Installing Windows Server 2016
This course will explore the many ways, both manual and highly automated, to install Windows Server 2016 in its GUI, Server Core, and Nano Server installation options.
What you'll learn
Installing Windows Server 2016 might not seem the most exciting of topics, but move past the next, next, finish and there's incredible depth in automating this otherwise-mundane task. In this course, you won't just see the "Next-Next-Finish" of installing a copy of Windows Server, but you'll learn a myriad of new installation approaches. First, you'll learn about offline installation. Next, you'll explore the command line and PowerShell approaches. Finally, you'll take a look at the Desired State Configuration approach. All of these might take a little extra time up-front, but they greatly pay off down the road. By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge of PowerShell, Desired State Configuration, and even some of the WinPE and DISM commands that you'll need for rapid deployment of Windows Server 2016.
Table of contents
- Introduction 7m
- Determine Appropriate Windows Server 2016 Editions 3m
- Determine Windows Server 2016 Installation Requirements 5m
- Determine Windows Server 2016 Installation Options 6m
- Install Windows Server 2016 4m
- Install Features and Roles 7m
- Install and Configure Windows Server Core 5m
- Configure Windows Server Core with PowerShell 12m
- Implement Windows PowerShell DSC 5m
- Implement Windows PowerShell DSC - Install DHCP 7m
- Implement Windows PowerShell DSC - Create an ADDS Domain 16m
- Implement Windows PowerShell DSC - Configure a Server 4m
- Manage Windows Server Core Installations 8m
- Perform Upgrades and Migrations of Servers 6m
- Determine an Appropriate Activation Model 7m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- Introduction 9m
- Determine Usage Scenarios for Nano Server 6m
- Why Nano Server? 2m
- Nano Server Gotchas 5m
- Install Nano Server as a VM 9m
- Manage Nano Server Remotely Using Windows PowerShell 11m
- Implement Roles and Features on Nano Server 9m
- Install Nano Server as a Host 17m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- Introduction 4m
- Automating Image Deployment by Customizing Image Contents 5m
- Prepare a WIM Image 6m
- Apply Updates to a WIM Image 5m
- Add Drivers to a WIM Image 5m
- Enable Features on a WIM Image 3m
- Save and Dismount a WIM Image 1m
- Deploy a Customized Image 9m
- Configure and Validate Hyper-V Deployment 4m
- Customize a Nano Server WIM Image 5m
- Explore the Nano Server Image Builder 2m
- Assess Workloads Using the MAP Toolkit 3m
- What This Module Covered 2m