Planning and Implementing Windows Server 2008

Course details

The course content and exercises direct you toward making decisions and providing guidance to others. This course reflects the decision-making tasks that a server administrator undertakes.

Course Outline 

1 - Planning Server Deployment and Upgrade

• Developing a Deployment Strategy
• Virtualization Considerations
• Selecting an Automation Strategy
• Implementing an Automation Strategy
• Lab : Planning and Implementing Server Deployment

2 - Planning Server Management and Delegated Administration

• Server Management Tools
• Decentralizing Systems Administration
• Lab : Implementing Role Based Systems Administration

3 - Planning Network Addressing and Name Resolution

• Provisioning IPv4 Addresses on Enterprise Networks
• Provisioning IPv6 Addresses on Enterprise Networks
• Transitioning to IPv6
• Provisioning DNS Services on Enterprise Networks
• Lab : Planning and Implementing DHCP and DNS

4 - Planning and Provisioning Active Directory Domain Services

• Deploying Domain Controllers in Multi-Site Organizations
• Planning Administrative and Management Structures for AD DS
• Planning a Maintenance Strategy for AD DS
• Planning a Backup and Restore Strategy for AD DS
• Lab : Planning and Provisioning AD DS

5 - Planning Group Policy Strategy

• Planning Group Policy Settings
• Planning Group Policy Assignment
• Planning the Management of Group Policy Objects
• Lab : Planning and Implementing Group Policy

6 - Planning Active Directory Certificate Services

• Enterprise PKI Deployment and Administration
• Managing Certificate Templates
• Planning Certificate Enrollment and Revocation
• Lab : Configuring Certificate Services

7 - Planning and Provisioning Application Servers

• Planning and Provisioning Web Services
• Planning and Provisioning Presentation Virtualization
• Planning and Provisioning Application Virtualization
• Lab : Planning and Provisioning Application Servers

8 - Planning File and Print Services

• Provisioning File Services
• Provisioning and Managing Storage
• Provisioning and Managing Network Print Services
• Migrating File and Print Services
• Lab : Planning and Implementing File and Print Services

9 - Planning Network Access

• Planning Network Security
• Planning Virtual Private Networks
• Planning Network Access Protection
• Planning DirectAccess
• Lab : Planning and Implementing Network Access

10 - Provisioning Data and Storage

• Planning and Implementing Distributed File System
• Planning and Implementing BranchCache
• Provisioning Storage
• Lab : Planning and Implementing Data Access

11 - Planning Update Deployment

• WSUS Topologies
• Update Management
• Lab : Multi-Site WSUS Deployment

12 - Planning High Availability

• Planning Network Load Balancing
• Planning Failover Clustering
• Planning for Service Availability
• Lab : Planning and Implementing High Availability

13 - Planning Performance and Event Monitoring

• Monitoring and Analyzing Server Performance
• Managing Events
• Lab : Event Log Forwarding

14 - Enterprise Backup and Recovery

• Disaster Recovery Concepts
• Planning Windows Server Backup
• Planning and Administering Recovery
• Lab : Backup and restore from VHD

Target Audience: This course is intended for a server administrator who is moving from a technical-specialist role to a decision-making role and who wants to acquire the necessary knowledge to be able to plan for Windows Server 2008 servers.

Related Certifications:

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Private Cloud (Windows Server 2008)
• MCSA: Windows Server 2008
• MCITP: Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008