Microsoft 070-745 : Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter

Implement Software-Defined Storage Solutions
-Implement Storage Spaces Direct in hyper-converged scenario by using VMM; implement Storage Spaces Direct in a disaggregated scenario by using VMM; implement storage tiering; implement iSCSI storage; implement Storage Spaces fault tolerance; implement Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs); determine usage scenarios and requirements for SMB 3 storage; configure and enable NIC offload technologies such as SMB Direct on Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) and SMB Multichannel on capable NICs for use as part of storage infrastructure; implement SMB file storage; encrypt cluster volumes; implement Storage QoS policies for Min/Max IOPs and Max Bandwidth; implement aggregated and dedicated QoS policies; provision Thin and Thick storage solutions; allocate Storage Array to a Host Group; create a LUN for a Hyper-V Cluster from allocated storage; allocate File Share to a Hyper-V Cluster; implement storage classifications for storage pools.

Manage Software-Defined Storage
-Implement Storage Replica solutions; implement Hyper-V replica solutions; integrate Hyper-V Replica with Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for secondary on-premises site; implement Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX); determine LUN usage; decommission storage from Hyper-V Host; optimize Storage Spaces Direct storage pools; implement network QoS policies to control RDMA and SMB storage connections; implement SAN copy to rapidly provision VMs.

Implement Core Network Fabric
-Create logical networks; create logical network sites; create IP pool; configure uplink port profiles; configure virtual port profiles; configure port classifications; create and configure logical switches; configure Hyper-V extensible virtual switches; integrate VMM switches with Top-of-Rack (TOR) switches; implement max bandwidth policies; enable NIC teaming; enable Switch Embedded Teaming (SET); create and configure MAC pools; configure Domain Name System (DNS); configure and enable NIC offload technologies such as virtual Receive Side Scaling (vRSS) and Virtual Machine Multi-Queue (VMMQ), and configure Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) on capable NICs.

Plan for and Implement SDN solution
-Plan for software-defined network infrastructure; define and document fabric resource endpoints such as host servers, logical networks, software load balancer (SLB) multiplexers (MUX), VLANs and service credentials; implement SDN using VMM Service Templates; configure for single tenant and multi-tenant scenarios; define front end Virtual IPs (VIPs) in multi-tier scenarios; define back end Dynamic IPs (DIPs) in multi-tier application scenarios; install and configure the SDN Host agent; configure DNS integration with SDN; configure DNS integration with Internal DNS Service (iDNS); create and configure Access Control Lists (ACL) for use in multi-tenant environments; configure virtual subnets.

Configure Network Controller (NC)
-Determine usage scenarios and requirements for the Network Controller; implement Network Controller in domain and non-domain environments; test successful Network Controller deployment; query Network Controller resources and provisioning state; define resource objects by using scripts; implement multi-node Network Controller deployments; implement highly available Network Controller resources; set up an Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) server.

Configure and Manage Software Load Balancer (SLB)
-Determine infrastructure and tenant usage scenarios and requirements for load balancer deployment; configure SLB host agent; configure Border Gateway Protocol (BGP); configure SLB Multiplexer (MUX) to advertise Virtual IP Address (VIP); configure SLB rules to map virtual IP (VIP) and ports to back end Dynamic IPs (DIP) and ports in multi-tier application scenarios; configure NAT for inbound and outbound traffic; configure North-South and East-West load balancing; scale SLB Multiplexers; configure health probes.

Configure Windows Server Gateway
-Determine usage scenarios and requirements for Windows Server Gateway (WSG) deployment; deploy WSG using SCVMM Service Templates; implement a Layer 3 gateway; implement Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnelling; implement multi-tenant gateways by using PowerShell; implement IPsec Site-to-Site (S2S) tunnel; create M+N redundancy gateway pools; scale gateway pools; manage gateway by using Network Controller; integrate gateways with SLB; integrate VLAN networks with SDN gateway for Azure hybrid networking; configure BGP routing for gateway; assign gateway pools for tenant usage; configure Windows Server Gateway as a forwarding proxy; implement highly available Windows Server Gateway.

Manage SDN Infrastructure
-Install updates on network controllers, Software Load Balancer components, and gateway components; configure health probes; query configuration state health information in load balancer MUX object; configure NC/SLB and GW logs; manage SDN components for service branching and patching considerations; troubleshoot SDN stack by using Network Controller diagnostics.

Manage Tenant Virtual Networks
-Use network virtual appliances on virtual networks; configure network Quality of Service (QoS) for tenant VM network adapter; connect container endpoints to a tenant virtual network.

Install and Configure System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
-Determine requirements and usage scenarios for implementing Operations Manager; perform single and distributed deployment options for Operations Manager; install Operations Manager Agents by using Discovery Wizard or the command line; secure user access; create, install, and manage sealed and unsealed Management Packs.

Monitor and Manage Infrastructure and Virtual Machine Workloads using System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
-Tune Monitoring using Targeting and Overrides; configure maintenance schedules; suspend monitoring temporarily; configure notifications; configure reporting; integrate Operations Manager and VMM; enable Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) tips in VMM; determine requirements and usage scenarios for backing up and restoring Software-Defined Datacenter workloads and Virtual Machine Manager with tools such as Data Protection Manager (DPM) and Microsoft Azure.

Implement Compute solutions
-Determine requirements and usage scenarios for virtualized deployments; determine requirements for application deployments in virtualized infrastructure; create and configure virtual machine templates; configure hardware profiles; configure guest operating system profiles; configure application profiles; manage custom properties and placement rules; deploy and manage Nano server containers; perform operating system deployments using unattend.xml options; integrate sysprep with unattend.xml answer file; migrate existing virtual machine deployments to VMM; create and manage checkpoints; clone virtual machines; perform Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) virtual machine conversions; implement and manage Linux virtual machines; deploy virtual machines from an existing VHD, template, P2V conversion, or VMM library; deploy containers by using VMM templates; manage guarded hosts.

Implement Service Templates
-Create and configure Service Templates; implement availability sets within a template; add tiers to a Service Template; add network components to a Service Template; implement Active Directory Service Template; configure SharePoint Server Service Template; deploy Service Templates; update and modify Service Templates; import and export Service Templates; implement Guest Clustering.

Install and Configure Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)
-Determine requirements for Installation of System Center Virtual Machine Manager; install VMM server, VMM Administrative Console, and VMM local agents; configure SQL database requirements for the VMM database; add Hosts; upgrade VMM from previous versions of VMM including performing a rolling upgrade from Windows Server 2012 R2 host clusters; create service accounts for VMM; uninstall VMM; reinstall from a retained database.

Install and Configure VMM Host Servers
-Determine requirements for bare metal installation of host servers; perform Hyper-V host deployment to bare-metal machine; integrate Windows Deployment Services (WDS) with VMM to provide PXE services for bare metal deployments.

Manage VMM Infrastructure
-Integrate Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) with VMM infrastructure; plan and orchestrate updates and patches on VMM servers, SQL database host agents, and management consoles; create Update Baselines; run compliance scans; remediate host servers and clusters; manage host groups; backup and restore VMM servers.

Manage VMM Libraries
-Install and configure library servers; add library servers and library shares to VMM; enable Data Deduplication on library server; synchronize libraries; manage library association; manage object equivalence.

Implement Highly Available VMM Infrastructure
-Determine component requirements for Highly Available VMM infrastructure; create a highly available VMM management server; create a Hyper-V Host cluster by using Failover Cluster Manager; determine requirements and options for SQL server high availability; determine single site and multi-site high availability options; create highly available library servers; implement Scale-Out File Server; perform Scale-Out File Server cluster deployment to a bare-metal machine; implement Distributed Key Management Solution; determine upgrade scenarios and options for a highly available VMM deployment; perform Cluster-Aware Updating; implement Rolling Cluster Upgrades; implement stretch clusters; manage mixed-mode clusters.

Secure the Compute Environment
-Determine the requirements for Host Guardian Service, implement Host Guardian Service; implement shielded VMs for new VMs by using templates; implement shielded VMs for existing virtual machines; implement Guarded Fabric solutions; implement DHCP guard; configure Run as accounts and User Roles; implement Role Based Access Control (RBAC); implement Code Integrity solution; implement secure boot for Windows and Linux guests; implement Credential Guard; implement self-service.

Secure the Network Environment
-Create and use port ACLs with VM networks, VM subnets and virtual NICs; create and use Global Settings for all VMs; implement Datacenter Firewall solutions using VMM; create ACL Rules using Datacenter Firewall; configure and apply Network Controller network policies; secure tenant networks; plan for integration of security appliances into tenant network infrastructure.