6433: Planning and Implementing Windows Server 2008

This five day Windows Server 2008 course is intended for IT Professionals who are interested in the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and implement a Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environment. It incorporates both the planning of the server infrastructure and key aspects of the implementation, management and maintenance of Active Directory and Network Infrastructure. It is the primary course resource for Exam 70-646 preparation (MCITP: Server Administrator certification). It covers the most important job tasks for Server Administrators who are responsible for the planning, operations, and day-to-day maintenance of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 servers in the enterprise.

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This course is intended for experienced IT Professionals looking to gain deeper insight and decision making knowledge for a variety of planning and implementation tasks typically carried out by Server Administrators. Also, this course is relevant for you if you have been working as a Server Administrator on a previous version of Windows Server and want to update your skills to the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 environment.

The course is intended to build on the student's existing skills in the areas of Active Directory and Network Infrastructure for Windows Server 2008, therefore it is not suitable for new or inexperienced server administrators.

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• At least one year experience in implementing or contributing to server and client planning.
• At least one year experience carrying out day to day network Infrastructure and Active Directory management and maintenance tasks.
• Technology skills equivalent to MS6418: Deploying Windows Server 2008.

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Module 1: Planning Server Deployment and Upgrade This module explains how to plan Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 deployments and upgrades.

Lessons:

• Developing a Deployment Strategy
• Virtualization Considerations
• Selecting an Automation Strategy
• Implementing an Automation Strategy

Lessons:

• Remote Server Management Tools
• Decentralizing Systems Administration

Lessons:

• Provisioning IPv4 Addresses on Enterprise Networks
• Provisioning IPv6 Addresses on Enterprise Networks
• Transitioning to IPv6
• Provisioning DNS Services on Enterprise Networks

Lessons:

• 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

Lessons:

• Planning Group Policy Settings
• Planning the Assignment of Group Policies
• Planning the Management of Group Policy Objects

Lessons:

• Enterprise PKI Deployment and Administration
• Managing Certificate Templates
• Planning Certificate Enrollment and Revocation

Lessons:

• Planning and Provisioning Web Services
• Planning and Provisioning Presentation Virtualization
• Planning and Provisioning Application Virtualization

Lessons:

• Provisioning File Services
• Provisioning and Managing Storage
• Provisioning and Managing Network Print Services
• Migrating File and Print Services

Lessons:

• Planning Network Security
• Planning Virtual Private Networks
• Planning Network Access Protection
• Planning DirectAccess

Lessons:

• Planning and Implementing Distributed File System
• Planning and Implementing BranchCache
• Provisioning Storage

Lessons:

• WSUS Topologies
• Update Management

Lessons:

• Planning Network Load Balancing
• Planning Failover Clustering
• Planning for Service Availability

Lessons:

• Monitoring and Analyzing Server Performance
• Managing Events

Lessons:

• Disaster Recovery Concepts
• Planning Windows Server Backup
• Planning Recovery of Data and servers