MCSA Guide to Installation, Storage, and Compute with Microsoft® Windows Server®2016, Exam 70-740

THIS MCSA GUIDE PROVIDES PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON QUALITY CONTENT. The author applies his experience to focus on quality, classroom usability that ensures a valuable hands-on experience for all students.

CLEAR LEARNING FEATURES HELP ENSURE MASTERY OF KEY CONCEPTS. Learning Objectives, Chapter Summaries, Key Terms and Definitions, Review Questions, Hands-On Activities, and critical thinking-based Case Projects reinforce skills as students learn key concepts. This book’s proven test preparation resources help students thoroughly prepare for exam day.

TIGHTLY INTEGRATED HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES APPEAR IN LIVE VIRTUAL MACHINE LABS. These virtual labs within Cengage’s digital learning solution, MindTap®, provide important opportunities for students to apply what they’ve learned in a realistic, professional environment.

INTEGRATED PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS EMPHASIZE THE RELEVANCE OF CONCEPTS. Throughout every chapter practical activities reinforce the conceptual material students are learning as this edition focuses on real-life applications.

CASE PROJECTS HIGHLIGHT REAL, PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES. Readers review and apply key concepts as Case Projects emphasize real-world set-up and typical administrative scenarios.

STEP-BY-STEP, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES WALK STUDENTS THROUGH ALMOST 100 WINDOWS SERVER 2016 SOLUTIONS. Students practice the latest developments, including exploring core technologies, installation, server management and configuration, designing storage spaces, configuring the file system, Hyper-V virtual machine configuration, server monitoring and maintenance, and high availability.

UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT CORRESPONDS COMPLETELY TO THE LATEST MCSA CERTIFICATION EXAM. This edition’s full-color content maps to the MCSA Certification Exam #70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016. Students prepare for success on the exam as they train for successful careers as Microsoft® networking professionals.

NEW HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES IN LIVE VIRTUAL LABS EMPHASIZE VALUABLE APPLICATION. This edition tightly integrates hands-on activities within live virtual machine labs in Cengage’s comprehensive digital learning solution, MindTap.

UP-TO-DATE, COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS FEATURES NEW TO WINDOWS SERVER 2016. Students examine the latest developments in Windows Server 2016, including enhancements to Hyper-V and PowerShell, Storage Spaces Direct, Data Deduplication, Storage Replica, Nano Server, and Windows Containers.

NEW, DETAILED LAB SETUP GUIDE PROVIDES STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS AND TIPS. This time-saving guide prepares students for success as clear instructions and insights guide them in creating the best environment for completing this edition’s hands-on activities.

NEW POWERSHELL REFERENCE PROVIDES A HANDY, AT-A-GLANCE TOOL. This useful resource lists the PowerShell commands used throughout the book for convenient reference.