01 / WINDOWSBeginner
Windows editions
Home, Pro, Enterprise and Server, and which one a business actually runs.
// LEARN
Thirteen lessons, from picking a Windows edition to running Hyper-V, ending with the interview questions that test them. Filter by category, then check yourself with the quiz.
// WINDOWS
Home, Pro, Enterprise and Server, and which one a business actually runs.
When to wipe and reinstall Windows and when an in-place upgrade is safe.
// HARDWARE
The CPU, RAM and storage an IT learner needs to run labs this year.
Tower, rack and blade servers, and where you will meet each one.
Rack units, rails, power and cabling the way a data centre expects it.
// VIRTUALIZATION
Hosts, guests and hypervisors: why one server now runs many machines.
Bare-metal versus hosted hypervisors, with real examples of each.
Enabling Hyper-V and finding your way around Hyper-V Manager.
Building your first Hyper-V virtual machine from start to boot.
Memory, processors, generation and checkpoints, and what each setting changes.
External, internal and private switches, and how VM traffic flows through them.
Fixed versus dynamic disks, differencing disks and how VHDX files grow.
// CAREER
The Windows, hardware and Hyper-V questions UAE interviewers ask freshers.