Windows Server 2022 Administration

Managing Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Print Server, File Server, and more.

What you'll learn

Deploy Windows Server 2022

Implement and manage Active Directory Domain Services

Implement and manage DHCP on Windows Server 2022

Implement and manage DNS on Windows Server 2022

Implement and manage storage on Windows Server 2022

Implement Hyper-V on Windows Server 2022

Manage Virtual Machines on Windows Server 2022

Implement and manage Print Servers on Windows Server 2022

Implement an iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) on Windows Server 2022

Implement and manage Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2022

Implement a VPN Remote Access solution on Windows Server 2022

Monitor performance on Windows Server 2022 using native tools

Implement Disaster Recovery on Windows Server 2022 using Windows Server Backup

Deploy Windows Server 2022 on an Azure Virtual Machine

Create Storage Accounts in Azure

Create File Shares in Azure

Sync Active Directory Domain Services to Microsoft Entra ID Connect

Requirements

No professional IT experience is needed. You will learn everything you need to know

Students will need a basic understanding of Windows operating systems.

Students will need a basic understanding of IP addressing.

Description

This comprehensive course provides in-depth coverage of Windows Server 2022, the latest version of Microsoft's flagship server operating system. Designed for IT professionals who want to master Windows Server 2022, this course covers a wide range of topics, including:Installation and Configuration: Learn how to install, configure, and manage Windows Server 2022 in a variety of environments.Identity and Access Management: Manage Active Directory users, groups, and computer accounts.  Centralized Administration: Learn how to administer Group Policy to manage user and computer settings.Data Storage: Manage access to files and folder using NTFS and Share permissions.  Implement quotas and file screens, and data deduplication to reduce storage requirements.Virtualization: Set up and manage virtual machines using Hyper-V, Microsoft's hypervisor.Networking: Configure and manage network services, such as DHCP, DNS, and Remote Access (VPN).Enterprise Storage: Learn how to implement an iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN)High Availability: Learn how to implement and manage failover clusters.Updates: Secure your environment by centrally managing Windows update deployment from a WSUS server.Monitor: Use Task Manager, Resource Monitor, Performance Monitor, and Event Viewer to monitor performance and troubleshoot errors.Disaster Recovery: Implement Windows Server Backup to ensure that data and servers can be recovered.Azure Virtual Machines: Learn how Azure virtual machines can run Windows Server 2022 Azure edition.Microsoft Entra ID: Learn how to sync your on-premises Active Directory Domain Services with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD). 

Overview

Section 1: Windows Server 2022 Administration

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 IMPORTANT: Udemy Player Settings

Lecture 3 Playback Speed

Lecture 4 Course Outline

Lecture 5 Microsoft Azure

Lecture 6 Course Materials

Section 2: Module 1: Introducing Windows Server 2022

Lecture 7 Introducing Windows Server 2022

Lecture 8 Lesson 1

Lecture 9 Windows Server Editions

Lecture 10 Windows Server 2022 Azure Edition Features

Lecture 11 Course note about Azure topics

Lecture 12 Demo: Windows Server 2022 Azure Edition

Lecture 13 Hardware Requirements

Lecture 14 Demo: Microsoft Lifecycle Website

Lecture 15 Deployment Options

Lecture 16 Demo: Creating a New VM

Lecture 17 Demo: Installing Windows Server 2022

Lecture 18 Course IP addressing design

Lecture 19 Demo: Post-Installation Tasks

Lecture 20 Servicing Channels

Lecture 21 Licensing

Lecture 22 Activation

Lecture 23 Demo: Volume Activation Services

Lecture 24 Demo: Software Licensing Manager (SLMGR.VBS)

Lecture 25 Lesson 2

Lecture 26 Server Core

Lecture 27 Demo: Server Core Installation

Lecture 28 (Optional) Demo: Installing RTS-SVR1

Section 3: Module 2: Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2022

Lecture 29 Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2022

Lecture 30 Lesson 1

Lecture 31 Workgroup vs Domain

Lecture 32 Workgroup vs Domain (non-technical concept)

Lecture 33 Demo: Verify Workgroup or Domain membership

Lecture 34 Active Directory Domain Services Terms

Lecture 35 Active Directory Domain Services Objects

Lecture 36 Active Directory Domain Services IP configuration example

Lecture 37 Demo: Active Directory Domain Services Installation

Lecture 38 Demo: Users and Groups

Lecture 39 Demo: Joining a Desktop Experience Server to the Domain

Lecture 40 Demo: Joining a Core Server to the Domain

Lecture 41 Organizational Units and Containers

Lecture 42 Demo: Organizational Units and Containers

Lecture 43 Domain Controllers

Lecture 44 Demo: NTDS, SYSVOL, and Logs

Lecture 45 Global Catalog Servers

Lecture 46 Demo: Global Catalog Servers

Lecture 47 Lesson 2

Lecture 48 Group Policy Objects (GPO)

Lecture 49 Demo: Folder Redirection using Group Policy

Lecture 50 Default Policies

Lecture 51 Demo: Default Policies

Lecture 52 Group Policy Preferences

Lecture 53 Group Policy Processing Order

Lecture 54 Demo: Group Policy Processing Order

Lecture 55 Altering Group Policy Processing Order

Lecture 56 Demo: Group Policy Filtering

Lecture 57 GPUPDATE

Lecture 58 GPRESULT

Lecture 59 Lesson 3

Lecture 60 Understanding Active Directory Sites and Group Policy Relationships

Lecture 61 Least Privilege Administration

Lecture 62 Demo: Least Privilege Administration

Lecture 63 Delegated Privileges

Lecture 64 Demo: Delegation

Lecture 65 Jump Server

Lecture 66 Admin Center

Lecture 67 Demo: Admin Center

Lecture 68 Server Manager

Lecture 69 Demo: Server Manager

Lecture 70 Remote Server Administration Tools

Lecture 71 Powershell (part 1)

Lecture 72 Powershell (part 2)

Lecture 73 Demo: Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC)

Lecture 74 Demo: ChatGPT to create Powershell scripts

Section 4: Module 3: Managing DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

Lecture 75 Managing DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

Lecture 76 Lesson 1

Lecture 77 Overview of DHCP

Lecture 78 Wireshark Capture

Lecture 79 Demo: Set Virtual Switch to Private

Lecture 80 Install and Configure DHCP

Lecture 81 Scope and Authorization

Lecture 82 Demo: Installing DHCP

Lecture 83 Demo: Scope and Authorization

Lecture 84 DHCP High Availability

Lecture 85 Demo: DHCP High Availability

Section 5: Module 4: Managing DNS (Domain Naming Service)

Lecture 86 Managing DNS (Domain Naming Service)

Lecture 87 Lesson 1

Lecture 88 DNS Components

Lecture 89 DNS Resolution Process

Lecture 90 DNS Records

Lecture 91 Demo: DNS Records

Lecture 92 DNS Zones

Lecture 93 Demo: DNS Installation

Lecture 94 DNS Zones Diagram

Lecture 95 Demo: Primary and Secondary

Lecture 96 Demo: Active Directory Integrated

Lecture 97 Demo: Reverse Lookup Zone

Lecture 98 DNS Forwarding and Root Hints

Lecture 99 Demo: DNS Forwarding and Root Hints

Section 6: Module 5: Managing File Servers and Storage

Lecture 100 Managing File Servers and Storage

Lecture 101 Lesson 1

Lecture 102 File System Overview

Lecture 103 NTFS Permission Overview

Lecture 104 NTFS Permission Diagram

Lecture 105 Share Permission

Lecture 106 Demo: NTFS and Share Permission

Lecture 107 Demo: NTFS Deny Permission

Lecture 108 Demo: Advanced Permission

Lecture 109 Demo: NTFS Inheritance

Lecture 110 File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)

Lecture 111 Demo: Installing FSRM

Lecture 112 Demo: Quota Template

Lecture 113 Demo: File Screen

Lecture 114 Lesson 2

Lecture 115 Basic and Dynamic Disks

Lecture 116 Demo: RAID

Lecture 117 Demo: Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX)

Lecture 118 Lesson 3

Lecture 119 Storage Pool

Lecture 120 Demo: Storage Pool

Lecture 121 Lesson 4

Lecture 122 Data Deduplication Overview

Lecture 123 Deduplication Process

Lecture 124 Plan and Deploy Data Deduplication

Lecture 125 Demo: Data Deduplication

Lecture 126 Data Deduplication Backup

Lecture 127 Lesson 5

Lecture 128 DFS Namespace

Lecture 129 DFS Replication

Lecture 130 Demo: DFS Namespace

Lecture 131 Demo: DFS Replication

Section 7: Module 6: Implementing Hyper-V Virtualization

Lecture 132 Implementing Hyper-V Virtualization

Lecture 133 Lesson 1

Lecture 134 Hyper-V Overview

Lecture 135 Exploring Hyper-V Manager

Lecture 136 Hyper-V Best Practices

Lecture 137 Nested Virtualization

Lecture 138 Demo: Hyper-V Install and Nested Virtualization

Lecture 139 Demo: Hyper-V Host Settings

Lecture 140 Lesson 2

Lecture 141 Virtual Machine Generations

Lecture 142 Note about the course Virtual Machines

Lecture 143 Demo: Creating a New Virtual Machine

Lecture 144 Demo: Virtual Machine Settings

Lecture 145 Demo: Virtual Machine Operating System Installation

Lecture 146 Storage Types and Formats

Lecture 147 Demo: Managing a Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX)

Lecture 148 Demo: Differencing Disks

Lecture 149 Understanding Virutal Switch Types

Lecture 150 Demo: Virtual Switch Configurations

Lecture 151 Virutal Machine State and Checkpoints

Lecture 152 Demo: Checkpoints

Lecture 153 Import and Export Virtual Machines

Section 8: Module 7: Implementing Windows Print Server

Lecture 154 Implementing Windows Print Server

Lecture 155 Lesson 1

Lecture 156 Exploring Windows Print Servers

Lecture 157 How a Print Server works

Lecture 158 Windows Print Server Best Practices

Lecture 159 Type 3 vs Type 4 Printers

Lecture 160 Demo: Adding a Printer Feature

Lecture 161 Understanding Print Permissions

Lecture 162 Demo: Printer Settings and Premissions

Lecture 163 Understanding Printer Pooling

Lecture 164 Demo: Printer Pooling

Lecture 165 Understanding Printer Priority

Lecture 166 Demo: Printer Priority

Lecture 167 Demo: Print Management Administrative Tool

Lecture 168 Demo: Export and Import Printers and Settings

Section 9: Module 8: Disaster Recovery on Windows Server 2022

Lecture 169 Disaster Recovery on Windows Server 2022

Lecture 170 Lesson 1

Lecture 171 Overview of Windows Server Backup

Lecture 172 Overview of Azure backup

Lecture 173 Backup Hyper-V Virtual Machines

Lecture 174 Demo: Install and Configure Windows Server Backup

Lecture 175 Demo: Recovery of Data and Virtual Machines

Section 10: Module 9: Implementing WSUS on Windows Server 2022

Lecture 176 Implementing WSUS on Windows Server 2022

Lecture 177 Lesson 1

Lecture 178 Understanding WSUS

Lecture 179 WSUS Requirements

Lecture 180 WSUS Deployment Options

Lecture 181 Demo WSUS Installation

Lecture 182 Demo: Integrating WSUS with Group Policy

Lecture 183 Demo: WSUS Configuration

Section 11: Module 10: Implementing Remote Access on Windows Server 2022

Lecture 184 Implementing Remote Access on Windows Server 2022

Lecture 185 Lesson 1

Lecture 186 VPN Scenarios

Lecture 187 Understanding Tunneling Protocols

Lecture 188 Understanding Authentication Protocols

Lecture 189 Demo: Installing and Configuring Remote Access

Lecture 190 Demo: VPN Client

Section 12: Module 11: Managing SAN Storage and Failover Clustering

Lecture 191 Managing SAN Storage and Failover Clustering

Lecture 192 Lesson 1

Lecture 193 Understanding an iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN)

Lecture 194 Demo: iSCSI SAN

Lecture 195 Lesson 2

Lecture 196 Understanding Failover Clustering

Lecture 197 Failover Cluster Components

Lecture 198 Understanding a Cluster Quorum

Lecture 199 Lesson 3

Lecture 200 Create a Failover Cluster

Lecture 201 Demo: Create a Failover Cluster

Section 13: Module 12: Performance Monitoring in Windows Server 2022

Lecture 202 Performance Monitoring in Windows Server 2022

Lecture 203 Lesson 1

Lecture 204 Task Manager

Lecture 205 Demo: Task Manager

Lecture 206 Resource Monitor

Lecture 207 Demo: Resource Monitor

Lecture 208 Performance Monitor

Lecture 209 Demo: Performance Monitor

Lecture 210 Reliability Monitor

Lecture 211 Demo: Reliability Monitor

Lecture 212 Event Viewer

Lecture 213 Demo: Event Viewer

Section 14: Microsoft Azure Introduction

Lecture 214 (Optional) Demo: Creating an Azure trial subscription

Lecture 215 Azure Overview

Lecture 216 What is Azure?

Lecture 217 Understanding Microsoft Entra ID

Lecture 218 Microsoft Entra ID versus Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

Lecture 219 Demo: Create a new user in Microsoft Entra ID

Lecture 220 Demo: Sign-in with new user

Lecture 221 Demo: Add an Enterprise app in Azure

Lecture 222 What is Microsoft Entra Connect?

Lecture 223 Demo: Microsoft Entra Connect

Lecture 224 Demo: Azure File Share

Lecture 225 Demo: Azure Virtual Machine

Lecture 226 Thanks for attending

Career Changers: Windows Server 2022 is a natural beginning point for anyone entering the IT field.,New IT professionals: Windows Server 2022 administration is a core function of business enterprises. This course will walk students through beginning to advanced configurations within Windows Server 2022.,IT professionals: Windows Server 2022 is a core skill for any IT professional who wants to be able to manage and maintain Windows-based networks. This includes system administrators, network administrators, and security administrators.,Data professionals: Windows Server 2022 includes a number of features that are useful for data professionals, such as Hyper-V and Storage Spaces Direct. This includes data analysts, data scientists, and database administrators.,Business users: Windows Server 2022 can be used to support a number of business applications, such as email, file sharing, and collaboration. This includes business owners, managers, and employees.