Installing & Configuring Windows 7 Client

Course details

This instructor-led course is intended for IT professionals who are interested in expanding their knowledge base and technical skills about Windows® 7 Client. In this course, students learn how to install, upgrade, and migrate to Windows 7 client. Students then configure Windows 7 client for network connectivity, security, maintenance, and mobile computing. This course helps students prepare for the Exam 70- 680, TS: Windows 7, Configuring.

Objectives

This course is designed to teach you how to:

• Perform a clean installation of Windows 7, upgrade to Windows 7, and migrate user-related data and settings from an earlier version of Windows.
• Configure disks, partitions, volumes, and device drivers to enable a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure file access and printers on a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure network connectivity on a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure wireless network connectivity on a Windows 7 client computer.
• Secure Windows 7 client desktop computers.
• Optimize and maintain the performance and reliability of a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure mobile computing and remote access settings for a Windows 7 client computer.

Content

• Module 1: Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7
• Module 2: Configuring Disks and Device Drivers
• Module 3: Configuring File Access and Printers on Windows 7 Client Computers
• Module 4: Configuring Network Connectivity
• Module 5: Configuring Wireless Network Connections
• Module 6: Securing Windows 7 Desktops
• Module 7: Optimizing and Maintaining Windows 7 Client Computers
• Module 8: Configuring Mobile Computing and Remote Access in Windows 7

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Experience installing PC hardware and devices.
• Basic understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.
• Basic Windows and Active Directory knowledge.
• The skills to map network file shares.
• Experience working from a command prompt.
• Basic knowledge of the fundamentals of applications. For example, how client computer applications communicate with the server.
• Basic understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization.
• An understanding of the fundamental principles of using printers.

Who should attend?

This course is intended for IT professionals who are interested in:

• Expanding their knowledge base and technical skills about Windows 7 Client.
• Acquiring deep technical knowledge of Windows 7.
• Learning the details of Windows 7 technologies.
• Focusing on the "how to" associated with Windows 7 technologies.