William Panek, MCP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, CCNA, is a four-time Microsoft MVP winner. He has taught at Boston University, Clark University, and the University of Maryland, and presently conducts live online classes for StormWind Studios (www.stormwind.com). Will has been a consultant and trainer for the United States Secret Service, Cisco, the United States Air Force, and the United States Army. He also creates training videos to help students prepare for various Microsoft exams.

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• Introduction xxiAssessment Test xxxiiChapter 1 Installing Windows Server 2016 1Features and Advantages of Windows Server 2016 2Planning the Windows Server 2016 Installation 6Server Roles in Windows Server 2016 6Migrating Roles and Features to Windows Server 2016 10Deciding Which Windows Server 2016 Versions to Use 11Deciding on the Type of Installation 13NIC Teaming 16Installing Windows Server 2016 17Activating and Servicing Windows 31Key Management Service 32Automatic Virtual Machine Activation 33Active Directory–Based Activation 34Servicing Windows Server 2016 34Using Windows Deployment Services 35Preparing the WDS Server 36WDS Server Requirements 36Network Services 37Installing the WDS Server Components 37Preparing the WDS Client 39Understanding Features On Demand 39Summary 41Video Resources 41Exam Essentials 41Review Questions 42Chapter 2 Installing in the Enterprise 45Understanding Automated Deployment Options 46An Overview of the Microsoft DeploymentToolkit 2013 Update 2 47An Overview of Unattended Installation 55An Overview of the System Preparation Tool and Disk Imaging 57Overview of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit 61Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer 62Summary of Windows Server 2016 Deployment Options 62Deploying Unattended Installations 64Using the System Preparation Tool to Prepare an Installation for Imaging 65Using Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (Windows ICD) to Create a Disk Image 67Installing from a Disk Image 69Using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool 70Using Windows System Image Manager to Create Answer Files 73Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 75Understanding Hyper-V 77What Is Virtualization? 78Linux and FreeBSD Image Deployments 78Summary 79Video Resources 80Exam Essentials 80Review Questions 81Chapter 3 Configuring Storage and Replication 85Understanding File Systems 86Resilient File System (ReFS) 87NTFS 88Storage in Windows Server 2016 91Initializing Disks 91Configuring Basic and Dynamic Disks 92Managing Volumes 94Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2016 95Redundant Array of Independent Disks 96Mount Points 99Microsoft MPIO 100Configuring iSCSI Target 102Internet Storage Name Service 103Implement Thin Provisioning and Trim 105Fibre Channel 106Network Attached Storage 106Virtual Disk Service 106Understanding Data Center Bridging 108Configuring Permissions 109Understanding SMB 109Understanding NTFS 110Understanding Shared Permissions 112How NTFS Security and Shared Permissions Work Together 114Understanding NFS Shares 116Configuring Disk Quotas 118Windows PowerShell 120Using Server Manager 125Booting from a VHD 126Understanding Data Deduplication 127Backup and Restoring Deduplicated Volumes 128Installing and Enabling Data Deduplication 129Monitoring Data Deduplicated 132Summary 132Video Resources 133Exam Essentials 133Review Questions 135Chapter 4 Understanding Hyper-V 137Hyper-V Overview 139What Is Virtualization? 139Hyper-V Features 140Hyper-V Architecture 145Hyper-V Requirements 147Hyper-V Installation and Configuration 148Install the Hyper-V Role 148Hyper-V in Server Manager 151Using Hyper-V Manager 152Configure Hyper-V Settings 153Manage Virtual Switches 154Managing Virtual Hard Disks 157Configuring Virtual Machines 162Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 162Linux and FreeBSD Image Deployments 175PowerShell Commands 179Summary 182Video Resources 183Exam Essentials 183Review Questions 185Chapter 5 Configuring High Availability 187Components of High Availability 188Achieving High Availability 189High Availability Foundation 190Understanding Network Load Balancing 191NLB Requirements 193Installing NLB Nodes 193Upgrading an NLB Cluster 198PowerShell Commands for a NLB Cluster 199Achieving High Availability with Hyper-V 200Implementing a Hyper-V Replica 201Understanding Live Migration 205Implementing Storage Migration 208PowerShell Commands for Hyper-V High Availability 210Summary 211Video Resources 212Exam Essentials 212Review Questions 213Chapter 6 Understanding Clustering 215Achieving High Availability with Failover Clustering 216Failover Clustering Requirements 218Workgroup and Multi-domain clusters 219Site-Aware, Stretched, or Geographically DispersedClusters (Geoclustering) 220Cluster Quorum 220Validating a Cluster Configuration 223Creating a Cluster 228Clustered Application Settings 231Resource Properties 233Windows Server 2016 Clustering Features 236PowerShell Commands for Clustering 239Implementing Storage Spaces Direct 241The Benefits of Storage Spaces Direct 243Deployment options 243Requirements to Set Up Storage Spaces Direct 244Storage Spaces Direct using Windows PowerShell 245Summary 247Video Resources 247Exam Essentials 247Review Questions 248Chapter 7 Configuring Windows Containers 251Understanding Windows Containers 252Container Terminology 253Install and Configure Server Containers 253Install and Configure Windows Containers 260Tagging an Image 265Uninstall an Operating System Image 265Creating New Images Using Dockerfile 266Understanding Hyper-V Containers 268Managing Container Networking 269Using Docker Hub Repository 270Using Microsoft Azure for Images 271Contents xviiUsing PowerShell for Containers 271Summary 273Video Resources 274Exam Essentials 274Review Questions 275Chapter 8 Maintaining Windows Server 277Configuring Windows Server Updates 278Windows Update 279Using Windows Server Update Services 282Understanding Backups 297Overview of the Windows Server 2016 Backup Utility 298Setting Up an Active Directory Backup 303Restoring Active Directory 306Active Directory Recycle Bin 308Understanding the ntdsutil Utility 309Wbadmin Command-Line Utility 310Backing Up Virtual Machines 311PowerShell Commands 312Summary 314Video Resources 315Exam Essentials 315Review Questions 316Chapter 9 Understanding Monitoring 319Overview of Windows Server 2016 Performance Monitoring 321Using Windows Server 2016 Performance Tools 323Introducing Performance Monitor 323Using Other Monitoring Tools 332Summary 347Video Resources 348Exam Essentials 348Review Questions 349Appendix Answers to the Review Questions 351Chapter 1: Installing Windows Server 2016 352Chapter 2: Installing in the Enterprise 352Chapter 3: Configuring Storage and Replication 353Chapter 4: Understanding Hyper-V 354Chapter 5: Configuring High Availability 355Chapter 6: Understanding Clustering 356Chapter 7: Configuring Windows Containers 357Chapter 8: Maintaining Windows Server 357Chapter 9: Understanding Monitoring 358Index 361