Mcsa windows server 2016 complete study guide pdf download

In total there are over 1, practice questions. All of the content-the complete Cert Guide, the practice questions, and the exercises-is focused around the official MCSA exam objectives. Covering required Exams , , and , plus preparing you to take the composite upgrade Exam not covered separately in this book , this Study Guide walks you through percent of all exam objectives to help you achieve complete readiness.

Hands-on exercises strengthen your practical skills, and real-world scenarios help you understand how these skills are used on the job. Over practice questions allow you to test your understanding along the way, and the online test bank gives you access to electronic flashcards, practice exams, and over an hour of expert video demonstrations.

This new edition has been updated for the latest MCSA Windows Server exam releases, featuring coverage of all the objective domains. This value-priced guide is three books in one, giving you the most comprehensive exam prep experience for all required MCSA exams. Whether you're starting from the beginning, or upgrading from the MCSA Windows Server R2 certification, arm yourself with the ultimate tool for complete and comprehensive preparation.

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The MCSA exams test your knowledge and skill in installation, configuration, deployment, and administration using a variety of networking tools. The scope is broad, but your complete understanding of the most up-to-date concepts and practices is critical to your success on the exam—and on the job.

Tightly focused and highly relevant, this guide provides everything you need to go into the exam fully prepared; expert coverage of all exam objectives helps ensure comprehensive understanding, and hundreds of practice questions help you track your progress and prioritize areas most in need of review. Access to online study aids allows you to study on the go, with electronic flashcards, practice tests, and a glossary to help you get the most out of your preparation plan.

Hands-on exercises test your practical skills, while real-world scenarios give you a preview of how MCSA skills and concepts are applied in the workplace. Bestselling author and four-time Microsoft MVP, William Panek, covers server deployment, maintenance, and management; file and print server configuration; network services and access; Active Directory; Group Policy; server infrastructure and more, this book is your comprehensive companion for the latest exam.

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To ensure complete readiness and avoid exam-day surprises, it is critical that your study resources be up-to-date and comprehensive in scope; MCSA Windows Server Study Guide: Exam covers everything you need to know, with a practical approach that promotes true understanding.

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The Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate certification puts your skills in demand—but first you must pass a series of three exams; exam is the second step, testing your Windows networking knowledge and skills. Master percent of the exam objective domains Learn how these skills are applied in real-world scenarios Solidify your understanding with hands-on exercises Access electronic flashcards, practice exams, and more!

How well do you deploy, manage, and maintain a server? Can you expertly configure file and print servers, network access and services, and network policy server infrastructure? Have you configured and managed Active Directory and Group Policy? Windows Server will include many new and updated features, including enhancements to Hyper-V, Storage Spaces, and Active Directory.

The practice test questions prepare you for test success. Over practice questions allow you to test your understanding along the way, and the companion website gives you access to electronic flashcards, practice exams, and over an hour of expert video demonstrations. This new edition has been updated for the latest Windows Server release, featuring the latest exam blueprints for the most relevant coverage.

After many successful years in the computer industry, Will decided that he could better use his talents and his personality as an instructor. He began teaching for schools such as Boston University and the University of Maryland, just to name a few.

In , Will became a Sr. Microsoft Instructor for StormWind Studios www. He currently lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two daughters.

In his spare time, he likes to do blacksmithing, shooting trap and skeet , snowmobiling, playing racquetball, and riding his Harley.

Will is also a commercially rated helicopter pilot. Assessment Test lv. Table of Exercises Exercise 1. Exercise 6. Exercise Introduction This book is drawn from more than 20 years of IT experience. I have taken that experience and translated it into a Windows Server book that will help you not only prepare for the MCSA: Windows Server exams but also develop a clear understanding of how to install and configure Windows Server while avoiding all of the possible configuration pitfalls. Many Microsoft books just explain the Windows operating system, but with MCSA: Windows Server Complete Study Guide, I go a step further by providing many in- depth, step-by-step procedures to support my explanations of how the operating system performs at its best.

Microsoft has taken the best of Windows Server , Windows Server , and Windows Server and combined them into the latest creation, Windows Server Windows Server eliminates many of the problems that plagued the previous ver- sions of Windows Server, and it includes a much faster boot time and shutdown.

It is also easier to install and configure, and it barely stops to ask the user any questions during installation. In this book, I will show you what features are installed during the automated installation and where you can make changes if you need to be more in charge of your operating system and its features.

This book takes you through all the ins and outs of Windows Server , including installation, configuration, Group Policy Objects, auditing, backups, and so much more. When all is said and done, this is a technical book for IT professionals who want to take Windows Server to the next step and get certified.

With this book, you will not only learn Windows Server and ideally pass the exams, but you will also become a Windows Server expert. The Microsoft Certification Program Since the inception of its certification program, Microsoft has certified more than 2 million people. As the computer network industry continues to increase in both size and complexity, this number is sure to grow—and the need for proven ability will also increase. Certifications can help companies verify the skills of prospective employees and contractors.

It requires passing three exams: , , and The additional exams will vary depending on which of the two MCSE tracks you choose. Attaining Microsoft certification has always been a challenge. For the new generation of exams, this is simply not the case.

Microsoft has taken strong steps to protect the security and integrity of its new certi- fication tracks. Now prospective candidates must complete a course of study that devel- ops detailed knowledge about a wide range of topics. It supplies them with the true skills needed, derived from working with the technology being tested. The new generations of Microsoft certification programs are heavily weighted toward hands-on skills and experience.

It is recommended that candidates have troubleshooting skills acquired through hands-on experience and working knowledge. Fortunately, if you are willing to dedicate the time and effort to learn Windows Server , you can prepare yourself well for the exam by using the proper tools.

By working through this book, you can successfully meet the requirements to pass the Windows Server exams. The objectives for this exam span the three individual exams. This book covers all of the objectives for the Upgrading exam. Microsoft provides exam objectives to give you a general overview of possible areas of coverage on the Microsoft exams. Visit the Microsoft Learning website www. Introduction xxxix. The published objectives and how they map to this book are listed later in this Introduction.

For a more detailed description of the Microsoft certification programs, including a list of all the exams, visit the Microsoft Learning website at www. During this final review, you can look over tables and lists of exam-related information.

Do not be tempted to jump to an early conclusion. Make sure you know exactly what the question is asking. If you are unsure about a question, mark it for review and come back to it at a later time. Also, assume the default settings if the question does not specify or imply which set- tings are used. This improves your odds of selecting the correct answer when you need to make an educated guess.

Exam Registration At the time this book was released, Microsoft exams are given two ways. Find out the number of the exam that you want to take and then register with the VUE registration center nearest to you. At this point, you will be asked for advance payment for the exam. You can schedule exams up to six weeks in advance or as late as one working day prior to the date of the exam.

You can cancel or reschedule your exam if you contact the center at least two working days prior to the exam. Same-day registration is available in some locations, subject to space availability.

Where same-day registration is available, you must register a minimum of two hours before test time. When you schedule the exam, you will be provided with instructions regarding appoint- ment and cancellation procedures, ID requirements, and information about the testing center location.

In addition, you will receive a registration and payment confi rmation letter from VUE. Who Should Read This Book? This book will not only help anyone who is looking to pass the Microsoft exams, it will also help anyone who wants to learn the real ins and outs of the Windows Server operating system.

You will learn about virtual net- working, virtual hard disks, migration types, and Integration Services. I will explain how to set up clustering for applications or Hyper-V servers. I will also explain how containers and images are created and managed using Docker. Monitoring allows you to look at the different resources on a system and fine-tune those resources for best performance.

I also show you how to subnet an IPv4 network. I also show you how to work with IPv6. I show you how to configure NLB and high availability. I will show you how to do bulk imports into Active Directory and also how to create and manage groups.

I will also show you how to create and manage service accounts. I will also show you how to configure and use Active Directory snapshots. I will show you how to install and configure a Certificate Server.

I will also show you how to configure a Web Application Proxy. This test should be. Note that these questions are purposely more simple than the types of questions you may see on the exams. Objective Map and Opening List of Objectives Later in this Introduction, I include a detailed exam objective map showing you where each of the exam objectives are covered. Each chapter also includes a list of the exam objectives that are covered. Helpful Exercises Throughout the book, I have included step-by-step exercises of some of the more important tasks that you should be able to perform.

Also, in the follow- ing section I have a recommended home lab setup that will be helpful in completing these tasks. Exam Essentials The end of each chapter also includes a listing of exam essentials. These are essentially repeats of the objectives, but remember that any objective on the exam blue- print could show up on the exam.

Chapter Review Questions Each chapter includes review questions. These are used to assess your understanding of the chapter and are taken directly from the chapter. These questions are based on the exam objectives, and they are similar in difficulty to items you might actually receive on the MCSA: Windows Server exams. Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank The interactive online learning environment that accompanies this study guide provides a test bank with study tools to help you prepare for the certification exams and increase your chances of passing them the fi rst time!

In addition, there are three practice exams. Use these questions to test your knowledge of the study guide material. The online test bank runs on multiple devices. Electronic Flashcards One set of questions is provided in digital flashcard format a ques- tion followed by a single correct answer.

You can use the flashcards to reinforce your learning and provide last-minute test prep before the exam. Glossary The key terms from this book and their defi nitions are available as a fully searchable PDF. These videos show you how the author does the exercises. There is also a video that shows you how to set up virtualiza- tion so that you can complete the exercises within a virtualized environment.

The author also has videos to help you on the Microsoft exams at www. Recommended Home Lab Setup To get the most out of this book, you will want to make sure you complete the exercises throughout the chapters. To complete the exercises, you will need one of two setups. First, you can set up a machine with Windows Server and complete the labs using a regular Windows Server machine. The second way to set up Windows Server the way I set up Server is by using virtualization.

The advantages of using virtualization are that you can always just wipe out the system and start over without losing a real server. Plus, you can set up multiple virtual servers and create a full lab environment on one machine. I created a video for this book showing you how to set up a virtual machine and how to install Windows Server onto that virtual machine. Please check the website at www. You can contact me by going to my website at www.

You can also watch free videos on Microsoft networking at www. Certification Objectives Maps Tables I. Objective Chapter.

Install, upgrade, and migrate servers and workloads Chapter 1. Install and configure Nano Server Chapter 1. Create, manage, and maintain images for deployment Chapter 2. Plan for Windows Server virtualization; plan for Linux and FreeBSD Chapter 2 deployments; assess virtualization workloads using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning MAP Toolkit; determine considerations for deploying workloads into virtualized environments; update images with patches, hotfixes, and drivers; install roles and features in offline images; manage and maintain Windows Server Core, Nano Server images, and VHDs using Windows PowerShell.

Configure disks and volumes Chapter 3. Implement server storage Chapter 3. Implement data deduplication Chapter 3. Implement and configure deduplication, determine appropriate usage Chapter 3 scenarios for deduplication, monitor deduplication, implement a backup and restore solution with deduplication.

Install and configure Hyper-V Chapter 4. Determine hardware and compatibility requirements for installing Hyper-V, Chapter 4 install Hyper-V, install management tools, upgrade from existing versions of Hyper-V, delegate virtual machine management, perform remote management of Hyper-V hosts, configure virtual machines using Windows PowerShell Direct, implement nested virtualization.

Configure virtual machine VM settings Chapter 4. Configure Hyper-V storage Chapter 4. Configure Hyper-V networking Chapter 4. Deploy Windows Containers Chapter 7. Determine installation requirements and appropriate sScenarios for Windows Chapter 7 Containers, install and configure Windows Server Container host in physical or virtualized environments, install and configure Windows Server container host to Windows Server Core or Nano Server in a physical or virtualized environment, install Docker on Windows Server and Nano Server, configure Docker daemon startup options, configure Windows PowerShell for use with Containers, install a base operating system, tag an image, uninstall an operating system image, create Windows Server Containers, create Hyper-V Containers.

Manage Windows Containers Chapter 7. Containers using Windows PowerShell, manage container networking, Chapter 7 manage container data volumes, manage Resource Control, create new Container images using Dockerfile, manage Container images using DockerHub repository for public and private scenarios, manage container images using Microsoft Azure. Implement high availability and disaster recovery options in Hyper-V Chapter 5. Implement Failover Clustering Chapter 6.

Implement Workgroup, Single, and Multi-domain clusters; configure quorum; Chapter 6 configure cluster networking; restore single node or cluster configuration; configure cluster storage; implement Cluster-Aware Updating; implement Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade; configure and optimize clustered shared volumes CSVs ; configure clusters without network names; implement Scale-Out File Server SoFS ; determine different scenarios for the use of SoFS vs.

Implement Storage Spaces Direct Chapter 6. Determine scenario requirements for implementing Storage Spaces Direct, Chapter 6 enable Storage Spaces direct using Windows PowerShell, implement a disaggregated Storage Spaces Direct scenario in a cluster, implement a hyper- converged Storage Spaces Direct scenario in a cluster. Manage Failover Clustering Chapter 6.

Configure role-specific settings, including continuously available shares; Chapter 6 configure VM monitoring; configure failover and preference settings; implement stretch and site-aware failover clusters; enable and configure node fairness.

Manage VM movement in clustered nodes Chapter 5. Perform a live migration; perform a quick migration; perform a storage Chapter 5 migration; import, export, and copy VMs; configure VM network health protection; configure drain on shutdown.

Maintain server installations 8. Monitor server installations Chapter 9. Monitor workloads using Performance Monitor; configure Data Collector Chapter 9 Sets; determine appropriate CPU, memory, disk, and networking counters for storage and compute workloads; configure alerts; monitor workloads using Resource Monitor.

Install and configure DNS servers Chapter Create and configure DNS zones and records Chapter Implement network connectivity solutions Chapter This objective may include but is not limited to: Implement remote access Chapter 14 and site-to-site S2S VPN solutions using remote access gateway; configure different VPN protocol options; configure authentication options; configure VPN reconnect; create and configure connection profiles; determine when to use remote access VPN and site-to-site VPN and configure appropriate protocols; install and configure DirectAccess; implement server requirements; implement client configuration; troubleshoot DirectAccess.

Install and configure domain controllers Chapter Install a new forest, add or remove a domain controller from a domain, Chapter 18 upgrade a domain controller, install AD DS on a Server Core installation, install a domain controller from Install from Media IFM , resolve DNS SRV record registration issues, configure a global catalog server, transfer and seize operations master roles, install and configure a read-only domain controller RODC , configure domain controller cloning.

Create and manage Active Directory users and computers Chapter Automate the creation of Active Directory accounts; create, copy, configure, Chapter 19 and delete users and computers; configure templates; perform bulk Active Directory operations; configure user rights; implement offline domain join; manage inactive and disabled accounts; automate unlocking of disabled accounts using Windows PowerShell; automate password resets using Windows PowerShell.

Configure group nesting; convert groups, including security, distribution, Chapter 19 universal, domain local, and domain global; manage group membership using Group Policy; enumerate group membership; automate group membership management using Windows PowerShell; delegate the creation and management of Active Directory groups and OUs; manage default Active Directory containers; create, copy, configure, and delete groups and OUs. Configure service authentication and account policies Chapter Maintain Active Directory Chapter Configure Active Directory in a complex enterprise environment Chapter Configure a multi-domain and multi-forest Active Directory infrastructure; Chapter 20 deploy Windows Server domain controllers within a pre-existing Active Directory environment; upgrade existing domains and forests; configure domain and forest functional levels; configure multiple user principal name UPN suffixes; configure external, forest, shortcut, and realm trusts; configure trust authentication; configure SID filtering; configure name suffix routing; configure sites and subnets; create and configure site links; manage site coverage; manage registration of SRV records; move domain controllers between sites.

Configure Group Policy processing Chapter Configure processing order and precedence, configure blocking of Chapter 21 inheritance, configure enforced policies, configure security filtering and Windows Management Instrumentation WMI filtering, configure loopback processing, configure and manage slow-link processing and Group Policy caching, configure client-side extension CSE behavior, force a Group Policy update.

Configure Group Policy settings Chapter Configure software installation, configure folder redirection, configure Chapter 21 scripts, configure administrative templates, import security templates, import a custom administrative template file, configure property filters for administrative templates. Configure Group Policy preferences Chapter Configure printer preferences, define network drive mappings, configure Chapter 21 power options, configure custom Registry settings, configure Control Panel settings, configure Internet Explorer settings, configure file and folder deployment, configure shortcut deployment, configure item-level targeting.

Manage certificates Chapter Manage certificate templates; implement and manage certificate deployment, Chapter 22 validation, and revocation; manage certificate renewal; manage certificate enrollment and renewal for computers and users using Group Policies; configure and manage key archival recovery. Assessment Test 1. Which of the following is a valid role for a Windows Server computer?

Standalone server B. Member server C. Domain controller D. All of the above. You want to use a command-line command to complete this task. What command would you use? You have been hired to help a small company set up its first Windows network. It has had the same 13 users for the entire two years it has been open, and the company has no plans to expand.

What version of Windows Server would you recommend? Windows Server Datacenter D. Windows Server Essentials.

You want to copy a previously created image from the image store using this utility. You want to install a group of 25 computers using disk images created in conjunction with the System Preparation Tool. Your plan is to create an image from a reference computer and then copy the image to all the machines. You do not want to create an SID on the destina- tion computer when you use the image.

Which Sysprep. You have a Hyper-V host that runs Windows Server The host contains a virtual machine named Virtual1. Virtual1 has resource metering enabled. You need to use resource metering to track the amount of network traffic that Virtual1 sends to the Which command would you run? Which cmdlet should you use? Set-NetNeighbor B. Set-VMSwitch D. You want to make sure the hard disk space for your virtual machines is occupied only when needed. What type of virtual hard disk would you recommend?

Dynamically expanding disk B. Fixed-size disk C. Differencing disk D. Physical or pass-through disk. You are a network administrator for a small company that uses Hyper-V.

You need to reboot your virtual machine. What PowerShell command can you use? Restart-VM B. Reboot-VM C. Shutdown-VM D. You are the administrator for a mid-size organization. You have been asked by the owner to set up an NLB cluster. You want to use PowerShell to set up the cluster. New-NlbCluster B. Setup-NlbCluster D. Which of the following actions should be performed against an NLB cluster node if mainte- nance needs to be performed while not terminating current connections? Evict B. Drainstop C.

Pause D. If you have a running cluster and need to run the Validate a Configuration Wizard again, which of the following tests may require cluster resources to be taken offline? Network tests B. Storage tests C. System configuration tests D. Inventory tests. What PowerShell command would you use to run a validation test on a cluster? Test-Cluster B. Validate-Cluster C. Set-Cluster D. You download the wrong image from Docker. What command allows you to delete an image? You have built a bunch of Containers.

What PowerShell command allows you to view the Containers? View-Container D. What command allows you to see your container images? You need to use an Active Directory application data partition. Which command can you use to create and manage application data partitions?

What command-line command would you type to start Performance Monitor? What command-line command would you type to start Resource Monitor? You are the network administrator for a midsize organization that has installed Windows Server onto the network. You are thinking of moving all machines to Windows 10 and IPv6.

You decide to set up a test environment with four subnets. What type of IPv6 addresses do you need set up? Global addresses B. Link-local addresses C. Unique local addresses D. Site-local addresses.

You are the network administrator for ABC Company. Which network mask would you use? You assign two DNS server addresses as part of the options for a scope. The client has been manually configured with a different set of DNS servers. The client has a reserved IP address in the address pool. Your DHCP server crashed in the middle of the day. You rebooted the server, got it running within 5 minutes, and nobody but you seemed to notice that it had gone down at all.

What additional steps must you take? If there were no lease-renewal requests during the 5-minute period in which the DHCP server was down, none of the clients will ever know that it went down.

You need to renew all the leases manually. The DHCP server automatically assigned new addresses to all the clients on the network transparently. You must reboot all the client machines. You notice that your DHCP database is getting too large and you want to reduce the size of the data- base. What should you do? From the folder containing the DHCP database, run jetpack. From the folder containing the DHCP database, run shrinkpack.

From the folder containing the DHCP database, run jetshrink. From the folder containing the DHCP database, run shrinkjet. You are the network admin for an Active Directory domain named Stormwind. You have a new security policy that states that whenever possible, you should install new Nano Servers.

Which server role can be deployed on a Nano Server? Active Directory Domain Services B. Network Policy and Access Services D. Web Server IIS. You have been asked to explain how DHCP works. What abbreviation can you explain to show how DHCP operates?

DORA B. RODA C. DHRA D. You are the network administrator for a large training company. You have been asked to set up the default gateway setting using DHCP. Which option would you configure? You are the network administrator for your organization. What PowerShell command would you use?

View-IpamDnsServer B. Get-IpamDnsServer C. View-DnsServer D. You are the administrator for StormWind Studios online training company. You need to change the IPAM discovery configuration. What PowerShell command do you use? Get-IpamDiscovery B. Get-IpamDiscoveryDomain C. Set-IpamDiscovery D. You are the network administrator for your company. What command do you use? Set-IpamIP B. Set-IpamBlock C. Set-IPBlock D. Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.

You need to create NAP event trace log files on a client computer. What should you run? Register-ObjectEvent B. Register-EngineEvent C. Your network contains an Active Directory domain named Stormwind. You add a VPN server named Server2 to the network. On Server1, you create several network policies. You need to configure Server1 to accept authentication requests from Server2. Which tool should you use on Server1? Set-RemoteAccessRadius B.

You are the administrator for a large communications company. What command-line command would you use to change or modify the EFS files? Convert B. Cipher C. Gopher D. You want to publish a printer to Active Directory.

Where would you click in order to accomplish this task? The Sharing tab B. The Advanced tab C. The Device Settings tab D. The Printing Preferences button. You have been hired by a small company to implement new Windows Server systems. What type of server would you be setting up? PDC server B. Web server C. Exchange server D. File server. In a three-node cluster set to a node majority quorum model, how many cluster nodes can be offline before the quorum is lost?

Zero B. One C. Two D. You are the administrator for a mid-size company who wants to set up and test a cluster. What is the maximum number of domains that a Windows Server computer configured as a domain controller may participate in at one time? Any number of domains. Which of the following file systems are required for Active Directory? FAT B. FAT32 C. HPFS D. Which of the following services and protocols are required for Active Directory? Choose all that apply. DNS D. Which of the following PowerShell commands allows you to view Active Directory users?

Get-ADUser B. Get-User C. View-User D. Unlock-ADAccount D. You need to create a new user account using the command prompt. Which command would you use? What kind of trust is set up between one domain and another domain in the same forest? External trust B. Forest trust C. Shortcut trust D.

Domain trust. You need to deactivate the Global Catalog option on some of your domain controllers. At which level in Active Directory would you deactivate Global Catalogs? Server B. Covering required Exams , , and , plus preparing you to take the composite upgrade Exam not covered separately in this book , this Study Guide walks you through percent of all exam objectives to help you achieve complete readiness.

Hands-on exercises strengthen your practical skills, and real-world scenarios help you understand how these skills are used on the job. Over practice questions allow you to test your understanding along the way, and the online test bank gives you access to electronic flashcards, practice exams, and over an hour of expert video demonstrations. This new edition has been updated for the latest MCSA Windows Server exam releases, featuring coverage of all the objective domains.

This value-priced guide is three books in one, giving you the most comprehensive exam prep experience for all required MCSA exams. Whether you're starting from the beginning, or upgrading from the MCSA Windows Server R2 certification, arm yourself with the ultimate tool for complete and comprehensive preparation.