6435: Designing a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

This five-day course will provide students with an understanding of how to design a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure that meets business and technical requirements for network services.

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The primary audience for this course is IT professionals (including Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 enterprise administrators) interested in becoming a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator (who focuses on network solutions).

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Before attending this course, students must have:

• Active Directory Technology Specialist level knowledge and concepts.
• Network Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience.
• Applications Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience.
• Windows Vista TS or D.
• Experience with Windows operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista.
• Intermediate understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, name resolution, and connection methods.
• Intermediate understanding of security best practices for authentication and file permissions.
• Intermediate understanding of server and network hardware.

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Module 1 Overview of Network Infrastructure Design This module describes the key components of network infrastructure design.

Lessons

• Preparing for Network Infrastructure Design
• Designing the Network Topology
• Designing Network Infrastructure for Virtualization
• Designing a Change Management Structure for a Network

Lessons

• Overview of Network Security Design
• Creating a Security Plan
• Identifying Threats to Network Security
• Analyzing Security Risks
• The Defense-in-Depth Model

Lessons

• Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
• Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme
• Designing DHCP Implementation
• Designing DHCP Configuration Options

Lessons

• Preparing for Designing a Network Routing Topology
• Selecting Network Devices
• Designing Internet Connectivity and Perimeter Networks
• Designing Routing Communications
• Evaluating Network Performance

Lessons

• Designing Windows Firewall Implementation
• Overview of IPSec
• Designing IPSec Implementation

Lessons

• Collecting Information for a Name Resolution Design
• Designing a DNS Server Strategy
• Designing a DNS Namespace
• Designing DNS Zone Implementation
• Designing Zone Replication and Delegation

Lessons

• Optimizing DNS Queries
• Designing DNS for High Availability
• Designing a WINS Name Resolution Strategy

Lessons

• Gathering Data for Designing Network Access Solutions
• Securing and Controlling Network Access
• Designing Remote Access Services
• Designing RADIUS Authentication with Network Policy Services
• Designing Wireless Access

Lessons

• Designing the NAP Platform Architecture
• Network Policy Server Component Design
• Designing NAP Enforcement Point and Client Component Requirements
• IPSec Enforcement for NAP

Lessons

• Determining Operating System Deployment Requirements
• Deploying an Operating System by Using WDS
• Planning for the Creation and Modification of Images
• Designing Multicast Transmission of Images

Lessons

• Designing File Services
• Designing DFS
• Designing the FSRM Configuration

Lessons

• Overview of a Print Services Design
• Designing Print Services

Lessons

• Overview of High Availability
• Designing Network Load Balancing for High Availability
• Designing Failover Clustering for High Availability
• Designing Geographically Dispersed Failover Clusters