Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server
About this Waypoint Ventures course: This is a 5-day entry-level Windows Server course is designed for IT professionals who have minimal experience with Windows Server and seek to advance their knowledge and skills. It is designed for professionals who will be responsible for managing the installation of Windows Server as well as storage and compute services, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server.
There are instructor materials available for this course.
Audience profile: This course is intended for IT professionals who have some experience working with Windows Server, and who are looking for a single five-day course that covers storage and compute technologies in Windows Server. This course will help them update their knowledge and skills related to storage and compute for Windows Server.
Candidates suitable for this course would be:
· Windows Server administrators who are relatively new to Windows Server administration and related technologies, and who want to learn more about the storage and compute features in Windows Server.
· IT professionals with general IT knowledge, who are looking to gain knowledge about Windows Server, especially around storage and compute technologies in Windows Server.
Why choose this course?
Meticulous content relevance, tailored to Windows Server 2025, sets it apart from competitive courses which are based primarily on previous versions.
Content on obsolete technology, which is present in competitive versions of the course, has been removed.
Offers an array of demonstrations that bolster the learning material.
Expert instructional design ensures a superior learning experience.
Labs are developed by Waypoint in parallel with courseware, so they are 100% aligned.
Course number: 20740WV
Course name: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server
Course technology: Windows Server 2019/2022/2025
Release date: v2.0 May, 2026
Course authors: Damir Dizdarevic, Andrew Warren
Hours of training: 40 hours
Lab technology: Server Infrastructure 2025
Lab hours: 14 hours
Lab developer: Conan Kezema
Lab hosters:XtremeLabs, Skillable, GoDeploy
Content providers: XtremeLabs, Courseware Store
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Students and instructors receive the following:
> The Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server eBook, which includes:
Lectures and lessons (refer to the Course outline).
An in-depth and fully illustrated eBook.
High-level demonstrations and lab guidance.
Knowledge-check questions at the end of each module.
> The Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server virtual la, which includes:
14 hours of digital hands-on labs.
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A Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with slides for every topic and knowledge-check questions and answers.
An instructor Get-ready guide to support an instructor-led training (ILT) schedule, with lesson planning and lab information.
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Prepare and install Windows Server with Desktop Experience and as a Server Core installation and plan a server upgrade and migration strategy.
Describe the various storage options, including partition table formats, basic and dynamic disks, file systems, virtual hard disks, and drive hardware, and explain how to manage disks and volumes.
Describe enterprise storage solutions and select the appropriate solution for a given situation.
Implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication.
Install and configure Microsoft Hyper-V.
Deploy and manage containers on Windows Server.
Describe the high availability and disaster recovery technologies in Windows Server.
Plan, create, and manage a failover cluster.
Implement failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines.
Manage, monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations.