Implement Windows Server high availability

At a glance

Learn to implement high availability Windows Server virtual machine (VM) workloads with Hyper-V Replica, Windows Server Failover Clustering, and Windows Server File Server high availability.

Prerequisites

  • Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, or later.
  • Core networking technologies.
  • Windows Server Hyper-V fundamentals.

Modules in this learning path

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) in Windows Server 2019.

Learn about the core functionality of Windows Server failover clustering, various configuration options for failover clustering, and the use of cluster sets.

This module covers how to implement high availability for Hyper-V virtual machines in Windows Server. You learn how to choose between host clustering, guest clustering, and Network Load Balancing (NLB) for different workload types, configure and perform live migration to move running VMs between Hyper-V hosts using CredSSP or Kerberos authentication, and perform storage migration to relocate VM virtual hard disk files without downtime.

Learn about the core functionality, benefits, use cases, and implementation of the highly available File Server role in Windows Server 2019.

This module covers how to implement scaling and high availability for Windows Server virtual machines in Azure. You learn how to describe virtual machine scale sets and their use cases for fluctuating workloads, implement horizontal scaling (adding/removing VMs) and vertical scaling (increasing VM resources) with automated rules based on metrics, configure load-balanced virtual machines using Azure Load Balancer with frontend IP configurations, describe Azure Site Recovery capabilities for disaster recovery and business continuity, and implement Azure Site Recovery to replicate and protect Azure VMs.