Installing & Enabling Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2019

What is Data Deduplication?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/data-deduplication/overview
Model deployment:

Install Data Deduplication
Install Data Deduplication by using Server Manager
1.In the Add Roles and Feature wizard, select Server Roles, and then select Data Deduplication.

2. Click Next until the Install button is active, and then click Install.

Enable Data Deduplication
Before enabling Data Deduplication, you must choose the Usage Type that most closely resembles your workload. There are three Usage Types included with Data Deduplication.
Default - tuned specifically for general purpose file servers
Hyper-V - tuned specifically for VDI servers
Backup - tuned specifically for virtualized backup applications, such as Microsoft DPM

1. Select Volumes from File and Storage Services in Server Manager
2. Right-click the desired volume and select Configure Data Deduplication.

3. Select the desired Usage Type from the drop-down box
- Deduplicate files older than
- Custom file extensions
- Add exclude folders

- Set Deduplication Schedule

4. Click Apply to finish