•  Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
•  Introducing the software-defined datacenter
•  Extending virtualization to the cloud

Lab: Evaluating virtualization options

•  Selecting the appropriate virtualization method
•  Creating Azure virtual machines

•  Installing and configuring the Hyper-V role
•  Creating and managing virtual hard disks and virtual machines
•  Creating and using Hyper-V virtual switches
•  Implementing failover clustering with Hyper-V

Lab: Creating and managing virtual hard disks and virtual machines

•  Installing and configuring the Hyper-V server role
•  Configuring virtual machines and virtual hard disks

Lab: Implementing failover clustering with Hyper-V

•  Creating a Hyper-V failover cluster
•  Managing a Hyper-V failover cluster

•  Overview of Virtual Machine Manager
•  Installing Virtual Machine Manager
•  Adding hosts and managing host groups

Lab: Installing and configuring Virtual Machine Manager

•  Installing and configuring Virtual Machine Manager
•  Managing hosts and host groups
•  Managing an Azure subscription by using Virtual Machine Manager

•  Overview of server virtualization storage technologies
•  Managing storage fabric
•  Managing fabric updates

Lab: Managing storage fabric and fabric updates

•  Implementing a storage infrastructure
•  Creating a file server cluster and a storage QoS policy
•  Managing fabric updates

•  Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager library
•  Preparing Windows for deployment in Virtual Machine Manager
•  Working with profiles
•  Working with VM templates

Lab: Configuring and managing the Virtual Machine Manager library and library objects

•  Configuring and managing a Virtual Machine Manager library
•  Creating a Windows image for the Virtual Machine Manager library
•  Creating and managing profiles and templates

• Networking concepts in Virtual Machine Manager
• Managing Software Defined Networking
• Understanding network function virtualization

Lab : Creating and configuring the networking fabric

• Associating virtual network adapters of Hyper-V hosts with the management logical network
• Deploying Network Controller

Lab : Configuring and testing Hyper-V Network Virtualization

• Configuring Hyper-V Network Virtualization
• Provisioning and testing tenant VM networks

• VM management tasks
• Creating, cloning, and converting VMs

Lab : Creating and managing VMs by using System Center VM Manager

• Creating a VM and modifying its properties
• Creating and managing checkpoints
• Cloning and migrating a VM

• Introduction to clouds
• Creating and managing a cloud
• Creating user roles in Virtual Machine Manager

Lab : Managing clouds in Virtual Machine Manager

• Creating a private cloud
• Creating user roles

• Overview of services in Virtual Machine Manager
• Creating and managing services in Virtual Machine Manager

Lab : Managing services in Virtual Machine Manager

• Creating a service template
• Deploying a service and updating service template
• Scaling out a service and updating the service

• Operations Manager architecture and security
• Using Operations Manager for monitoring and reporting
• Integrating Operations Manager with Virtual Machine Manager and Data Protection Manager

Lab : Monitoring a virtualization infrastructure by using Operations Manager

• Implementing Operations Manager agents
• Integrating Operations Manager with Virtual Machine Manager

• Implementing and managing Hyper-V Replica
• Implementing and managing Azure Site Recovery

Lab : Implementing and managing Hyper-V Replica and Azure Site Recovery

• Configuring and managing Hyper-V Replica
• Configuring and managing Azure Site Recovery

• Overview of backup and restore options for VMs
• Configuring and managing Data Protection Manager for virtualization infrastructure protection

Lab : Protecting virtualization infrastructure by using Data Protection Manager

• Configuring a DPM server and installing DPM protection agents
• Creating and configuring protection groups
• Recovering VMs and other data
• Providing online protection with DPM