MCSA 70-740 Cert Guide: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

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Learn, prepare, and practice for MCSA 70-740 exam success with this Cert Guide from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT certification.

• Master MCSA 70-740 exam topics
• Assess your knowledge with chapter-ending quizzes
• Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks
• Learn from more than one hour of video lessons

MCSA 70-740 Cert Guide is a best-of-breed exam study guide. Leading technology trainer and consultant Anthony Sequeira shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

The book presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. Review questions help you assess your knowledge, and a final preparation chapter guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your final study plan.

Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will allow you to succeed on the exam the first time.

The study guide helps you master all the topics on the MCSA 70-740 exam, including:

• Windows Server installation in host and compute environments, including Nano Server
• Storage: configuring disks and volumes, implementing server storage, and data duplication
  Hyper-V implementation, including VM settings, storage, and networking
• Windows container deployment and management
• High availability: HA/DR options, failover clustering, Storage Spaces Direct, VM movement, and network load balancing
• Server environment maintenance and monitoring

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating
Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring Nano
Chapter 3 Working with Images
Chapter 4 Disks and Volumes
Chapter 5 Data Deduplication
Chapter 7 Server Storage
Chapter 6 Installing Hyper-V
Chapter 8 Working with Virtual Machines
Chapter 9 Hyper-V Storage
Chapter 10 Hyper-V Networking
Chapter 11 Deploying Containers
Chapter 12 Managing Containers
Chapter 13 High Availability in Hyper-V
Chapter 14 Failover Clustering
Chapter 15 Managing Failover Clustering
Chapter 16 Storage Spaces Direct
Chapter 17 Managing VM Movement
Chapter 18 Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Chapter 19 Maintaining Servers
Chapter 20 Monitoring Servers
Chapter 21 Final Preparation
Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?“ Quizzes and Q&A Questions
Appendix B Memory Tables
Appendix C Memory Tables Answer Key
Appendix D Study Planner