Windows Server 2016 Practical Guide with Advance Features

Learn to plan Windows Server 2016 deployments by evaluating editions, hardware requirements, and role allocation, including Hyper-V virtualization, cloud-friendly features, and scalable storage needs.

Install Windows Server 2016 from disk or image, decide fresh install versus upgrade, choose desktop experience or core, plan partitions and boot from DVD or ISO in a hypervisor environment.

Assign a static ip on the newly installed Windows Server using the planning worksheet data, including ip address, subnet mask, gateway, and dns, and set a descriptive host name.

Discover Nano Server in Windows Server 2016, a graphics-free deployment option that can act as a DNS host, file server, web server, or Hyper-V host, fully integrated with Active Directory.

Install the DHCP server role on Windows Server 2016 and create a scope with an IP range. Configure gateway and DNS, exclude addresses, set lease duration, and activate the scope.

Install and configure Windows deployment services on Windows Server 2016 to deploy OS to multiple clients via images and boot images. Ensure DNS, DHCP, domain controller, and shared image folder.

Learn how to install Windows Server 2016 over the network using Windows deployment services, enabling PXE boot, with generation-1 Hyper-V or legacy NICs, and unattended installation via XML answer files.

Learn to assign multiple IP addresses to a single network adapter in Windows Server 2016 using netsh, with same subnet addresses for hosting multiple sites on a web server.

Configure network settings in the Windows Server 2016 desktop experience by adding multiple IP addresses to a single NIC, adjusting protocol bindings, and tuning firewall and discovery for private networks.

Establish a server identity by setting a computer name before joining a domain, verify network address with ipconfig and hostname, and restart after renaming or joining the domain.

Plan server roles with security, capacity, and future changes in mind. Avoid overloading domain controllers; separate memory-heavy apps and printers, and use Hyper-V and databases cautiously to minimize vulnerabilities.

Learn to add roles and features on Windows Server 2016, focusing on installing a DNS server via Server Manager, and ensuring network addressing, computer name, and domain membership.

Discover design state configuration with PowerShell DSC on Windows Server 2016, scripting exact configurations, comparing resources, and using the local configuration manager to enforce desired state.

Explore features on demand, which copies installation files to a side-by-side folder for on-demand installs, and learn to reclaim storage by removing unused features with PowerShell.

Learn to configure storage on a Windows Server by converting basic disks to dynamic, and by creating and managing partitions and volumes for file server storage.

Explore managing volumes on Windows Server 2016 by configuring dynamic disks, creating mirrored, striped, and raid 5 volumes, extending volumes, and achieving fault tolerance and faster access.

Compare file systems in Windows Server 2016—FAT, NTFS, and resilient ReFS—and learn to format and manage volumes, including mirroring and performance considerations for Hyper-V hosted data.

Create and mount virtual hard disks in Windows Server 2016 using Hyper-V and command line. Initialize, format NTFS, and assign drive letters; mount remote volumes stored on the network.

Storage replica in Windows Server 2016 creates a live copy of data at a remote site, syncing changes over WAN for disaster recovery.

Explore scale-out file server overview in Windows Server 2016, a clustering solution that shares a volume across multiple servers to boost availability and performance for databases and Hyper-V.