Creating a Windows Server Failover Cluster

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Creating a Windows Server Failover Cluster

You are working on configuring your Windows Server environment for high availability. As part of the effort, you want to create a failover cluster between your application servers. You want to make sure that the application servers are configured properly so they can be added to a failover cluster. In order to do this, in this hands-on lab, you are going to be installing the Failover Clustering feature and using it to validate and create a failover cluster.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 25, 2025

Duration

1h 0m

Challenge

Configure the Active Directory Domain Services Environment
- Install Active Directory Domain Services
  
  Download the installadds PowerShell script from the GitHub repository
- Create the Domain Admin user
  
  Download the domainadmin PowerShell script from the GitHub repository
- Join the server VMs to the domain
  
  Download the domainjoin PowerShell script from the GitHub repository
Challenge

Deploy the Windows Server Failover Clustering Feature
- Deploy the Failover Clustering feature on server1
- Deploy the Failover Clustering feature on server2
Challenge

Configure the Failover Cluster
- Open the Failover Cluster Manager with the Domain Admin credentials
- Add server1 and server2 to the cluster
- Perform cluster validation
- Create the failover cluster

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