This three-day course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to implement, configure and manage Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V. Additionally, this course provides an overview of implementing and managing Containers using CLI, PowerShell and Windows Admin Center.
This course is intended to help provide pre-requisite skills for Administrators who manage and implement Server Virtualisation technologies within their network.
This course is based on Microsoft Windows Server 2025 but it backwards compatible to previous versions of Hyper-V and Windows Server.
This course is intended for IT Professionals already experienced in general Windows Server and Windows Client administration. No prior experience of virtualisation is assumed. This course will help them update their knowledge and skills of virtualisation using Hyper-V related to Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025.
Before attending this course, students must have:
Additionally, students would benefit from having some previous experience of Windows PowerShell.
Module 1 – Introduction to Microsoft Virtualization Technologies
This module provides an overview of Microsoft virtualization technologies and the various components. The module also explains how to evaluate the current environment for virtualization and extend virtualization to the cloud.
Module 2 – Install and Configure the Hyper-V Role
This module describes how to install and manage the Hyper-V role. The module also explains how to configure Hyper-V settings, storage, and networking.
Module 3 – Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks, Virtual Machines, and Checkpoints
This module explains how to create and configure virtual hard disks and virtual machines. The module then describes how to install, import, monitor, and manage virtual machines.
Module 4 – Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Networks
This module explains how to create and use Hyper-V virtual switches and Hyper-V networking features. The module also describes how to configure and implement Hyper-V network virtualization:
Module 5 – Virtual Machine Movement and Hyper-V Replica
This module describes how to provide high availability and redundancy for virtualization. The module also explains how to implement virtual machine movement and Hyper-V Replica.
Module 6 – Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
This module provides an overview of failover clustering. The module also describes how configure shared storage, and how to implement failover clustering with Hyper-V.
Module 7 – Implementing Containers
This module provides an overview of containers in Windows Server. Additionally, this module explains how to deploy Windows Server and Hyper-V containers. It also explains how to install, configure, and manage containers by using Windows PowerShell and Docker..
Module 8 – Backup and Site Recovery
This module provides an overview of how to backup virtual machines and the different options and vendors available. It also details how to leverage Azure Site Recovery for disaster recovery scenarios.