The Windows Server 2016 70-740 Exam is articulated around six main exam objectives. As per below table, these six objectives are not equally weighed at the exam and clearly main objectives 5.0 and 3.0 cover significantly more content areas than the rest. Having said that, they are all important in the sense that, were you to completely flame out on any one of them, you would be very likely to fail the exam.
Below list of exam objectives contain the exact wording per Microsoft’s “Skills Measured” lists however, we modified to format for your ease of use. In isolating every sub-objective on its own line, we are hoping you will find this format a little easier to digest.
1.0 Install Windows Servers in Host and Compute Environments
1.1 Install, upgrade, and migrate servers and workloads
Determine Windows Server 2016 installation requirements
Determine appropriate Windows Server 2016 editions per workloads
Install Windows Server 2016; install Windows Server 2016 features and roles
Install and configure Windows Server Core; manage Windows Server Core installations using Windows PowerShell, command line, and remote management capabilities
Implement Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to install and maintain integrity of installed environments
Perform upgrades and migrations of servers and core workloads from Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2016
Determine the appropriate activation model for server installation, such as Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA), Key Management Service (KMS), and Active Directory-based Activation
1.2 Install and configure Nano Server
Determine appropriate usage scenarios and requirements for Nano Server; install Nano Server
Implement Roles and Features on Nano Server; Using Nano Server Image Builder , manage and configure Nano Server
Manage Nano Server remotely using MMC, Windows PowerShell, and Server Management Tools.
1.3 Create, manage, and maintain images for deployment
Plan for Windows Server virtualization
Assess virtualization workloads using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
Determine considerations for deploying workloads into virtualized environments
Update images with patches, hotfixes, last cumulative updates and drivers
Install roles and features in offline images; manage and maintain Windows Server Core, Nano Server images, and VHDs using Windows PowerShell
2.0 Implement Storage Solutions
2.1 Configure disks and volumes
Configure sector sizes appropriate for various workloads
Configure GUID partition table (GPT) disks
Create VHD and VHDX files using Disk Management or Windows PowerShell
Mount virtual hard disks
Determine when to use NTFS and ReFS file systems
Configure NFS and SMB shares using Server Manager
Configure SMB share and session settings using Windows PowerShell
Configure SMB server and SMB client configuration settings using Windows PowerShell
Configure file and folder permissions
2.2 Implement server storage
Configure storage pools
Implement simple, mirror, and parity storage layout options for disks or enclosures
Expand storage pools
Configure Tiered Storage; configure iSCSI target and initiator
Configure iSNS
Configure Datacenter Bridging (DCB)
Configure Multi-Path IO (MPIO)
Determine usage scenarios for Storage Replica
Implement Storage Replica for server-to server, cluster-to-cluster, and stretch cluster scenarios
2.3 Implement data deduplication
Implement and configure deduplication
Determine appropriate usage scenarios for deduplication
Monitor deduplication
Implement a backup and restore solution with deduplication
3.0 Implement Hyper-V
3.1 Install and configure Hyper-V
Determine hardware and compatibility requirements for installing Hyper-V; install Hyper-V; install management tools; upgrade from existing versions of Hyper-V; delegate virtual machine management; perform remote management of Hyper-V hosts; Using Windows PowerShell Direct; implement nested virtualization
Implement Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade
Configure and optimize cluster shared volumes (CSVs)
Configure clusters without network names
Implement Scale-Out File Server (SoFS)
Determine different scenarios for the use of SoFS vs. File Server for general use
Determine usage scenarios for implementing guest clustering
Implement a Clustered Storage Spaces solution using Shared SAS storage enclosures
Implement Storage Replica
Implement Cloud Witness; implement VM resiliency
Implement shared VHDX as a storage solution for guest clusters
5.3 Implement Storage Spaces Direct
Determine scenario requirements for implementing Storage Spaces Direct
Enable Storage Spaces Direct using Windows PowerShell
Implement a disaggregated Storage Spaces Direct scenario
Implement a hyper-converged Storage Spaces Direct scenario
5.4 Manage failover clustering
Configure role-specific settings
Including continuously available shares
Configure VM monitoring
Configure failover and preference settings
Implement stretch and site-aware failover clusters
Enable and configure node fairness
5.5 Manage VM movement in clustered nodes
Perform a live migration; perform a quick migration
Perform a storage migration
Import, export, and copy VMs; configure VM network health protection
Configure drain on shutdown
5.6 Implement Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Install NLB nodes
Configure NLB prerequisites
Configure affinity
Configure port rules
Configure cluster operation mode
Upgrade an NLB cluster
6.0 Maintain and Monitor Server Environments
6.1 Maintain server installations
Implement Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) solutions
Configure WSUS groups
Manage patch management in mixed environments
Implement an antimalware solution with Windows Defender
Integrate Windows Defender with WSUS and Windows Update
Perform backup and restore operations using Windows Server Backup
Determine backup strategies for different Windows Server roles and workloads, including Hyper-V Host, Hyper-V Guests, Active Directory, File Servers, and Web Servers using Windows Server 2016 native tools and solutions
6.1 Monitor server installations
Monitor workloads using Performance Monitor, Server Manager, Event Viewer
Configure Data Collector Sets; determine appropriate CPU, memory, disk, and networking counters for storage and compute workloads
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