Windows 10: Configure Storage

Course details

Need to protect sensitive data? Free up storage space? Or bring bad drives back to life? If so, this course is for you. James Gonzalez reviews the basics of Windows 10 storage configuration, troubleshooting, and encryption—all the essential skills for network administrators who work with Windows environments. Learn how to troubleshoot Windows Storage Spaces, removable USB drives, memory caches, and drive failures. Discover how to set up file sharing and permissions across your network. Plus, find out how to encrypt files, volumes, and drives with EFS and BitLocker.

This course is also part of a series designed to help you prepare for the Microsoft exam 70-697: Configuring Windows Devices.

Learning objectives
Enabling disk write caching
Creating spanned and striped volumes
Configuring Storage Spaces
Configuring OneDrive
Enabling USB drives
Clearing caches
Fixing drives
Troubleshooting OneDrive
Encrypting files with EFS
Encrypting volumes and drives with BitLocker
Configuring share permissions

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know

1. Configure Storage

03 - Enable and disable disk write caching
04 - Create spanned or striped volumes
05 - Storage Spaces
06 - Configuring Storage Spaces
07 - Set up Storage Spaces
08 - Add and remove drives from a pool
09 - Delete Storage Spaces
10 - Configure OneDrive - Part 1
11 - Configure OneDrive - Part 2
12 - Tips for storing content on removable media
13 - Use the registry to disable and enable USB drives
14 - Use the Device Manager to disable and enable USB drives
15 - Convert drives to NTFS format

2. Troubleshoot Storage Issues

16 - Clear Windows Update caches
17 - Clear caches - Part 1
18 - Clear caches - Part 2
19 - Rebalancing Storage Spaces
20 - Fixing drives using DiskPart
21 - The OneDrive troubleshooter - Part 1
22 - The OneDrive troubleshooter - Part 2
23 - Troubleshoot external drive issues - Part 1
24 - Troubleshoot external drive issues - Part 2

3. Configure Encryption

25 - Encrypt files with EFS
26 - EFS and BitLocker compared
27 - BitLocker encryption requirements
28 - Encrypt volumes with the BitLocker control panel
29 - Encrypt a removable drive with BitLocker To Go
30 - Encrypt volumes with the command-line interface
31 - Encrypt volumes using PowerShell
32 - Decrypt BitLocker volumes
33 - Troubleshoot BitLocker issues

4. Configure Share Permissions

34 - Understand Windows Share permissions
35 - Share and NTFS permissions
36 - Apply NTFS permissions
37 - Set more complex permissions
38 - Enable and disable inherited permissions
39 - View and change ownership permissions
40 - Verify group and user permissions
41 - See and modify permissions using the command prompt

Conclusion

42 - Next steps

Windows 10: Configure Storage

Authors

James Gonzalez