Introduction

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Windows Server provides a range of tools to monitor the operating system and the applications on your server computers. You can use these tools to configure your system to optimize efficiency and to troubleshoot problems. As a Windows Server administrator, it's important that you know how to use the built-in monitoring tools in Windows Server. You should also be able to interpret the data gathered by these tools in order to tune your server environment.

In this module, you will:

  • Use monitoring tools to identify performance and reliability problems

  • Implement a performance monitoring methodology

  • Monitor virtual machines and network infrastructure services

  • Optimize the performance of Windows Server

Learning objectives

  • Learn to use built-in tools to monitor server performance

  • Understand the fundamentals of server performance tuning

Prerequisites

To get the best learning experience from this module, you should have:

  • Working knowledge of common Windows Server management tools.

  • Some experience of typical Windows Server workloads.

  • Basic knowledge of Windows PowerShell.