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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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Clock icon 1h 0m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 31, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Configure the Active Directory Domain Services Environment

  2. Challenge

    Deploy the Windows Server Failover Clustering Feature

    • Deploy the Failover Clustering feature on server1
    • Deploy the Failover Clustering feature on server2

  3. 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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