Hyper-V Syllabus Windows Server 2012 R2

1. Preparing a Hyper-V Environment

Introduction to virtualization

Investigating Type I and Type II hypervisors

Validating the hardware and software prerequisites

Comparing Hyper-V to Vmware and Xen offerings

Implementing Hyper-V

Enabling the server role

Leveraging management interfaces

2. Building Virtual Machines (Vms)

Configuring the virtual hardware

Allocating CPU resources

Distributing static and dynamic memory

Connecting to removable hardware

Architecting the storage fabric

Constructing dynamic and fixed-sized virtual hard disks

Increasing performance with pass-through disks

Reverting system state with snapshots

Converting, compressing and expanding VHDs

Creating virtual networks

Optimizing network performance

Implementing external, internal and private switches

3. Optimizing and Troubleshooting

Monitoring the virtual infrastructure

Exploiting the Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) results

Inspecting live parent and child performance data

Gathering hypervisor metrics through Performance Monitor

Detecting and resolving issues

Examining and filtering event logs

Triggering alerts for efficient remediation

Controlling resource usage

4. Relocating Virtual Machines and Disks

Transferring backend data

Importing and exporting virtual machines

Performing online storage migrations

Redistributing Hyper-V workloads with live migrations

Migrating locally stored Vms between hosts

Optimizing migrations with Storage Area Networks (SANs)

5. Increasing Service and Application Availability

Eliminating single points of failure

Avoiding network outages with NIC teaming

Mirroring Vms in real time with Hyper-V replicas

Improving fault tolerance with failover clusters

Monitoring cluster resources and VM states

Configuring appropriate quorum models

Expediting live migration with clustering

6. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

Establishing a private cloud

Correlating benefits and organizational goals

Centralizing administration with the VMM console

Integrating VMM with other System Center components

Augmenting functionality with add-ons and extensions

Accelerating VM deployments

Deploying Vms from predefined templates

Standardizing hardware and OS settings with profiles

Converting existing physical servers with P2V tools

Migrating from competing virtualization platforms

Centralizing performance management

Collecting data from the virtual infrastructure

Limiting CPU and memory consumption

Automating load distribution with Dynamic Optimization

7. Securing the Virtual Environment

Ensuring data protection

Assessing parent and guest initiated backups

Identifying required backup application features

Minimizing security risks

Reducing the potential for malware and other attacks

Delegating control through the AppController web portal

8. Deploying a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Deploying a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Contrasting hardware and licensing requirements

App-V

RemoteApp

Remote Desktop Services (RDS)

Tailoring VDI to meet organizational needs

Assigning personal virtual desktops to users

Simplifying management with virtual desktop pools