Planning for Virtualization

After completing this module students will be able to describe virtualization as it relates to server environments. Students will be able to plan for hardware requirements, storage, availability, and security.

Lessons

• Overview of Microsoft Virtualization

• Assessment of Virtualization Candidates

• Planning for Virtualization

Lab : Assessing the Environment for Virtualization

After Completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe virtualization.

• Describe the options available for server virtualization.

• Describe requirements for Hyper-V sever role.

• Design solutions using Hyper-V disks and storage.

• Design solutions using high availability for Hyper-V.

• Assess and environment using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit.

Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V

This module describes how to install and configure Hyper-V virtual machines, configuring virtual storage, and configuring virtual networks. Students will be able to design their Hyper-V environment and storage networks.

Lessons

• Implementing Hyper-V

• Managing Virtual Machine Storage

• Managing Virtual Networks

Lab : Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the Hyper-V integration services.

• Install Hyper-V Server Role.

• Manage virtual machine storage.

• Manage virtual networks.

• Describe Hyper-V Extensible Switch.

• Describe Data Center Bridging (DCB).

• Describe Resource Metering in Hyper-V.

Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines

After completing this module students will be able to determine and configure the most appropriate virtual hard disk(s) format to use in their environment. Students also will be able to create and configure virtual machines.

Lessons

• Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks

• Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines

• Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots

• Virtual Machine Import

Lab : Creating Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe storage options for virtual machines.

• Describe the new vhdx format.

• Attach physical disks to a virtual machine.

• Describe pass-through disks.

• Create a new virtual hard disk using the new Virtual Hard Disk Wizard.

• Describe considerations for creating new virtual machines.

• Create a new virtual machine.

• Configure virtual machine settings.

• Creating and managing virtual machine snapshots.

• Describe Virtual Fibre Channel HBAs.

• Describe Multipath I/O (MPIO) functionality for Fibre Channel storage

• Describe the new Virtual Machine import features in Windows Server 2012

• Describe the P2V process

• Import Virtual machines without exports

• Plan for importing Virtual Machine from Windows Server 2008 R2

• Describe the virtual machine compatibility report

• Describe the PowerShell commands for importing Virtual Machines

Configure Networking in Hyper-V

This module describes all of the new network features available in Hyper-V. Students will be able to describe Hyper-V Network Virtualization along with the Hyper-V Extensible Switch. Students will also be able to plan how to implement the new networking features available with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.

Lessons

• Advanced features of Virtual Network Adapters

• Hyper-V Network Virtualization

• Hyper-V Extensible Switch

Lab : Configuring Network Settings

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe Hyper-V Extensible Switch.

• Describe Hyper-V Network Virtualization.

• Implement NIC Teaming.

• Describe VLAN Tagging.

• Understand MAC and ARP spoofing protections.

• Describe SR-IOV networking

• Implement Network QoS

• Implement Network metering

• Describe Network monitor modes

• Describe IPsec task offload

• Describe VM Trunk Mode