Windows Advanced Training
Design highly available, hybrid and hardened Windows Server environments and migrate older servers with minimal disruption. Learn Windows through a clear Foundation to Advanced path, with hands-on labs, live cohort options, certification support and full LMS access.
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Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four Windows levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
About Windows Advanced Training.
Understand where Windows fits in modern software delivery, what this level covers, and how the program builds practical confidence step by step.
Program overview
Windows is taught as a practical technical skill for modern engineering, operations and platform teams. The course explains where the tool fits, how it is used in real delivery environments, and how learners can apply it through guided practice.
This DevOpsSchool Windows program is built for working professionals who want usable skills instead of only conceptual exposure. The training emphasizes live examples, workflow clarity, operational controls and progressive skill depth from Foundation to Advanced.
Private Windows training for delivery teams, platform groups and engineering organizations.
DevOpsSchool provides corporate Windows training for teams that need faster adoption, workflow standardization, administrative control, integration guidance and governance-ready rollout. Private batches can be aligned to development practice, release workflow, access model, maturity level and internal tooling.
- Private online or classroom delivery for engineering teams
- Aligned to Windows usage maturity, admin depth and collaboration patterns
- Useful for rollout, migration, governance and workflow consistency goals
- Can be tailored for developers, administrators, DevOps teams and leadership stakeholders
Why teams use DevOpsSchool
DevOpsSchool combines live demonstration, practical workflow discussion, implementation-oriented examples, and strong post-session learning support. That makes the training more usable for real teams than generic slide-led courses.
Choose any level. The page still shows the full progression.
Foundation, Essential, Intermediate and Advanced are presented as one linked training flow. Self-paced buyers get all levels by default, even if they start from only one course page.
Instructor-led, self-paced and corporate delivery options.
Compare delivery format, duration, level access and batch style. Fees are shown only in the top decision panel and once again after the agenda.
| Duration | Mode | Level access | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | Live & Interactive | Advanced | Public batch |
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | 1:1 Live training | Advanced | Starts immediately |
| 1 year LMS access | Self-paced video | All 4 levels | Anytime access |
| 5 Days | Corporate | Windows Advanced Training | Private team batch |
What learners should be able to do after Windows training.
The outcomes are written for practical delivery teams: developers, DevOps engineers, release engineers, administrators and technical leads.
Administer Windows Server
Install, configure and manage Windows Server with GUI tools and PowerShell.
Run core infrastructure services
Deliver Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, file services and Hyper-V.
Build resilient, secure platforms
Harden, cluster, monitor and extend Windows Server to hybrid cloud with confidence.
Why this skill, what you will achieve, and who should attend.
Use this section to decide whether the course matches your role, current experience and expected Windows responsibilities before reviewing the detailed agenda.
Why Windows matters
- Windows helps teams standardize a critical part of their software delivery, infrastructure, automation or operations workflow.
- It gives learners a repeatable way to move from basic usage to confident execution in team and enterprise environments.
- For DevOps and platform teams, Windows becomes more valuable when connected with automation, governance, monitoring and delivery practices.
- Teams using Windows effectively reduce ad-hoc execution and move toward consistent engineering standards.
Objectives
- Understand Windows concepts, architecture, terminology and operational usage patterns.
- Learn practical configuration, workflow design, access controls, team usage and quality practices.
- Apply Windows in real delivery workflows using automation, integrations, traceability and governance patterns.
- Build practical confidence to use Windows for individual, team and organizational use cases.
Pre-requisites
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with software development workflows.
- Helpful but not mandatory: introductory DevOps, cloud, automation or software delivery awareness.
- No deep programming background is required for the Foundation and Essential levels.
Who this course is for
- Developers, administrators and engineers who need practical Windows usage skills.
- DevOps engineers, release engineers, SREs and platform teams managing delivery standards.
- Engineering leads and technical managers responsible for workflow quality, access controls and governance.
- Corporate teams migrating to or standardizing on Windows.
Small-batch live training starts every month.
Weekday batches start on the 1st and weekend batches on the first Saturday of every month. One-to-one (1:1) training can start immediately; corporate sessions are scheduled on demand.
Weekend live batch
Starts on the first Saturday of every month. Weekend sessions with demos, labs and Q&A; max 10 learners.
Weekday live batch
Starts on the 1st of every month. Weekday sessions for working professionals and distributed teams; max 10 learners.
Ask advisorAgenda depth up to the selected level.
This page shows the learning flow from Foundation through Advanced. Each level adds to the previous one, and the agenda stops at the current page level. Day counts are for corporate (day-wise) delivery; live online batches cover the same agenda in max 8 to 10 hours.
Foundation Level: Windows Server installation, management tools and basicsDay 1
- Windows Server overview: Standard, Datacenter and Datacenter Azure Edition and the 2025 release
- Installation options: Server Core versus Desktop Experience and hardware requirements
- Installing Windows Server: setup, drivers, activation and the first administrator login
- Initial configuration: sconfig, computer name, IP addressing, DNS client settings and time
- Management tools: Server Manager, Windows Admin Center and Remote Server Administration Tools
- PowerShell basics: cmdlets, Get-Help, pipelines, objects and execution policy
- Roles and features: installing and removing with Install-WindowsFeature and Server Manager
- Local users and groups: accounts, local Administrators group and User Account Control
- Updates: Windows Update settings, update channels and restart planning
- Event Viewer and Task Manager: reading logs and checking resource use
- Remote access: Remote Desktop, PowerShell remoting and Windows Firewall rules
Essential Level = Foundation + Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, file servicesDay 2 · 2 days cumulative
- Active Directory Domain Services: forests, domains, domain controllers and promoting the first DC
- AD objects: organisational units, users, groups, computers and delegation of control
- DNS server: AD-integrated zones, forward and reverse lookup, records and conditional forwarders
- DHCP server: scopes, reservations, options, authorisation and DHCP failover
- Group Policy: GPO creation, linking, inheritance, security filtering and gpresult
- Common policies: password and account lockout, drive mappings, software restrictions and security settings
- File services: SMB shares, NTFS versus share permissions and access-based enumeration
- DFS: DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication for branch file access
- Storage basics: disks, partitions, volumes, NTFS and ReFS and Storage Spaces
- Hyper-V basics: installing the role, virtual switches and creating VMs
- Backup: Windows Server Backup for system state and file recovery
- PowerShell for daily admin: Active Directory module cmdlets and bulk user creation from CSV
Intermediate Level = Essential + automation, security, monitoring and troubleshootingDay 3 · 3 days cumulative
- PowerShell scripting: functions, modules, error handling and scheduled tasks
- Desired State Configuration: declaring server configuration and checking drift
- Security baselines: Microsoft security baselines, Windows Defender Firewall and Microsoft Defender Antivirus
- Credential protection: Windows LAPS, Credential Guard, Protected Users and tiered admin accounts
- Encryption: BitLocker for server volumes and SMB encryption and signing
- Certificates: Active Directory Certificate Services, auto-enrolment and certificate lifecycle
- Patch management: WSUS, Azure Update Manager and maintenance windows
- IIS web server: sites, bindings, application pools and TLS certificates
- Monitoring: Performance Monitor, data collector sets, event forwarding and alerts
- Hyper-V operations: checkpoints, live migration basics, Hyper-V Replica and VM resource settings
- Troubleshooting: boot issues, DNS and network problems, AD replication with repadmin and dcdiag
- Remote management at scale: Just Enough Administration and PowerShell remoting endpoints
Advanced Level = Intermediate + high availability, hybrid cloud, hardening and migrationDays 4-5 · 5 days cumulative
- Failover clustering: quorum and witness, cluster validation and clustered roles
- Storage Spaces Direct: hyperconverged design, resiliency types and cache behaviour
- Hyper-V clusters: Cluster Shared Volumes, live migration and cluster-aware updating
- Active Directory resilience: sites and services, replication topology, FSMO roles and forest recovery
- AD security hardening: tiered administration, privileged access workstations and attack path reduction
- Hybrid management: Azure Arc-enabled servers, Azure Monitor, Defender for Servers and hotpatching
- Hybrid identity: Microsoft Entra Connect Sync and cloud sync and password hash synchronisation
- Hybrid file services: Azure File Sync and cloud tiering
- Disaster recovery: Hyper-V Replica, Azure Site Recovery and documented recovery plans
- Migration: Storage Migration Service, in-place upgrades and moving roles to Windows Server 2025
- Governance: configuration baselines, change control, audit policy and compliance reporting
- Capstone: a clustered, hybrid-managed and hardened Windows Server platform
Choose live training or a full year of self-paced access.
If someone buys Foundation, Essential, Intermediate or Advanced as self-paced video, the price stays the same and access is granted to all four levels by default.
Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four Windows levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
- Start immediately: no waiting for the monthly batch.
- One learner, one trainer: full attention on your questions.
- Sessions planned around your working hours.
- Your pace, with examples from your own projects and tools.
Method of training and assessment.
The course emphasizes practical demonstration, hands-on labs and assignment-based validation instead of passive lecture-only learning.
| SL | Method of training and assessment | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understanding the problem space | 5% |
| 2 | Concept discussion | 10% |
| 3 | Live demo and walkthrough | 25% |
| 4 | Lab and hands-on exercises | 50% |
| 5 | Assignments and evaluation | 10% |
Labs, exercises and real workflow practice.
Every level moves from explanation to hands-on practice, review and troubleshooting.
Install and configure a Windows Server
Install Windows Server Core and Desktop Experience VMs, configure networking with sconfig and PowerShell and manage both from Windows Admin Center.
Build a small business domain
Promote a domain controller with DNS, add DHCP, create OUs and users from CSV, apply Group Policies and publish a departmental file share.
Automate and harden a server fleet
Write PowerShell to configure three servers consistently, apply a security baseline and LAPS, set up WSUS and diagnose an AD replication fault.
Capstone: resilient hybrid Windows platform
Build a two-node failover cluster hosting Hyper-V VMs, connect servers to Azure Arc for monitoring and patching and rehearse a DR failover.
Windows is taught as part of a working delivery ecosystem.
You learn where the tool sits in the wider engineering workflow, not in isolation.
Core foundations
Terminology, concepts, architecture and the operating model behind the tool.
Workflow traceability
Map practical work to tasks, approvals, documentation and delivery visibility.
Automation and integration
Use Windows with validation checks, automation hooks and delivery workflows.
Governance controls
Operate with permissions, approvals, policy checks and production-safe workflows.
How your practical work is assessed.
Your certificate is backed by labs, assignments, capstone thinking and completion evidence.
Assignments
Level-specific assignments verify setup, configuration, workflow quality and operating discipline.
Hands-on validation
Learners are expected to complete practical usage, automation and troubleshooting exercises.
Completion record
Certificate issuance is tied to demonstrated participation, practical completion and course-level coverage.
Led by Rajesh Kumar and the DevOpsSchool practitioner network.
Training is grounded in practical DevOps, SRE, security, release and platform engineering experience with real enterprise delivery context.
Earn a DevOpsSchool Windows certificate.
Completion includes a digital certificate with credential details, practical assignments and a learning record aligned to the selected Windows level.
Certificate verificationCertificate of Completion
Windows Advanced Training
Unique credential ID, verifiable online
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Used by developers, DevOps engineers, release leads and engineering managers.
Private batches are available for teams that want the same agenda aligned to their own tools and workflows.
Why this Windows path is different.
The value is not only one course. The subscription unlocks the full learning ecosystem for one year.
| Feature | DevOpsSchool Windows Training | Typical short course |
|---|---|---|
| Levels | Foundation, Essential, Intermediate, Advanced | Single generic syllabus |
| Self-paced access | All four levels plus 20+ courses and 50+ tools | Usually one course only |
| Live training | Demos, labs, Q&A and assignment review | Often lecture-heavy |
| Certificate | DevOpsSchool completion certificate | Varies by provider |
Questions learners ask before joining.
Does Foundation cost less than Advanced?
No. Self-paced pricing is intentionally the same because access includes all four levels by default.
What is included in the yearly subscription?
One year of complete LMS access, all four levels for the selected course, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
Can corporate teams request customization?
Yes. The live format can be aligned to team tools, governance requirements, workflows and internal delivery standards.
What is the recommended sequence?
Foundation → Essential → Intermediate → Advanced. The agenda is designed so each level builds on the previous one.
Talk to DevOpsSchool before choosing the batch.
Use this support section for batch questions, corporate planning, LMS access clarifications, or guidance on which Windows level fits your team.
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Tool-focused training
Course visuals reinforce the Windows workflow and subject area.
Live batch experience
Training supports live online, private team and workshop-style delivery.
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Next weekday batch starts on the 1st; weekend batch on the first Saturday. Batches are capped at 10 learners. Send your details and DevOpsSchool will share the syllabus and batch options.