Introduction
Select a suitable edition of Windows Server 2019, and then learn to choose the appropriate servicing option and activation method.
Scenario
Contoso, Ltd. is a financial services company in Seattle with major offices throughout the world. Most of its compute environment runs on-premises on Windows Server. This includes virtualized workloads on Windows Server 2016 hosts.
Contoso IT staff are migrating Contoso on-premises servers to Windows Server 2019. Contoso plans to expand into additional sites and use virtualization to help expedite bringing a new site online. In addition, Contoso plans to increase the use of virtualization to optimize their computing environment because many physical servers are underutilized.
As part of the migration, you must perform an assessment of the Windows Server editions and recommend an appropriate edition for Contoso. You must also be able to advise Contoso IT on how to support and manage servicing, licensing, and activation after deployment.
After completing this module, you’ll be able to describe the different Windows Server editions, explain servicing channels, and implement licensing and activation.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
- Select Windows Server 2019 editions.
- Choose a Windows Server servicing channel.
- Describe licensing and activation.
- Implement automatic virtual machine activation (AVMA).
Prerequisites
To get the best learning experience from this module, you should have knowledge and experience of:
- Active Directory Domain Services concepts and technologies.
- Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2016.
- Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts.
- Automation and monitoring.