Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Administration

Overview

This Microsoft training course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to plan and deploy networking technologies associated with a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 network infrastructure. This training for Microsoft also includes networking services, application deployment, Terminal Services, Virtualization, and Active Directory.

Skills Learned

• Planning network and application services
• Designing core identity and access management components
• Designing support identity and access management components
• Designing for business continuity and data availability

Who Should Attend This Course?

This course is recommended training for Microsoft technology specialists who are looking to move enterprise administration, to include support for planning and deploying networking technologies associated with a Windows Server 2008 network infrastructure. This Microsoft training includes networking services, application deployment, Terminal Services, Virtualization, and Active Directory.

Prerequisites

• Knowledge of networking concepts, such as TCP/IP functions, with NET+ or equivalent knowledge
• Intermediate knowledge of network operating systems
• Basic knowledge of server hardware with A+ or equivalent knowledge
• Working knowledge of Windows Server environment
• Working knowledge of networking technologies
• Experience of setting security properties on network resources
• Experience with security certificates
• Knowledge of the HTTP and TCP/IP protocols

Course Outline

Chapter 1 Designing a Complex Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure

• Overview of Design Models
• Designing a Forest Structure
• Designing an Active Directory Domain Structure
• Overview of Forest and Domain Trust Models
• Overview of Physical Requirements and Physical Topology
• Overview of Site and Replication Topology
• Choosing Server Roles
  

Chapter 2 Planning Naming Conventions, Networking, and Access Principles

• Network Addressing
• Naming Conventions for Windows Server 2008
• Planning for Network Access
  

Chapter 3 Planning for Forestwide and Domainwide Upgrades with Server 2008

• The Essence of Migration
• Using the Active Directory Migration Tool
• Using Caution with Migration
• Migrating Objects
• Options with the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT)
• Migrating User Accounts
• Migrating Computer Accounts
• Cross-forest Authentication
• Planning for Upgrades in an Existing Forest
  

Chapter 4 Planning for Terminal Services and Application Virtualization

• Reviewing Terminal Services' Roles
• Terminal Services Server Load
• Terminal Services Licensing
• Terminal Services Gateway
• Terminal Services Session Broker
• Terminal Services Web Access
• Terminal Services Group Policy Options and Changes
• Terminal Services Maintenance and Error Recovery
• Application Virtualization
• Scaling an Enterprise with Application Virtualization
  

Chapter 5 Designing an Effective Administration Model

• Object Essentials
• OU Design Requirements
• Groups in Active Directory
• Group Scope
• Planning for Groups
• Planning Delegation
• Inheritance
• Using the Security Configuration Wizard for Compliance Auditing
  

Chapter 6 Planning and Designing Group Policy

• Understanding Group Policy Scope
• Applying Group Policy
• Understanding Loopback Processing
• Understanding Group Policy Security Filtering
• Planning Group Policy
• Working with the Default Domain Policy and Domain Controllers
  Policy
• Delegating Group Policy Administration
• Exploring New Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Features
• Configuring Automatic Updates with Group Policy
• Restricting Group Membership with Group Policy
• Controlling User Installation of Devices
• Searching GPOs
• Using the Group Policy Modeling Tool
  

Chapter 7 Administering Security in an Enterprise-Level Infrastructure

• Enterprise Security Concerns
• Using Windows Server 2008 PKI Additions in a Legacy Environment
• Designing a Certificate Authority Hierarchy
• Modeling Your Structure
• Following the Administrative Structure
• Following an Independent Structure
• Design Factors
• X.509
• Using Certificate-Monitoring Tools
• Reasons for a PKI
• Components of the Public Key Infrastructure
• Certificate Authority Roles
• Using the Online Certificate Status Protocol
• OCSP Components
• Working with Certificate Templates
• Using Cryptography Next Generation
• Managing External Clients
• Enrollment Strategies
• Types of Enrollment
• Enrollment Agents and Restricted Enrollment Agents
• The Network Device Enrollment Service
• Virtual Private Networks and Security

Chapter 8 Planning for Business Continuity and Backup

• Introducing RAID
• Introducing the Distributed File System
• Introducing Failover Clustering
• Introducing Quorums
• Introducing Network Load Balancing
• Using Windows Server Backup Tools
• Introducing the Encrypting File System
• Introducing Windows BitLocker
• Recovering Active Directory Domains Services
• Introducing Windows Recovery Environment
• Using Windows Recovery
• Using Volume Shadow Copy
• Using Server Core
• Introducing Active Directory Rights
  

Chapter 9 Designing a Windows Update Strategy for the Enterprise

• Establishing a Security Baseline
• The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer Tool
• System and Environment Health Models
• Planning and Implementing Windows
• WSUS Options
• Overview of System Center Essentials 2007
• Overview of System Center Configuration Manager 2007
• Overview of Windows Update
• Real-World Update Practices
• Update Compliance
  

Chapter 10 Using Virtualization to Increase Productivity and Facilitate Consolidation

• Introducing Virtualization
• The Different Types of Virtualization
• Introducing Server Consolidation
• Understanding Virtualized Machine Components
• Network Setups with All Types of Virtual Machines
• Virtual Networks
• Multiple Network Interface Cards with Virtual Networks
• Installing Hyper-V
• Introducing iSCSI
• Windows Vista x64 Hyper-V Management Server Core and Virtualization
• Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007
• Using Virtual Server 2005 R2