The Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Server Infrastructure course trains you to acquire the skills needed to run a highly efficient and modern data center, with expertise in identity management, systems management, virtualization, storage, and networking. It prepares you in the right way to take up Microsoft’s MCSE certification. There are totally 5 Papers that one has to write in order to get certified. Below given are the five papers.

70- 740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

Module1: Implementing Server Virtualization using Hyper-V

1. Install and configure Hyper-V
2. Virtual machine (VM) settings
3. Configure Hyper-V storage & networking
4. Create and configure virtual machine settings

Module 2: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2016

1. Version of the Windows Server, Installation options
2. Prepare and install Nano Server and Server Core

Module 3: Implement Windows containers

1. Overview of containers in Windows Server 2016
2. Deploying Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
3. Installing, configuring, and managing containers

Module 4: Install and configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

1. Install and configure domain controllers
2. Create and manage users and computers
3. Create and manage groups and organizational units (OUs)

Module 5: Manage and maintain AD DS

1. Back up Active Directory and SYSVOL
2. Perform Active Directory restore
3. Using Active Directory Recycle Bin
4. Configure a multi-domain and multi-forest Active Directory infrastructure

Module 6: Implement DHCP server

1. Install and configure DHCP
2. Manage and maintain DHCP

Module 7: Implement Domain Name System (DNS)

1. Install and configure DNS servers
2. Create and configure DNS zones and records

Module 8: Implement IP Address Management (IPAM)

1. Install and configure IPAM
2. Manage DNS and DHCP using IPAM

Module 9: Implement storage solutions

1. Configure NFS and SMB shares using Server Manager
2. Implement and configure data deduplication
3. Configure disks and volumes
4. Configure storage pools
5. Configuring iSCSI storage

Module 10: Implement high availability

1. Implementing a failover cluster
2. Manage failover clustering
3. Implement Network Load Balancing (NLB)

Module 11: Maintain and monitor server environments

1. Monitor workloads using Performance Monitor and Resource Monitor
2. Implement Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
3. Backup and restore operations using Windows Server Backup

Module 12: Implement an advanced network infrastructure

1. Overview of high performance networking features
2. Configuring advanced Microsoft Hyper-V networking features
3. Transfer and seize operations master roles
4. Install and configure a read-only domain controller (RODC)

Module 13: Implement network connectivity and remote access solutions

1. Implement network connectivity solutions: NAT & routing
2. Implement virtual private network (VPN) and DirectAccess solutions
3. Implement Network Policy Server (NPS)

Module 14: Implement Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)

1. Install and configure AD CS
2. Manage certificates & templates

Overiew of Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Web Application Proxy (WAP) & Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)

70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016

Module 1: Planning and implementing an IPv4 network

1. Planning IPv4 addressing
2. Configuring an IPv4 host
3. Managing and troubleshooting IPv4 network connectivity

Module 2: Implementing DHCP

1. Overview of the DHCP server role
2. Deploying DHCP
3. Managing and troubleshooting DHCP

Module 3: Implementing IPv6

1. Overview of IPv6 addressing
2. Configuring an IPv6 host
3. Implementing IPv6 and IPv4 coexistence
4. Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6

Module 4: Implementing DNS

1. Implementing DNS servers
2. Configuring zones in DNS
3. Configuring name resolution between DNS zones
4. Configuring DNS integration with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
5. Configuring advanced DNS settings

Module 5: Implementing and managing IPAM

1. Overview of IPAM
2. Deploying IPAM
3. Managing IP address spaces by using IPAM

Module 6: Remote access in Windows Server 2016

1. Overview of remote access
2. Implementing Web Application Proxy

Module 7: Implementing Direct Access

1. Implementing DirectAccess by using the Getting Started Wizard
2. Implementing and managing an advanced DirectAccess infrastructure
3. Validating the DirectAccess deployment

Module 8: Implementing VPNs

1. Planning VPNs
2. Implementing VPNs

Module 9: Implementing networking for branch offices

1. Implementing Distributed File System (DFS) for branch offices
2. Implementing BranchCache for branch offices

Module 10: Configuring advanced networking

1. Overview of high performance networking features
2. Configuring advanced Microsoft Hyper-V networking features

Module 11: Implementing Software Defined Networking

1. Overview of Software Defined Networking
2. Implementing network virtualization
3. Implementing Network Controller

70-742:Identity with Windows Server 2016

Module 1: Installing and configuring domain controllers

1. Planning IPv4 addressing
2. Configuring an IPv4 host
3. Managing and troubleshooting IPv4 network connectivity

Module 2: Managing objects in AD DS

1. Managing user accounts
2. Managing groups in AD DS
3. Managing computer objects in AD DS
4. Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS administration
5. Implementing and managing OUs

Module 3: Advanced AD DS infrastructure management AD DS trusts.

1. Overview of advanced AD DS deployments
2. Deploying a distributed AD DS environment
3. Configuring AD DS trusts

Module 4: Implementing and administering AD DS sites and replication

1. Overview of AD DS replication
2. Configuring AD DS sites
3. Configuring and monitoring AD DS replication
4. Configure and monitor AD DS replication.

Module 5: Implementing Group Policy

1. Introducing Group Policy
2. Implementing and administering GPOs
3. Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing
4. Troubleshooting the application of GPOs
5. Describe Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing.

Module 6: Managing user settings with Group Policy

1. Implementing administrative templates
2. Configuring Folder Redirection, Software Installation, and Scripts
3. Configuring Group Policy preferences

Module 7: Securing Active Directory Domain Services

This module describes how to configure domain controller security, account security, password security, and Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA).

1. Securing domain controllers (RODC)
2. Implementing account security
3. Implementing audit authentication
4. Configuring managed service accounts
5. Implementing security policies for accounts, passwords, and administrative groups

Module 8: Deploying and managing AD CS (Certificate Service)

1. Deploying CAs
2. Administering CAs
3. Troubleshooting and maintaining CAs

Module 9: Deploying and managing certificates

1. Deploying and managing certificate templates
2. Managing certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery
3. Using certificates in a business environment
4. Implementing and managing smart cards
5. Enrolling and using certificates

Module 10: Implementing and administering AD FS

1. Overview of AD FS
2. AD FS requirements and planning
3. Deploying and configuring AD FS
4. Overview of Web Application Proxy

Module 11: Implementing and administering AD RMS

1. Overview of AD RMS
2. Deploying and managing an AD RMS infrastructure
3. Configuring AD RMS content protection

Module 12: Implementing AD DS synchronization with Microsoft Azure AD

1. Planning and preparing for directory synchronization
2. Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
3. Managing identities with directory synchronization
4. Managing Active Directory users and groups

Module 13: Monitoring, managing, and recovering AD DS

1. Monitoring AD DS
2. Managing the Active Directory database
3. Active Directory backup and recovery options for AD DS

70-413 Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure

1. Design an automated server installation strategy
2. Plan and implement a server deployment infrastructure
3. Plan and implement server upgrade and migration
4. Plan and deploy Virtual Machine Manager Services
5. Plan and implement file and storage services
6. Design and maintain a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) solution
7. Design a name resolution solution strategy
8. Design and manage an IP address management solution
9. Design a VPN solution
10. Design a forest and domain infrastructure
11. Design a Group Policy strategy
12. Design an Active Directory permission model
13. Design an Active Directory sites topology
14. Design a domain controller strategy