Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – MCSA

Microsoft has thankfully launched a series of Technologies that would help one to manage and administrate a system. MCSA is the certification given to validate expertise knowledge in various Microsoft Technologies which includes managing of servers, SQL, Database Administration, web applications, networking and Windows itself. Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate is a basic level certification for beginners. SMEClabs will carefully guide you from basics to implementation and qualify you to be MCSA certified.

Key Highlights

This MCSA online training course is designed primarily for IT beginners & professionals who have some experience with Windows Server. It is designed for these who will be responsible for managing storage and compute by using Windows Server, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server.

Job Opportunities

Benefits

This certification is intended to enhance your Windows Server 2016 key skills by cutting IT costs and helping to increase the value of the business.
Those in the technical certification can take MCSA certification for those who wish to renew their expertise in core technology.
When you complete MCSA training, you will get a tag as an expert in your related subject. You will be able to train more possibilities with networking opportunities.
Microsoft Certification itself is a subject of respect. Such certification will add to your peers 'and colleagues' value and allow them to take a different stand.
MCSA recognizes the certification industry and uses professionals to work around the world.

Why MCSA?

As I mentioned before, it is an IT Certification program. It is an entry level certification program. MCSA program can act as your first step towards higher/advanced IT skills.
If you are an IT professional, higher/advanced skills can help you give a boost to your career. For example, this certification can help you get a promotion at work. It can even lead you to a better job.
In short, this certification can work wonders for your career. Moreover, MCSA certification can help you pursue higher certifications such as MCSE.

Features

MCSA or Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate is a type of certification provided by Microsoft for IT professionals who have passed through official vendor-issue exams. MCSA certifications, IT appointment, and help benchmark for skill evaluation in promotion decisions is a reliable industry standard for measuring the ability of products to Microsoft. Whether you intend to make an official exam or take an MCSA certification training course will enable you to have IT skills. In addition, an MCSA training course will provide instructions on legacy systems.

By assuring a specific experience associated with the network and system administrator, MCSA provides a competitive IT professional to a business environment that is constantly changing today. These certificates will be given to identify qualified individuals who are qualified to ensure their work. MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) is your way to become an MCSE.

MCSA Training Objective

Understand the pre requirements for installing various Windows operating systems
Install Windows 7, Windows server 2003 and Windows server 2008 Operating systems
Understand the features of Windows server 2003 and Windows server 2008
Compare various Client and Server Operating systems
Administer local Users and Groups
Installing & Configuring roles in Windows Server 2008 (DHCP,DNS,ADDS,WDS & Hyper-V)
Administer Domain Users and Groups
Understand the start up process for various Windows operating systems
Optimize the systems for peak performances
Install and Configure Server Core operating system
Migrate between various Windows operating systems
Install and Configure various Windows backup features

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – MCSA 2012 Online Training Syllabus:

Installing, upgrading, and migrating servers and workloads

Introducing Windows Server 2016
Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
Preparing for upgrades and migrations
Migrating server roles and workloads
Windows Server activation models

Lab: Installing and configuring Nano Server

Installing Nano Server
Completing post-installation tasks on Nano Server
Performing remote management

Configuring local storage

Managing disks in Windows Server
Managing volumes in Windows Server

Lab: Configuring local storage

Creating and managing volumes
Resizing volumes
Managing virtual hard disks

Implementing enterprise storage solutions

Overview of DAS, NAS, and SANs
Comparing Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Understanding iSNS, DCB, and MPIO
Configuring sharing in Windows Server 2016

Lab: Planning and configuring storage technologies and components

Planning storage requirements
Configuring iSCSI storage
Configuring and managing the share infrastructure

Implementing Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication

Implementing Storage Spaces
Managing Storage Spaces
Implementing Data Deduplication

Lab: Implementing Storage Spaces

Creating a Storage Space

Lab: Implementing Data Deduplication

Installing Data Deduplication
Configuring Data Deduplication

Installing and configuring Hyper-V and virtual machines

Overview of Hyper-V
Installing Hyper-V
Configuring storage on Hyper-V host servers
Configuring networking on Hyper-V host servers
Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines
Managing virtual machines

Lab: Installing and configuring Hyper-V

Verify installation of the Hyper-V server role
Configuring Hyper-V networks
Creating and configuring a virtual machine
Enable nested virtualization for a virtual machine

Deploying and managing Windows and Hyper-V containers

Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016
Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
Installing, configuring, and managing containers by using Docker

Lab: Installing and configuring containers

Installing and configuring Windows Server containers by using Windows PowerShell
Installing and configuring Windows Server containers by using Docker Installing

Overview of high availability and disaster recovery

Defining levels of availability
Planning high availability and disaster recovery solutions with Hyper-V virtual machines
Backing up and restoring by using Windows Server Backup
High availability with failover clustering in Windows Server 2016

Lab: Planning and implementing high availability and disaster recovery solution

Determining the appropriate high availability and disaster recovery solution
Implementing storage migration
Configuring Hyper-V replicas

Implementing failover clustering

Planning a failover cluster
Creating and configuring a new failover cluster
Maintaining a failover cluster
Troubleshooting a failover cluster
Implementing site high availability with stretch clustering

Lab: Implementing a failover clustering

Creating a failover cluster
Verifying quorum settings and adding a node

Lab: Managing a failover cluster

Evicting a node and verifying quorum settings
Changing the quorum from Disk Witness to File Share Witness, and defining node voting
Verifying high availability

Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V

Overview of the integration of Hyper-V Server 2016 with failover clustering
Implementing Hyper-V VMs on failover clusters
Key features for VMs in a clustered environment

Lab: Implementing failover clustering with Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V

Configure iSCSI storage
Configuring a failover cluster for Hyper-V
Configuring a highly available VM

Implementing Network Load Balancing

Overview of NLB
Configuring an NLB cluster
Planning an NLB implementation

Lab: Implementing NLB

Implementing a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster
Configuring and managing the NLB cluster
Validating high availability for the NLB cluster

Creating and managing deployment images

Introduction to deployment images
Creating and managing deployment images by using MDT
Virtual machine environments for different workloads

Lab: Using MDT to deploy Windows Server 2016

Configuring MDT
Creating and deploying an image

Managing, monitoring, and maintaining virtual machine installations

WSUS overview and deployment options
Update management process with WSUS
Overview of Windows PowerShell DSC
Overview of Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools
Using Performance Monitor
Monitoring event logs

Lab: Implementing WSUS and deploying updates

Implementing WSUS
Configuring update settings
Approving and deploying an update by using WSUS

Lab: Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server 2016

Establishing a performance baseline
Identifying the source of a performance problem
Viewing and configuring centralized event logs

Course Outline 20741B -Networking with Windows Server 2016

Planning and implementing an IPv4 network

Planning IPv4 addressing
Configuring an IPv4 host
Managing and troubleshooting IPv4 network connectivity

Lab : Planning an IPv4 network

Planning the IPv4 address assignments

Lab : Implementing and troubleshooting an IPv4 network

Verifying IPv4
Troubleshooting IPv4

Securing Active Directory Domain Services

- Securing domain controllers
- Implementing account security
- Implementing audit authentication
- Configuring managed service accounts
Lab : Securing AD DS
- Implementing security policies for accounts, passwords, and administrative groups
- Deploying and configuring an RODC
- Creating and associating a group MSA

Deploying and managing AD CS

- - Deploying CAs
  - Administering CAs
  - Troubleshooting and maintaining CAs
  Lab : Deploying and configuring a two-tier CA hierarchy
  - Deploying an offline root CA
  - Deploying an enterprise subordinate CA

Deploying and managing certificates

Deploying and managing certificate templates
Managing certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery
Using certificates in a business environment
Implementing and managing smart cards

Lab : Deploying and using certificates

Configuring certificate templates
Enrolling and using certificates
Configuring and implementing key recovery

Implementing and administering AD RMS

Overview of AD RMS
Deploying and managing an AD RMS infrastructure
Configuring AD RMS content protection

Lab : Implementing an AD RMS infrastructure

Installing and configuring AD RMS
Configuring AD RMS templates
Using AD RMS on clients

Implementing AD DS synchronization with Microsoft Azure AD

Planning and preparing for directory synchronization
Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
Managing identities with directory synchronization

Lab : Configuring directory synchronization

Preparing for directory synchronization
Configuring directory synchronization
Managing Active Directory users and groups

Planning and preparing for directory synchronization
Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
Managing identities with directory synchronization

Lab : Configuring directory synchronization

Preparing for directory synchronization
Configuring directory synchronization
Managing Active Directory users and groups

Implementing DHCP

Overview of the DHCP server role
Deploying DHCP
Managing and Troubleshooting DHCP

Lab: Implementing DHCP

Planning a DHCP server implementation
Implementing the DHCP configuration
Validating the DHCP implementation

Implementing IPv6

Overview of IPv6 addressing
Configuring an IPv6 host
Implementing IPv6 and IPv4 coexistence
Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6

Lab: Configuring and evaluating IPv6 transition technologies

Reviewing the default IPv6 configuration
Implementing DHCPv6
Configuring network integration by using ISATAP
Configuring native IPv6 connectivity
Configuring 6to4 connectivity

Implementing DNS

Implementing DNS servers
Configuring zones in DNS
Configuring name resolution between DNS zones
Configuring DNS integration with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
Configuring advanced DNS settings

Lab : Planning and implementing name resolution by using DNS

Planning DNS name resolution
Implementing DNS servers and zones

Lab : Integrating DNS with Active Directory

Integrating DNS with Active Directory

Lab : Configuring advanced DNS settings

Configuring DNS policies
Validating the DNS implementation
Troubleshooting DNS

Implementing and managing IPAM

Overview of IPAM
Deploying IPAM
Managing IP address spaces by using IPAM

Lab : Implementing IPAM

Installing the IPAM Server feature
Provisioning the IPAM Server
Managing IP address spaces by using IPAM

Remote access in Windows Server 2016

Overview of remote access
Implementing the Web Application Proxy

Lab : Implementing Web Application Proxy

Implementing Web Application Proxy
Validating the Web Application Proxy deployment

Implementing Direct Access

Overview of DirectAccess
Implementing DirectAccess by using the Getting Started Wizard
Implementing and managing an advanced DirectAccess infrastructure

Lab : Implementing DirectAccess by using the Getting Started Wizard

Verifying readiness for a DirectAccess deployment
Configuring DirectAccess
Validating the DirectAccess deployment

Lab : Deploying an advanced DirectAccess solution

Preparing the environment for DirectAccess
Implementing the advanced DirectAccess infrastructure
Validating the DirectAccess deployment

Implementing VPNs

Planning VPNs
Implementing VPNs

Lab : Implementing VPN

Implementing VPN
Validating the VPN deployment
Troubleshooting VPN access

Implementing networking for branch offices

Networking features and considerations for branch offices
Implementing a Distributed File System (DFS) for branch offices
Implementing BranchCache for branch offices

Lab: Implementing DFS for branch offices

Implementing DFS
Validating the deployment

Lab: Implementing BranchCache

Implementing BranchCache
Validating the deployment

Configuring advanced networking features

Overview of high-performance networking features
Configuring advanced Microsoft Hyper-V networking features

Lab : Configuring advanced Hyper-V networking features

Creating and using Hyper-V virtual switches
Configuring and using the advanced features of a virtual switch

Installing and configuring domain controllers

- Overview of AD DS
- Overview of AD DS domain controllers
- Deploying a domain controller
Lab : Deploying and administering AD DS
- Deploying AD DS
- Deploying domain controllers by performing domain controller cloning
- Administering AD DS

Implementing Software Defined Networking

Overview of SDN.
Implementing network virtualization
Implementing Network Controller

Lab : Deploying Network Controller

Preparing to deploy Network Controller
Deploying Network Controller
Course Outline 20742B – Identity with Windows Server 2016

Managing objects in AD DS

Managing user accounts
Managing groups in AD DS
Managing computer objects in AD DS
Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS administration
Implementing and managing OUs

Lab : Managing AD DS objects

Creating and managing groups in AD DS
Creating and configuring user accounts in AD DS
Managing computer objects in AD DS

Lab : Administering AD DS

Delegate administration for OUs
Creating and modifying AD DS objects with Windows PowerShell

Monitoring, Managing, and recovering AD DS

Monitoring AD DS
Managing the Active Directory database
Active Directory backup and recovery options for AD DS and other identity and access solutions

Lab : Recovering objects in AD DS

Backing up and restoring AD DS
Recovering objects in AD DS

Advanced AD DS infrastructure management

Overview of advanced AD DS deployments
Deploying a distributed AD DS environment
Configuring AD DS trusts

Lab : Domain and trust management in AD DS

Implementing forest trusts
Implementing child domains in AD DS

Implementing and administering AD DS sites and replication

Overview of AD DS replication
Configuring AD DS sites
Configuring and monitoring AD DS replication

Lab : Implementing AD DS sites and replication

Modifying the default site
Creating additional sites and subnets
Configuring AD DS replication
Monitoring and troubleshooting AD DS replication

Implementing Group Policy

Introducing Group Policy
Implementing and administering GPOs
Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing
Troubleshooting the application of GPOs

Lab : Implementing a Group Policy infrastructure

Creating and configuring GPOs
Managing GPO scope

Lab : Troubleshooting Group Policy infrastructure

Verify GPO application
Troubleshooting GPOs

Managing user settings with Group Policy

- Implementing administrative templates
- Configuring Folder Redirection, software installation, and scripts
- Configuring Group Policy preferences
Lab : Managing user settings with GPOs
- Using administrative templates to manage user settings
- Implement settings by using Group Policy preferences
- Configuring Folder Redirection
- Planning Group Policy (optional)