Course 2: Integrate Windows Server 2019 & Windows 10 Pro

Explore Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 Pro hardware requirements and editions. Learn licensing models, virtualization options, and deployment considerations.

Assess whether a budget pc can host databases and websites as a secure server. Compare this to using an expensive server, considering space, access, memory, disks, warranties, and failover clustering.

Explore Windows Server 2019 licensing and hardware scenarios for small offices to large deployments, covering per-user versus per-device licenses, essential and standard editions, domain controllers, file servers, and failover clustering.

Balance budget and requirements to select personal computer and server hardware for networks. Compare motherboards, CPUs, RAM, storage, and power supplies using official specs and vendor sites.

Compare storage area networks and network attached storage, noting SAN uses fiber optics and NAS ethernet. Learn to simulate SAN and NAS with StarWind and other simulators for failover clustering.

Master clean installation and unattended deployment for Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 Pro using answer files, WIM images, and provisioning packages.

Explore how to deploy Windows across networks using PXE server theory, Windows deployment services, and related tools like MDT and SCCM, including image creation, provisioning packages, and unattended deployments.

Learn to cut 1000 pc deployment from 375 days to six days by creating a customized Windows image and deploying via Windows deployment services and Microsoft deployment toolkit with multicast.

Activate the domain controller and the Windows Deployment Services host, create and attach a new virtual hard disk, power on a VM, and install the operating system over the network.

Configure Windows deployment services with Windows Server 2019 images and boot files, store images on the E drive, and deploy via network to new virtual machines.

Use the DISM tool to modify offline Windows images by mounting them to a temporary folder, injecting drivers and enabling features, then saving and redeploying via network.

Examine a network diagram to identify local and remote configuration tools, access devices across the DMC and internal networks, and consider firewall and server roles.

Execute initial configuration for Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 Pro, including naming the device, configuring IPs, language and region, firewall, and network adapter settings.

Learn how drivers bridge the operating system and hardware, why updating them improves compatibility and performance, and how to use device manager and system information.

Master DHCP configuration on Windows Server 2019: create scopes, define address pools, and assign static or dynamic IP addresses using GUI or command-line tools like ipconfig and netsh.

Demonstrates using domain tools to manage Active Directory, create organizational units, groups, and user accounts. Explains the benefits of batch files and group policy for centralized administration.

learn to manage active directory with directory services commands on the command line. create organizational units, groups, and users, assign memberships, and automate with batch files.

Explore how domain groups govern administrator privileges across a forest, including domain admins, enterprise admins, and schema admins, with global, domain local, and universal scopes, and security vs distribution considerations.

Access and customize the microsoft management console to group configuration tools, add active directory users and computers, and save the console for use on other devices with delegation of control.

Install remote server administration tools (RSAT) on Windows 10 to use the Microsoft Management Console MMC and copy management tools from the domain controller to your PC for remote administration.

Learn to delegate control in Active Directory with MMC, giving a trainer password reset rights for a students OU via a custom MMC with a reset password button.

Learn to create and attach a virtual hard disk (vhd), initialize and format it, and compare gpt vs mbr and bios vs efi while sharing files via disk or iso.

Install Windows 7 on a separate virtual machine from an ISO image, configure disk placement, and install VM tools for full-screen, seamless operation alongside Windows 10.

Learn how to set up a dual boot with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2019 using BCDBoot and BCDEdit, attach existing virtual disks, and edit boot entries.

Convert a virtual machine disk from vmdk to vhdx using the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter and PowerShell, including preparing the descriptor, adjusting commands, and attaching the new vhdx in Hyper-V.

Review the VMDK tools and the descriptor fix utility after converting the VMDK, and download and save these tools for potential future enterprise network deployments.

Compare USB-based simple printers and IP-addressed network printers, and learn how a print server uses a storage pool to balance and distribute print jobs across a network.

Install the Brother printer drivers, attach the USB printer to a host or server, and share it across a virtual lab network for client printing.

Configure and connect a network printer by assigning a static IP or using Wi-Fi, then add it on each device via its IP address and install drivers.

Explore how to use WAC to remotely manage servers and domain controllers, configure credentials, access via browser, and perform tasks with PowerShell, RDP, and clustering.

Explore how to configure remote desktop protocol (RDP) to manage a domain controller, enable remote connections, and connect via the Microsoft Terminal Services Client from the office or external networks.

Set up a terminal server by installing remote desktop services roles (connection broker, web access, and session host) on one server to publish and access a heavy application remotely.

Deploy an antivirus server that pushes updates to clients, addresses web antivirus and firewall configurations, and uses Kaspersky to resolve email access issues.

Explore the differences between private, domain, and public firewall networks within Windows Firewall and learn how each setting affects access when connected to a workgroup, a domain, or public networks.

Configure the Windows private firewall by turning the domain network off, then create a custom ICMP rule to allow ping, and re-enable the domain firewall to monitor traffic.

Explore how wireshark captures and analyzes network packets to reveal traffic patterns and protocols. Install, configure, and run a basic lab to interpret captures and identify anomalies.

Deploy a domain firewall using group policy to enforce Windows Defender firewall settings across all domain machines, including ICMP blocking and inbound/outbound rules, with gpupdate for policy refresh.

Learn how a proxy server hides your real IP, protects your internal network, and speeds browsing by caching templates, with methods via apps, browser settings, or your enterprise proxy.

Explore how a small hardware firewall on an access point detects intrusion attempts, identifies attacker IP addresses via location lookups, and blocks IP ranges and ports to protect the network.

Explore the attack surface analyzer 2019 tool, download it from official Microsoft site or GitHub, and install the graphical user interface edition on Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 Pro.

Learn to snapshot a system before and after installation, compare baselines, and reveal changes to the attack surface using static scans and live monitoring.

Explore how dhcp and arp map ip to mac addresses in Windows Server 2019, and how NetBIOS and dns enable name resolution.

Learn fundamental IP networking commands and their security implications, including ARP, hostname, IP config, DNS flush, netstat, and traceroute, to analyze network activity and open ports.

Block malware, phishing, and scam sites with DNS filtering using OpenDNS FamilyShield, and apply it through static DNS, DHCP scope changes, and access point settings.

Explore using OpenDNS and a third-party safety net to block harmful websites across a network, configure via group policy, monitor users, and enforce internet access controls.

Learn how to convert an exe to an msi package and deploy it across a domain using group policy objects, avoiding non-msi formats and leveraging a shared deployment folder.

Learn to deploy software packages via a gpo policy object in windows server 2019, creating and assigning a package for automatic installation. Force policy updates to restart clients.

Learn to use Windows admin commands and PsTools to gather reports, check who is logged on, monitor server file access, and inspect user properties and permissions across a domain.

explore admin commands for windows server 2019 to reset passwords, automate bulk user updates with batch files or powershell scripts, and manage account status for domain users.

Explore the enduring role of VBScript in Windows administration, including creating and running scripts for Active Directory and domain controllers, with notes on power show.