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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administration Expert Live with Encore

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
This course focuses on installing and configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and configuring various roles such as WSUS, Certificate Services, DNS, DHCP and High Availability services using SAN’s. Installation technologies include using Diskpart, BitLocker, and Group Policy for deployment. The course also implements IPv4 and IPv6 in various configurations while helping you to identify resolution to these addresses with DNS. Additionally, you will be taught how to implement Patch Management and to Secure and Monitor Servers in Windows Server 2008 with such services and utilities as Encryption, WSUS, Group Policy, Performance Monitor and Data Collector, just to name a few.

Target Audience
This course is recommended for IT Professionals who are currently implementing Windows Server 2008 in their networks and have the need for advanced instruction on troubleshooting and optimizing their installations, or who plan to be implementing Windows Server 2008 in their networks in the next year.

Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, the student should have basic knowledge of Windows Server 2000 and/or 2003, Active Directory, understand basic security concepts and methodologies, familiarity with services such as DHCP, DNS, SAN’s and Backup Strategies. The student must have basic computing skills on using a mouse, a keyboard, a web browser, and the ability to navigate through various menus. The student must understand spoken and written English.

Certification
MCTS (Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure) MCTS (Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration MCITP (Server Administrator)

Exams
New Candidates – Exams 70-640, 70-642 and 70-646 Existing MCSA’s – Exams 70-646 and 70-648

Skills
This course covers the following hardware and software/operating system versions:

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 Core
DNS
Terminal Services
IPV4
IPV6
IPSec
Active Directory
Group Policies
Remote Access Services
Certificate Services
Virtualization
Data Management

Outline
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administration

MODULE 1 - PLANNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 DEPLOYMENT

LESSON ONE: PLANNING A WINDOWS SERVER 2008 DEPLOYMENT
LESSON TWO: DEPLOYING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 WITH BITLOCKER
LESSON THREE: AUTOMATING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 DEPLOYMENTS
LESSON FOUR: IPV6 IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON FIVE: NEW DNS FEATURES IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON SIX: CONFIGURING DNS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON SEVEN: PLANNING A NAMESPACE AND FORWARDING

MODULE 2 - PLANNING ACTIVE DIRECTORY AND GROUP POLICY FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2008

LESSON ONE: INSTALLING ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN SERVICES
LESSON TWO: INSTALLING A READ-ONLY DOMAIN CONTROLLER
LESSON THREE: AD DS SECURITY, RECOVERY, AND AUDITING TOOLS
LESSON FOUR: PLANNING FUNCTIONAL LEVELS AND TRUSTS
LESSON FIVE: NEW GROUP POLICY FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
LESSON SIX: CREATING A CUSTOM BASE ADMX FILE FOR GROUP POLICY
LESSON SEVEN: GROUP POLICY TOOLS AND PROCESSING

MODULE 3 - WINDOWS SERVER 2008 MANAGEMENT AND DELEGATION

LESSON ONE: WINDOWS SERVER 2008 ADMINISTRATION TOOLS
LESSON TWO: MANAGING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 EVENT LOGS
LESSON THREE: DELEGATING AUTHORITY IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

MODULE 4 - MANAGING FILE SERVERS AND DATA PROVISIONING IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

LESSON ONE: SHARE AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON TWO: CONTROLLING ACCESS TO WINDOWS SERVER 2008 FILE SERVERS
LESSON THREE: PLANNING WINDOWS SERVER 2008 PRINT SERVERS
LESSON FOUR: DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON FIVE: CREATING A DFSR STRUCTURE IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON SIX: CONFIGURING DFSR IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON SEVEN: CONFIGURING OFFLINE DATA ACCESS AND INDEXING

MODULE 5 - WINDOWS SERVER 2008 APPLICATION SERVER MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION PROVISIONING

LESSON ONE: TERMINAL SERVICES IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON TWO: TERMINAL SERVICES WEB ACCESS, REMOTEAPP, AND GATEWAY
LESSON THREE: TERMINAL SERVICES SESSION BROKER AND LICENSING
LESSON FOUR: OPTIMIZING TERMINAL SERVICES IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON FIVE: SERVER VIRTUALIZATION WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON SIX: DEPLOYING A HYPER-V GUEST OS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

MODULE 6 - WINDOWS SERVER 2008 APPLICATION SERVERS AND SERVICES

LESSON ONE: INSTALLING THE APPLICATION SERVER ROLE
LESSON TWO: APPLICATION RESILIENCE AND DEPLOYMENT
LESSON THREE: SYSTEM CENTER ESSENTIALS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

MODULE 7 - PATCH MANAGEMENT AND SECURING AND MONITORING SERVERS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

LESSON ONE: PLANNING A WSUS IMPLEMENTATION IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON TWO: WSUS CLIENT CONFIGURATION IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON THREE: MONITORING SERVER SECURITY IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON FOUR: MONITORING SERVER PERFORMANCE IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON FIVE: OPTIMIZING SERVER PERFORMANCE IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

MODULE 8 - CERTIFICATE SERVICES, SANS, AND HIGH AVAILABILITY IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

LESSON ONE: CONFIGURING PERMISSIONS FOR CERTIFICATE AUTHORITIES
LESSON TWO: CONFIGURING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY AUTOENROLLMENT
LESSON THREE: DEPLOYING STORAGE AREA NETWORKS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON FOUR: AVAILABILITY AND SCALABILITY IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON FIVE: PLANNING FOR FAILOVER CLUSTERS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON SIX: NETWORK LOAD BALANCING IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

MODULE 9 - ACCESSING WINDOWS NETWORKS REMOTELY IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

LESSON ONE: CONFIGURING REMOTE ACCESS SERVERS
LESSON TWO: NETWORK POLICY SERVERS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON THREE: NETWORK ACCESS PROTECTION IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

MODULE 10 - WINDOWS SERVER 2008 BACKUP AND RECOVERY

LESSON ONE: SCHEDULING A BACKUP IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008
LESSON TWO: BACKING UP APPLICATIONS AND SERVER ROLES
LESSON THREE: RECOVERING DATA FILES AND VOLUMES
LESSON FOUR: RECOVERING ROLES AND SERVICES IN WINDOWS SERVER 2008

Expected Duration (hours)
30.0

Lesson Objectives

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administration Expert Live with Encore

Install Windows Server 2008 by using CD and Network-based installations

Understand Attended and Unattended installations

Install and configure Microsoft AD-DS

Install DNS server

Plan and implement a DNS namespace design for an enterprise

Configure DHCP server role and DHCPv6 to provide stateful IPv6 configuration

Install and enable the RRAS server role when configuring Windows Server 2008 as an SSL VPN server

Install NPAS with NPS server role services and configure NPS for remote VPN connections

Configure the Terminal Services role

Implement TS Session Broker Load Balancing

Install the Windows Server Virtualization Role on Windows Server 2008

Recognize key characteristics of SoftGrid application virtualization

Recognize key considerations in AD DS design

Recognize key aspects of AD DS site design

Implement AD DS replication

Perform advanced GPO management tasks using the GPMC

Install AD Certificate Services

Migrate user objects using ADMT

Install AD FS

Setup and manage systems using Performance Monitor

Create an AD LDS instance

Use RODCs to secure branch offices

Use BitLocker to secure servers

Install and configure WSUS

Configure the GPOAccelerator Tool

Recognize key features of SCCM and their functions

Use the Windows Server Backup utility to back up the system

Use the Windows Server Backup utility for an object level recovery

Install and configure WSUS

Plan a WSUS implementation for Windows Server 2008

Recognize key characteristics of Network Load Balancing

Recognize key characteristics of Failover Clustering

Course Number:
LLMS0035