also explain Advanced Networking topics such as Software Defined Networking and High-Performance Networking. Furthermore, it will also cover advanced Identity topics in Windows Server 2016 such as Active Directory installation and configuration, Group Policy, Active Directory Certificate Services, and Active Directory Federation Services and Rights Management. Towards the end of this book, test questions and mock preparation items will help in preparing for the certifications with more ease.

By the end of this book, you will be able to complete MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification with more confidence.

What you will learn

• Prepare for exam 70-741 Networking with Windows Server 2016
  
  


• Learn to apply the technology to real-world examples
  
  


• Learn core networking, name resolution and connectivity technologies in Windows Server 2016.
  
  


• Get prepared for exam 70-742 Identity with Windows Server 2016
  
  


• Get ways to clear the exam 70-743 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016
  
  


• Practice critical skills and test your knowledge of the objectives of all three MCSA exams

Who this book is for

This book is targeted towards system administrators or windows server administrators who are interested in clearing the MCSA certification with ease.

Leseprobe

MCSA Windows Server 2016 Certification Guide: Exam 70-741

The ultimate guide to becoming MCSA certified

Sasha Kranjac

Vladimir Stefanovic

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

MCSA Windows Server 2016 Certification Guide: Exam 70-741

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About the authors

Sasha Kranjac is a security and Azure expert and instructor with more than two decades of experience in the field. He began programming in Assembler on Sir Clive Sinclair's ZX, met Windows NT 3.5 and the love exists since. Sasha owns an IT Training and Consulting company and helps companies and individuals to embrace the cloud and be safe in the cyberspace. He is a Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), MCT Regional Lead, Certified EC-Council Instructor (CEI) and currently holds more than 60 technical certifications. Sasha is a frequent speaker at various international conferences and consultant and trainer for some of the largest Fortune 500 companies.

Vladimir Stefanovic is Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and System Engineer with 10+ years of experience in IT industry. Over the IT career, Vladimir has worked in all areas of IT administration, from IT technician to current System Engineer position. As a lead System Engineer in Serbian IT company SuperAdmins and lead technician trainer in Admin Training Center, he successfully delivered a numerous of project and courses. He is also active conference speaker, with a long list of conferences like as MCT Summits (USA, Germany, Greece), ATD, WinDays, KulenDayz, Sinergija (Regional Conferences). He is a leader of a few user groups and active community member, with mission to share knowledge as much as possible.

About the reviewer

Mustafa Toroman is Program Architect and Senior System Engineer with Authority Partners. With years of experience in designing and monitoring infrastructure solutions, lately most focused on designing new solutions in the cloud and migrating existing solutions to the cloud. He is very interested in DevOps processes and he's also Infrastructure as Code enthusiast. Mustafa has over 30 Microsoft certificates and has been Microsoft Certified Trainer for last 6 years. Often speaks on international conferences (about cloud technologies and has been awarded MVP for Microsoft Azure last three years in a row. Mustafa also authored Hands-On Cloud Administration in Azure and co-authored Learn Node.JS with Azure, both published by Packt.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

MCSA Windows Server 2016 Certification Guide: Exam 70-741

About Packt

Why subscribe?

Packt.com

Contributors

About the authors

About the reviewer

Packt is searching for authors like you

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

To get the most out of this book

Download the color images

Conventions used

Get in touch

Reviews

Configuring Core Networking

Technical requirements

Configuring addressing

Configuring IPv4 addresses and options

IP address

Internet address classes

The class A address range

The class B address range

The class C address range

The class D address range

The class E address range

Understanding CIDR

Subnetting

Configuring IPv6 addressing

Converting from binary to hexadecimal notation

Zero suppression

IPv6 autoconfiguration

Autoconfiguration address states

Autoconfiguration types

The autoconfiguration process

Implementing IPv6 stateless addressing

IPv4 and IPv6 interoperability

Configuring routing

Summary

Configuring DNS

Technical requirements

Installing DNS servers

Domain name resolution overview

The domain namespace and resource records

Nameservers

Resolvers

DNS names

DNS hierarchy

DNS queries

How DNS works

Installing the DNS server role

Installing the DNS server role using Server Manager

Installing the DNS server role using PowerShell

Configuring DNS servers

Configuring the DNS server

Configuring root hints, recursion, and forwarders

Configuring forwarders

Configuring conditional forwarders

Configuring root hints

Configuring recursion

Configuring advanced DNS settings

Interfaces

Debug Logging

Event Logging

Monitoring

Security

Administering the DNS with PowerShell

Configuring DNS zones

Configuring DNS primary zones

Configuring DNS secondary zones

Summary

Configuring DHCP

Installing and configuring the DHCP server

Installing the DHCP server role

DHCP Post-Install configuration

Creating and configuring scopes

DHCP server

DHCP client

Scope

Lease

Exclusion range

Reservation

Creating a scope

Configuring a DHCP reservation

Configuring the DHCP server options

Managing scope options

Managing and maintaining the DHCP server

DHCP server statistics

Backing up and restoring the DHCP database

Configuring split scopes

Configuring high availability using DHCP failover

Configuring the DHCP server using PowerShell

Understanding IPAM

Technical requirements

Implementing IPAM

IPAM server requirements

Installing IPAM Server

Provisioning IPAM

Configuring and managing IPAM

Monitoring IPAM

DNS resource record management

DNS zone management

Manage resources in multiple Active Directory forests

Implementing Network Access

Technical requirements

Implementing NAT

Implementing VPN

Configure Windows Server VPN

IKEv2 protocol

L2TP/IPSEC

Configuring routing protocol

Implementing NPS

NPS Extensions API

Radius authentication and authorization

Understanding Distributed File System

Technical requirements

Understanding file services

Understanding DFS

Requirements for running DFS

Understanding BranchCache

BranchCache modes

Increased cache accessibility

Centralized caching for multiple-subnet branch offices

BranchCache-enabled content servers

Web servers

Record servers

Application servers

BranchCache and the cloud

How BranchCache handles content updates in records

BranchCache Security

How BranchCache produces content data

Content information details

Advanced Networking Infrastructure

High-performance networking

NIC Teaming and Switch Embedded Teaming (SET)

Receive-Side Scaling (RSS)

SMB 3.1.1.

SMB Direct

SMB Multichannel

Virtual RSS (vRSS)

Virtual Machine Multi-Queue and single-root I/O virtualization

SDN 

SDN overview

SDN benefits and requirements

SDN configuration

Deploying SDN

SDN network virtualization

The benefits of network virtualization

Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation

Network virtualization policies

Network Controller

Datacenter Firewall

Software Load Balancing

Summary

Questions

Further reading

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Preface

MCSA: Windows Server 2016 is one of the most sought-after certifications for IT professionals, which includes working with Windows Server and performing administrative tasks in it. It targets Exam 70-740, Exam 70-741, Exam 70-742, and Exam 70-743 certifications, and the demand for these certifications is increasingly high.

This book will start with installing, upgrading, and migrating to Windows Server 2016, and will cover imaging and deployment, going on to cover high availability and clustering. Then, we will deep dive into fundamental concepts such as core networking, DNS, DHCP, and storage, proceeding on to Hyper-V, network access, and Distributed File System. It will also explain advanced networking topics such as software-defined networking and high-performance networking. Furthermore, it will also cover advanced identity topics in Windows Server 2016, such as Active Directory installation and configuration, Group Policy, Active Directory Certificate Services, and Active Directory Federation Services and Rights Management. Toward the end of this book, test questions and mock preparation items will help you to prepare for the certification.

By the end of this book, you will be able to complete MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification with more confidence.

Who this book is for

This book is targeted toward system administrators or Windows Server administrators who are interested in passing the MCSA certification with ease.

What this book covers

Chapter 1,  Configuring Core Networking, explains IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, interoperability, and routing. Before any operating system can talk to its siblings, it needs to have an address—like you do (well, like houses do) to be able to receive post. Correctly configured network addresses are fundamental to rock-solid networking functions and services that build upon them, such as DNS, DHCP, and Active Directory. 

Chapter 2, Configuring DNS, explains DNS installation requirements and proceeds on to more advanced topics necessary for DNS to function correctly: the configuration of root hints, forwarders and DNS policies, and the configuration and management of zones and records. Having implemented IP addressing correctly, in this chapter, we can proceed with the installation of the DNS server role. 

Chapter 3, Configuring DHCP, explains how to install and configure the DHCP server role, how to create and configure scopes and policies, how to back up and restore a DHCP server, and how to achieve high availability. Parallel to the IP addressing topic, more complex environments need to have the possibility to configure IP addresses automatically. This chapter introduces the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP—a service in Windows Server 2016 that handles IP addresses. 

 Chapter 4,  Understanding IPAM, introduces IPAM provisioning, configuring the discovery of infrastructure servers, and configuration. For the most complex environments, consisting of multiple DHCP and DNS servers, there is the IP Address Management or IPAM role in Windows Server 2016.  This chapter explains IPAM management, administration, and auditing.

Chapter 5,  Implementing Network Access, talks about the Remote Access Service (RAS) role with Virtual Private Network (VPN) site-to-site solutions, showing different VPN protocol options and authentication possibilities. To connect to multiple sites or branch offices, we need a secure and reliable connection. Windows Server 2016 has powerful connectivity options and network access technologies.  This chapter shows how to use DirectAccess to enable connectivity without the need for traditional VPN connections. At the end of the chapter, we'll explain the role of Network Policy Server (NPS) as a way to provide centralized authentication and authorization.

Chapter 6,  Understanding Distributed File System, briefly explains file service basics and then proceeds on to the installation and configuration of Distributed File System, a technology that enables the grouping of shared network folders. The installation and configuration of DFS are the basics that enable DFS replication, and in this chapter, we will find out how to configure DFS namespaces and replication settings and understand DFS replication. Additionally, we will configure BranchCache, a bandwidth optimization technology designed to work over wide area networks.

Chapter 7, Advanced Networking Infrastructure, introduces and explains the term software-defined networking (SDN). SDN is a term that refers to data center virtualization, where compute, storage, and networking layers are virtualized. To be able to achieve maximum networking performance and reliability, Windows Server 2016 has numerous technologies, and in this chapter, we'll explain how they work and how to configure them correctly, covering scenarios and requirements for SDN in Windows Server 2018.

To get the most out of this book

Before you start with this book with a view to preparing for Exam 70-741, you should have an understanding of networking in Windows Server 2016, virtualization, and related services. Experience of configuring Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016, as well as working with virtualization, is required to better understand storage and virtualization-related services. The following Windows Server roles and services will be used in this book:

DNS

DHCP

IPAM

DFS

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Configuring Core Networking

Before any operating system can "talk" to its siblings, it needs to have an address – in that same way that you do (well, houses do) in order to be able to receive post. Correctly configured network addresses are fundamental to rock-solid networking functions and services that build on, such as Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and Active Directory.

This chapter explains IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, interoperability, and routing in the Windows Server 2016 operating system.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Configuring IPv4 addresses and options

Classless Inter-Domain Routing

(

CIDR

)

Subnetting

Configuring IPv6 addressing

IPv4 and IPv6 interoperability

Configuring routing

Technical requirements