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
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About New Horizons Ireland

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