Week 11: Windows Installation, Administration, and Networking

210 instructional minutes | five 42-minute lessons

This week begins Core 2 with Windows support: editions, installation and upgrades, GUI/Settings tools, command-line tools, and client networking configuration.

Lesson sequence

1. Windows Editions, Features, and Requirements
2. Install and Upgrade Windows
3. Windows GUI Tools and Settings
4. Windows Command Line and Networking Lab
5. Windows Technician Practical

Evidence you will produce

• edition/feature and hardware-requirement decision;
• installation/upgrade/recovery plan;
• GUI/Settings tool-selection matrix;
• command-line and client-networking evidence record;
• integrated Windows technician practical.

A+ alignment

Primary coverage: Core 2 objectives 1.2 through 1.7.

Safety boundary

Labs use supplied state, screenshots, simulations, or approved disposable VMs. Do not modify managed school endpoints or run destructive storage/installation operations without authorization and verified backup/recovery.