Windows Server 2019 Training for Beginners

Explore the Windows Server 2019 minimum hardware requirements, including 64-bit processors, RAM, storage, and networking, plus firmware features like UEFI, Secure Boot, and TPM.

Discover Windows Server 2019's key updates, including system insights analytics, storage and storage migration improvements, container and application platform enhancements, and Windows Admin Center management.

Explore Windows Server 2019 licensing options—essentials, standard, and datacenter—with core-based licensing, 16-core minimums, and user or device client access licenses.

Learn how to download Windows Server 2019 by searching with Google, locating the ISO on Microsoft, registering, and saving two feature-on-demand ISOs for the installation lab.

Decide if this section fits your setup by exploring server and network virtualization, downloading Windows Server 2019, and creating virtual machines and networks with VirtualBox or other hypervisors.

Learn how virtual machines emulate operating systems on a host computer, letting you run Linux on Windows and easily clone, export, and scale multiple guest VMs.

Download and install Oracle VM VirtualBox on Windows. Select Windows host, run the installer with default options, and approve network and UAC prompts to enable virtual machines and networks.

Create a NAT network in VirtualBox, rename it server 2019 lab, and turn off DHCP. Attach your virtual machines to this network to enable inter-VM communication and Internet access.

Create your first VirtualBox virtual machine for the lab in expert mode, name it, set Windows Server 2016 or 2019, enable 64-bit virtualization, and attach the server ISO.

Mount the Windows Server 2019 ISO to a virtual machine, choose desktop experience, and perform a clean custom installation with partition management and initial desktop boot.

Install the Oracle VirtualBox guest additions on Windows Server 2019 Desktop Experience to enable copy/paste, dynamic resolution, and smoother VM-host usability.

Learn basic Windows Server 2019 desktop experience configuration, including renaming the server, configuring a static IP and DNS, using Server Manager, applying updates, and adjusting IE enhanced security configuration.

Create a new virtual machine in VirtualBox, connect to NAT, mount the Windows Server 2019 core edition ISO, and install Server Core.

Configure Windows server 2019 core edition via PowerShell: set a static IP with interface index, configure gateway and DNS servers, and rename the computer.

Install Windows Server 2019 roles and features using Server Manager on the desktop experience, including adding the DNS server role and DNS tools, and exporting configuration for repeat deployments.

Learn to install and remove Windows roles and features on a server core using PowerShell, installing DNS server with management tools and subfeatures, and using install and uninstall commands.

Explore Windows Server 2019 upgrade paths from older servers and 32-bit limitations. Follow a practical pre-upgrade checklist covering hardware, updates, backups, software compatibility, licensing, and change-management considerations.

Upgrade Windows Server 2016 data center to 2019 data center using an in-place upgrade after backing up and collecting pre-upgrade data with PowerShell outputs (system info, IP config, and features).

Learn how windows domains organize Active Directory objects such as users, groups, printers, and file shares. Explore trees and forests, including contiguous namespace, and how trusts connect domains.

Define Active Directory domain services terms such as schema, domain controllers, and organizational units. Describe sites, partitions, replication, read-only domain controllers, application partitions, and trusts for managing resources and access.

Install the Active Directory domain services role on Windows Server 2019. Promote the server to a domain controller for a new forest with DNS, and use AD DS tools.

Verify network connectivity and DNS resolution, then join a server core to the Windows domain using PowerShell Add-Computer, with guidance on Update-Help and troubleshooting.

Learn to join a server core to a Windows domain with PowerShell, using add-computer and domain credentials, then restart and verify the computer appears in Active Directory users and computers.