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Windows Server 2012 R2 (70-410) MCSA and the 70-410 Exam

by Jason Helmick and Greg Shields

This course is the first in a Learning Path of seven courses that cover Microsoft's 70-410 exam. This course explores how to install servers, configure servers, and configure local storage.

What you'll learn

In this course, you'll learn how to plan for a server installation, for server roles, server upgrades, as well as learn to migrate roles from previous versions of Windows Server, install Server Core, optimize resource utilization by using Features on Demand, and configure NIC teaming. You will also learn to delegate administration, configure services, configure Server Core, convert Server Core to/from full GUI, deploy roles on remote servers, add and remove features in offline images, and install and configure Windows Powershell Desired State Configuration (DSC). Lastly, you will configure MBR and GPT disks, configure basic and dynamic disks, manage volumes, create and mount VHDs, design Storage Spaces, configure storage pools and disk pools, and create storage pools by using disk enclosures.

About the authors

Jason Helmick is an author for Pluralsight. His IT career spans more than 25 years or enterprise consulting on a variety of technologies, with a focus on strategic IT business planning. He’s a highly successful IT author, columnist, lecturer, and instructor, specializing in automation practices for the IT pro. Jason is a leader in the IT professional community, and serves as board member and COO/CFO of PowerShell.Org. Jason’s publications include Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches, and he h... more

Greg Shields is Sr. Director of IT Ops Skills at Pluralsight and formerly Principal Author Evangelist. Reach him on Twitter @ConcentratdGreg.

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