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Windows Server 2025 / Capstone Lab: Verify Domain, Permissions, GPO, and Recovery
Connect the course components in an isolated lab, test allowed and denied access, and restore a selected file version without overwriting current data.

Windows Server 2025 / How to Plan Failover Clustering
Evaluate supported roles, failure domains, node capacity, storage, quorum, and validation before building a cluster.

Windows Server 2025 / What AD CS Does and How to Plan an Internal PKI
Evaluate certificate demand, CA structure, enrollment permissions, revocation, renewal, and recovery before deploying AD CS.

Windows Server 2025 / How to Configure HTTPS in IIS and Verify Certificates
Bind a lab certificate to IIS, validate name and trust from a separate client, and include binding verification in renewal and cleanup.

Windows Server 2025 / How IIS Bindings and Application Pools Work
Host two distinct lab sites on one IP and port, separate their pool identities, and compare the effect of stopping one pool.

Windows Server 2025 / How to Install IIS and Serve a Static Website
Build a separate IIS lab site with a dedicated application pool, explicit read permissions, and local and client-side verification.

Windows Server 2025 / How to Export and Import a Hyper-V VM Safely
Export a stopped standalone test guest, choose the appropriate import identity, and verify a disconnected copy without confusing export with backup.

Windows Server 2025 / How Standard and Production Hyper-V Checkpoints Differ
Compare saved memory with consistent guest data in one isolated VM, inspect fallback behavior, and remove checkpoints through Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2025 / How to Adjust Hyper-V CPU, Memory, and VHDX Resources
Compare one resource change at a time, inspect host and guest metrics separately, and understand disk growth and dependency limits.

Windows Server 2025 / How to Create a Generation 2 Hyper-V VM
Create a separate Windows Server test guest with reviewed paths, memory, VHDX, ISO, and firmware settings, then verify its installation.