Charles Pluta is a technical consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) who has authored several certification exams, lab guides, and learner guides for various technology vendors. As a technical consultant, Charles has assisted small, medium, and large organizations deploy and maintain their IT infrastructure. He is also a speaker, staff member, or trainer at several large industry conferences every year. Charles has a degree in Computer Networking, and holds more than 15 industry certifications. He makes a point to leave the United States to travel to a different country once every year. When not working on training or traveling, he plays pool in Augusta, Georgia.

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• Part I: Storage and Compute Chapter 1: Implement server storage solutions Skill 1.1. Configure disks and volumes Skill 1.2: Implement advanced storage solutions Chapter 2: Implement Hyper-V Skill 2.1: Install and configure Hyper-V Skill 2.2: Configure virtual machine settings Skill 2.3: Configure Hyper-V storage Skill 2.4: Configure Hyper-V networking Chapter 3:  Implement Windows Containers Skill 3.1: Deploy Windows Containers Skill 3.2: Manage Windows Containers Chapter 4: Implement high availability Skill 4.1:  Implement high availability and disaster recovery options within Hyper-V Skill 4.2: Implement failover clustering Skill 4.3: Manage failover clustering  Skill 4.4: Manage virtual machines movement in clustered nodes Chapter 5:  Install, manage, and maintain servers for host and compute environments Skill 5.1. Install, upgrade, and migrate servers and workloads Skill 5.2: Install and configure Nano Server Part II: Networking Chapter 6:  Implement Domain Name System (DNS) Skill 6.1: Install and configure DNS servers Chapter 7: Implement DHCP Skill 7.1: Manage and maintain DHCP Chapter 8: Implement network connectivity and remote access solutions Skill 8.1: Implement VPN solutions Skill 8.2: Implement DirectAccess Chapter 9:  Implement core and distributed network solutions Skill 9.1: Implement IP Address Management (IPAM) Chapter 10: Implement advanced network infrastructure Skill 10.1: Implement high performance network solutions Skill 10.2:  Implement Software Defined Networking (SDN) Part III: Identity  Chapter 11: Federate identity solutions Skill 11.1: Install and configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Skill 11.2: Implement Web Application Proxy

Charles Pluta is a technical consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) who has authored several certification exams, lab guides, and learner guides for various technology vendors. As a technical consultant, Charles has assisted small, medium, and large organizations deploy and maintain their IT infrastructure. He is also a speaker, staff member, or trainer at several large industry conferences every year. Charles has a degree in Computer Networking, and holds more than 15 industry certifications. He makes a point to leave the United States to travel to a different country once every year. When not working on training or traveling, he plays pool in Augusta, Georgia.

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• Part I: Storage and Compute Chapter 1: Implement server storage solutions Skill 1.1. Configure disks and volumes Skill 1.2: Implement advanced storage solutions Chapter 2: Implement Hyper-V Skill 2.1: Install and configure Hyper-V Skill 2.2: Configure virtual machine settings Skill 2.3: Configure Hyper-V storage Skill 2.4: Configure Hyper-V networking Chapter 3:  Implement Windows Containers Skill 3.1: Deploy Windows Containers Skill 3.2: Manage Windows Containers Chapter 4: Implement high availability Skill 4.1:  Implement high availability and disaster recovery options within Hyper-V Skill 4.2: Implement failover clustering Skill 4.3: Manage failover clustering  Skill 4.4: Manage virtual machines movement in clustered nodes Chapter 5:  Install, manage, and maintain servers for host and compute environments Skill 5.1. Install, upgrade, and migrate servers and workloads Skill 5.2: Install and configure Nano Server Part II: Networking Chapter 6:  Implement Domain Name System (DNS) Skill 6.1: Install and configure DNS servers Chapter 7: Implement DHCP Skill 7.1: Manage and maintain DHCP Chapter 8: Implement network connectivity and remote access solutions Skill 8.1: Implement VPN solutions Skill 8.2: Implement DirectAccess Chapter 9:  Implement core and distributed network solutions Skill 9.1: Implement IP Address Management (IPAM) Chapter 10: Implement advanced network infrastructure Skill 10.1: Implement high performance network solutions Skill 10.2:  Implement Software Defined Networking (SDN) Part III: Identity  Chapter 11: Federate identity solutions Skill 11.1: Install and configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Skill 11.2: Implement Web Application Proxy