Containers
• Discuss the role that containers play and how they can benefit the firm.
High Availability
• How will clustering be utilized?
• What role with load balancing play?
Hyper-V
• Discuss the role of Hyper-V and benefits.
• How will Hyper-V high availability be achieved?
Disaster Recovery
• What role will Windows Backup Server play?
• Discuss backup strategies.
• Is a third-party backup and recovery solution required?
Maintenance
• How will Windows Server Update Services be utilized?
• Discuss a plan to keep Servers updated and patched with minimal interruption to servers and services. Keep in mind, Microsoft issues patch and updates to its operating systems and software the second Tuesday (Links to an external site.) of each month. Your plan should take this into account.
Monitoring
• Discuss the purpose of system monitoring.
• Describe tools available for monitoring Windows Servers.
• Include one Windows Server 2016 tool that is not included in the readings or the text. This may require additional research.
Discuss a plan to keep Servers updated and patched with minimal interruption to servers and services.
