Server Infrastructure (MCSE)

Course details

This course is intended for information technology professionals who have good Windows operating system knowledge and experience, and want to excel in core infrastructure services in an existing Windows Server 2012 environment.

This course primarily covers Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure. It provides the skills and knowledge needed to plan, design, and deploy a physical and logical Windows Server with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) infrastructure.

This modular course also covers Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure. It provides the skills and knowledge to manage enterprise data centre, plan and implement a server virtualization strategy using system centre, network and storage for virtualization, and server monitoring strategy.

Program Benefits

This course is designed to effectively prepare aspiring professionals to sit and pass the Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (Server Infrastructure) Professional Exam- (MCSE). The Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Server Infrastructure certification validates that the student have the skills needed to run a highly efficient and modern data center, with expertise in identity management, systems management, virtualization, storage, and networking.

• Target Job Roles
• Students, upon completion of the course, should be able to assume the following job roles:
• Senior System Administrator
• Senior System Engineer
• IT Manager

Program Objectives

This course will completely satisfy the MCSE – Server Infrastructure Exam requirements as well as real world Microsoft solution needs for:

• Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure
• Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure

Program Outline

This modular course covers following two modules:

• Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure ( 20413B)
• Implementing an advanced server infrastructure ( 20414B )

Course Modules

Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure (20413B) – 36 hrs

• Planning a Server Upgrade and Migration
• Planning and Implementing a Server Deployment Infrastructure
• Designing and Maintaining an IP Configuration and Address Management Solution
• Designing and Implementing Name Resolution
• Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Domain Services Forest and Domain
• Infrastructure
• Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Organisational Unit Infrastructure
• Designing and Implementing a Group Policy Object Strategy
• Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Domain Services Topology
• Planning and Implementing Storage
• Planning and Implementing File Services
• Designing and Implementing Network Access Services
• Designing and Implementing Network Protection

Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure (20414B ) – 39 hrs

• Overview of Management in an Enterprise Data Centre
• Planning and Implementing a Server Virtualisation Strategy
• Planning and Implementing Networks and Storage for Virtualisation
• Planning and Deploying Virtual Machines
• Planning and Implementing a Virtualisation Administration Solution
• Planning and Implementing a Server Monitoring Strategy
• Planning and Implementing High Availability for File Services and Applications
• Planning and Implementing a Highly Available Infrastructure by Using Failover Clustering
• Planning and Implementing a Server Update Infrastructure
• Planning and Implementing a Business Continuity Strategy
• Planning and Implementing a Public Key Infrastructure
• Planning and Implementing an Identity Federation Infrastructure
• Planning and Implementing an Information Rights Management Infrastructure

Entry Requirements

• Students who have completed MCSA certification
• Students must be Singaporeans or Singapore PRs to avail of WDA funding

Certificates Issued

Once the student has successfully passed MCSE certification exam, they will receive MCSE Certificate from Microsoft.

Upon completion of the each module under WDA funding, students will receive Statement of Attainment (SOA) Certificates from WDA. The details of SOA of each module is given below.

• IT-IS-401S-1  Complete equipment / software upgrades
• IT-IA-503S-1  Design application architecture

Education Pathway

Students, who would like to appear for MCSE certification exam after completion of the course, need to schedule their exam at Prometric Testing Centres

Graduation Requirements

Students need to complete the following 3 assessments:

• Theory Exam: Students will be given 10 short questions and they need to answer in 40 minutes
• Practical Exam: Students will be asked to do 2 practical performance tasks in Microsoft server environment. Duration of this exam is 90 mins each

After successful completion of these assessments, students will be graded "Competent" (C) and will achieve the Statement of Attainment (SOA).