Windows Server 2025 Administration: Teaching Tips

To present this course, you must have the following knowledge and skills:

Some exposure to, and experience with, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) concepts and technologies in Windows Server 2019 or newer.
Experience working with and configuring Windows Server 2019 or newer.
Experience with, and an understanding of, core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
Experience working with, and an understanding of. Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server-virtualization concepts.
An awareness of basic security best practices.
Experience working directly with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 and newer.
Basic experience with Windows PowerShell.

We highly recommend that you complete the following instructional preparation activities:

Read the About this course section in the eBook.
Review each module’s presentation slide and notes.
Customize any details necessary for your classroom and audience in the Instructor presentation slides.
If you have taught a previous version of this course, review this course’s Changelog.
Practice presenting each module:
- Identify the key points and must-know information for each topic.
- Perform each demonstration and lab exercise.
- Note any problems that you might encounter during a demonstration or a lab exercise and determine a course of action for how you’ll resolve the issues in the classroom.
- Anticipate questions that students might have.
- Invent your own examples, analogies, impromptu demonstrations, and additional delivery tips to improve conceptual learning and provide a more meaningful learning experience for your audience.
- Determine how to use or expand on Knowledge check questions and answers to enhance learning.
- Customize and enhance your instructor notes.

Use your computer’s browser to access hosted labs.

We recommend that you complete the following technical preparation activities:

To prepare your hosted lab solution, be familiar with how you configure and access the labs. Ensure that you’re ready to demonstrate their use to students.
If the course labs use Microsoft Azure or Microsoft 365 platforms, work with the lab provider in advance of class start to ensure you can demonstrate exercises and students can easily engage with labs.
Be familiar with accessing the eBook so you can guide students in its use.
Although you can use publicly available trial subscriptions or other types of passes with the course labs, keep in mind that the labs haven’t been tested with every available pass or voucher type. Therefore, variations in functionality, while unlikely, are possible because of potential Azure or Microsoft 365 limitations.