MS-00000 Windows Server Administrator Boot Camp - Core Skills

Get up to speed quickly on the basics of day-to-day management of a Windows server network. You will learn the basic skills needed to manage users, servers and security in an Active Directory environment.

The labs for this course are designed to mirror the mixed environments that are prevalent today, including Windows Server as well as Windows 10.

In this 4 day, hands-on training, you will:

• Set up and configure new and existing users
• Provide users with consistent and secure environments using Group Policy
• Configure secure access to network resources, such as files, folders and printers
• Learn the basics of server management, including:

o Different roles that servers host in a typical environment

o Server management tools, including Powershell

o The importance of keeping servers patched and strategies for patching them

o Implementing strong server security using Group Policy

o Monitoring and tuning server performance

o How server virtualization works

Before attending this course, students benefit from having:

• Some exposure to and experience with AD DS concepts and technologies in Windows Server.
• Experience working with and configuring Windows Server
• Experience and an understanding of core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• Experience working with and an understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts.
• An awareness of basic security best practices.
• Hands-on working experience with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10.
• Basic experience with the Windows PowerShell command-line interface.