System Administrator

Microsoft Server 2019

Module 01:
Installing, upgrading, and
migrating servers and
workloads
Overview
 Lesson 01: Introducing Windows Server 2019
 Lesson 02: Preparing and installing Nano Server and
Server Core
 Lesson 03: Preparing for upgrades and migrations
 Lesson 04: Migrating server roles and workloads
 Lesson 05: Windows Server activation models
 Lesson 06: Demo
Lesson 01: Introducing Windows Server 2019
Introducing Windows Server 2019
 Selecting a suitable Windows Server 2019 edition
 Hardware requirements
 Overview of installation options
 Managing servers remotely
 Using Windows PowerShell 5.0 to manage servers
Introducing Windows Server 2019
Selecting a suitable Windows Server 2019 edition
 Windows Server 2019 Essentials
 Windows Server 2019 Standard
 Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
 Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019
Introducing Windows Server 2019
Hardware Requirements
Introducing Windows Server 2019
Overview of installation options
 Windows Server 2019 (Desktop Experience)
 Full server installation

 Windows Server 2019

 Server Core installation

 Nano Server
 Minimal server installation of either Standard or Datacenter edition
Introducing Windows Server 2019
Managing servers remotely
 Use the following options to remotely manage a computer that is
running Windows Server 2019:
 Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)
 Server Manager
 Management consoles for each role/feature
 Admin Center
 Windows PowerShell remoting and PowerShell Direct
 Remote shell
 Remote Desktop
 Group Policy (not supported on Nano Server)

 Firewall exceptions required for remote management

Introducing Windows Server 2019
Using Windows PowerShell 5.0 to manage servers
Windows PowerShell is a scripting language and command-line interface
that is designed to assist you in performing day-to-day administrative
tasks
Introducing Windows Server 2019
New features and improvements
• Nano Server
• Containers
• Docker support
• Rolling upgrades for Hyper-
V and storage clusters
• Hot add/remove virtual
memory & network
adapters
• Nested virtualization
• PowerShell Direct
• Shielded virtual machines
• Windows Defender
• Storage Spaces Direct
• Storage Replica
• Remote Desktop Services
• Microsoft Passport
• Azure AD Join support
• Privileged Access Management
Lesson 02: Preparing and installing Nano Server and
Server Core
Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
What is Nano Server?
Overview of installing Nano Server
Managing and configuring Nano Server
Planning for Server Core
Comparing Server Core with Nano Server and a full installation
Installing Server Core and Server with Desktop Experience
Post-installation configuration settings
 Discussion: Selecting a suitable Windows Server edition and installation
type
Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
What is Nano Server?
 Compute host for Hyper-V virtual machines, either in clusters or not
 Storage host for a scale-out file server, either in clusters or not
 DNS server
 Web server running IIS
 Host for apps that are developed by using cloud application patterns and
run in a container or virtual machine
Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
Overview of installing Nano Server
 Setup files for the Nano Server in \NanoServer folder on installation
media
 Can deploy as:
 A VHD on a Hyper-V host
 A VHD bootable drive on a physical computer
 A .wim file on a physical computer

 Create images by using Windows Power Shell or the Nano Server Image
Builder tool
Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
Managing and configuring Nano Server
Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
Planning for Server Core
 Server Core is:
 A more security-enhanced, less resource-intensive installation option than the Desktop
Experience installation
 An installation that cannot be converted to a full graphical shell version of Windows Server
2019
 The default installation option for Windows Server 2019
 Managed locally by using Windows PowerShell and other standard tools

 With remote management enabled, you rarely need to sign in locally

Preparing and installing Nano Server and Server Core
Post-installation configuration settings
 Configure the IP address
 Set the computer name
 Join an Active Directory domain
 Configure the time zone
 Enable automatic updates
 Add roles and features
 Configure Windows Firewall settings
Lesson 03: Preparing for upgrades and migrations
Preparing for upgrades and migrations
 In-place upgrades vs. server migration
 In-place upgrade scenarios
 Benefits of migrating to Windows Server 2019
 Recommendations for server consolidation
Preparing for upgrades and migrations
In-place upgrades vs. server migration
 Upgrading to Windows Server 2019:
 Can upgrade from Windows Server 2012 or later
 Can only upgrade to same or newer editions
 Requires same processor architecture

 Migrating to Windows Server 2019:

 Must migrate from x86 version of Windows Server
 Can use the Windows Server Migration Tools feature
Preparing for upgrades and migrations
In-place upgrades scenarios
 Existing servers meet hardware requirements
 Software products installed on an existing server support an in-place
upgrade
 You want to keep existing data and security permissions
 You want to keep existing roles, features, and settings
Preparing for upgrades and migrations
Benefits of migrating to Windows Server 2019
 Do not affect your current Windows Server or later IT infrastructure
 Perform software product migration in a separate environment
 Perform migration of server roles, features, and settings in a separate
environment
 Ensure new operating system enhancements are installed by default
Preparing for upgrades and migrations
Recommendations for server consolidation
 Analyze if cohosting of multiple roles is supported
 Deploy roles that are not supported for cohosting on additional servers
 Determine if cohosting multiple roles affects server performance (it
should not)
 Analyze if cohosted roles are supported for high availability
Lesson 04: Migrations server roles and workloads
Migrations server roles and workloads
 Migrating server roles within a domain
 Migrating server roles across domains or forests
Migrations server roles and workloads
In-place upgrades vs. server migration
The roles that you can migrate from supported earlier editions of
Windows Server to Windows Server 2019 include:
 AD FS Role Services
 Hyper-V
 DHCP
 DNS
 Network Policy Server
 Print and Document Services
 Remote Access
 WSUS
Migrations server roles and workloads
Migrating server roles across domains or forests
 Create a new Windows Server 2019 AD DS forest
 Deploy applications on new servers
 Establish AD DS trust between the current and the new AD DS forests
 Migrate AD DS objects
 Migrate application data and settings
 Decommission and remove the old AD DS environment
Lesson 05: Windows Server activation models
Windows Server activation models
Windows Server 2019 licensing and activation
 Datacenter and Standard edition per-core licensing
 Windows Server 2019 Datacenter and Standard editions are licensed by physical core.
Licenses are sold in 2-packs and 16-packs.
 Minimum license requirements
 All physical cores must be licensed
 8 core licenses per processor
 16 core licenses per server
Windows Server activation models
 Windows Server 2019 licensing and activation
Windows Server activation models
Windows Server 2019 licensing and activation
Lesson 06: Labs