Windows Server 2019: Storage Services

Configure file and storage solutions in Windows Server 2019. Learn about Windows tiered storage, iSCSI targets and initiators, simple and advanced file sharing, and more.

Introduction

• Storage techniques for Windows Server 2019

1. Introduction to File and Storage Services in Server 2019

• Introduction to file and storage solutions
• Computer Management demonstration
• Server Manager storage roles services explained
• Command-line disk formatting
• Command-line file utilities
• Volumes and disks

2. Configure Advanced File Services

• Configure file sharing
• Configure NFS and SMB quick shares
• Configure advanced shares using FSRM
• Discuss ReFS and NTFS scenarios
• Configure SMB shares using PowerShell
• Troubleshooting shared folder access

3. Implement Storage Features

• Use PowerShell to create VHD and VHDX files
• Mount VHDX files in Explorer
• Configure data center bridging
• Discuss Storage Replica scenarios
• Implement Storage Replica

4. Configure and Optimize Storage

• Configure an iSCSI target and initiator
• Implementing iSNS
• Manage server free space using Features on Demand
• Implementing thin provisioning
• Configure tiered storage
• Describe DAS, NAS, and SANs and the usage scenarios for each topology
• Configure MPIO

5. Additional Storage Roles

• Data deduplication intro
• Practical deduplication
• Storage on Hyper-V
• Formatting options in Server 2019
• Extending and shrinking storage drive partitions in Server 2019
• Implement backup and restore using deduplication

6. Other Storage Options

• Configure storage pools
• Creating RAID with striping and parity
• Creating a RAID mirror in Storage Spaces Direct

Conclusion

• Next steps