You work as the IT administrator for a small business and are responsible for the corporate network. Until now, the network has consisted only of workstations accessing the Internet through a consumer-grade switch. You have convinced management that adding a server would ease your administrative burden. As a result, you are testing various configurations of the Windows Server 2016 operating system.

Extend a Volume:

1. in the lower left-hand corner, R click the start page thumbnail and select disk management

2. if needed, click ok to initialize any new disks.

3. R click the volume and select extend volume.

4. click next.

5. for the system volume, you can only extend the volume onto the existing disk. type the amount of disk space to add to the volume and click next. click finish.

Convert a Disk to Dynamic

1. In Disk management, R click the disk and select convert to Dynamic Disk

2. Select the disk to convert, click ok.

3. Click convert

4. If the disk contains a volume, you will be shown a warning message. Click Yes to continue.

Create a Spanned Volume

1. In disk management, R click a disk or free space on a disk and select New Spanned Volume.

2. Click Next

3. Select the disks that will be part of the spanned volume and click Add. You must select at least 2 disks to create a spanned volume.

4. To modify the amount of space used on a disk for the new volume, select the disk in the right box, and then edit the number in the select the amount of space in MB: field.

5. Click next

6. Select the drive letter and click Next

7. Type the volume label, then click next

8. Click finish

9. If the new volume includes a space from a disk that is currently a basic disk, you will be prompted to convert the disk to a dynamic disk. Click Yes to create the volume.