Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and two for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

• Processor -1.4 GHz 64-bit processor capable of running Hyper-V for hosting 64-bit VMs
• Hard Disk - 500 GB or above
• RAM - 8 GB or above
• Network Adapter - compatible with Windows Server 2012 R2
• DVD-ROM drive
• Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
• 1024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended
• Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen

Software

• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Standard or Datacenter Edition or Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter EditionThis course was developed using Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter edition and the activities and content are updated to reflect Windows Server 2012 R2 release and certification objectives. For this course, for each system, you need six Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition licenses for the physical system and five virtual machines. Because Standard Edition allows only two VMs by default, you need to procure separate VM licenses for running the additional three virtual machines. As the Standard edition of Windows Server 2012 R2 contains only two VM licenses, you need to procure three more VM licenses to run the five VMs on the main system for this course. Also, you need to procure six Standard edition licenses for setting up the course environment. For the instructor for the second physical system, you need procure an additional physical system required for an activity in Lesson 10.

• Brief Description of Course Setup

  Base Operating System: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard edition

  On this system, the Hyper-V role needs to be installed and configured.

• Virtual Systems

  5 x Hyper-V Virtual Machine running Windows Server 2012 R2

• Network Arrangement

  To prevent the systems from conflicting with the existing network, each student system will be in an isolated network with virtual connections. The physical system of the individual students and instructor will not be connected to any other network. Therefore, you can use the same system name for each student. You need not prefix the Student Number before each system name.

• Installation of Virtual Machines

  For Windows Server 2012 R2, the virtual machines have to be installed with basic options. Install Windows Server 2012 R2 on the physical system. Rename the system as Server100.

• For Windows Server 2012 R2 (Primary Server VM)

  Create a Hyper-V VM with 2 GB RAM and 60 GB disk space. Install Windows Server 2012 R2 using the install wizard. After the server is installed, change the server name to “Server100.”

• For Windows Server 2012 R2 (Secondary Server VM)

  Create a Hyper-V VM with 2 GB RAM and 60 GB disk space. Install Windows Server 2012 R2 using the install wizard. After the server is installed, change the server name to “Server2.”

• For Windows Server 2012 R2 (4 Secondary Server VMs)

  Create a Hyper-V VM with 1 GB RAM and 60 GB disk space. Install Windows Server 2012 R2 using the install wizard. After the server is installed, change the server name to “Server1.” You need to repeat these steps to create three more new VMs, and name them as "Server3," "Server4," and "Server5."

  A maximum of two VMs can run simultaneously.

  While it is fine to have multiple VM instances running at any given point of time, it is preferable to keep the number of active VMs running at any given point of time to three.