Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator Training

5 Sessions –

15 Hours of Interactive Training

In this course you will follow along with Tom Carpenter as he takes you through the process of setting up an enterprise server solutions dealing with details using IPv4 or IPv6, building Active Directory Objects, Domain Controller Roles, and replication issues. Work with Group Policy Architecture and Security implementations of infrastructure and highly available services. You will learn about new methods of application deployment throughout the enterprise including Certificates services and using MSI packages. In this course you will learn how to provide IIS and Hyper-V services along with other Virtualization options. Within the Enterprise solution you will need to maintain and easily deploy a variety of services. This course will ensure you have the most up today methods and processes to maintain the health and reliability of your enterprise solution. Benefits

Addresses the issues in maintaining a large and highly integrated server solution at the enterprise level

Work through the design, setup and configuration methods for required enterprise services

Deals with upgrading, compatibility and migration issues of implementing Server 2008 Enterprise Solutions

About The Author

Tom Carpenter has delivered training programs to more than 29,000 IT professionals since 1997. He has developed and delivered courses on Windows operating systems and services as well as wireless networking and security. With experience as a systems administrator and security officer in an organization of more than 25,000 client systems, Carpenter brings a wealth of real world experience and knowledge to his courses. Tom is a CWNA, CWSP, Wireless# and MCP and is one of the founding managers of the Certified Technology Services Professional certification. He teaches technical and self-development topics to IT professionals throughout the US.

Session 1

Section A: Introduction
· Prerequisites
· Exam Overview
· Enterprise Implementations
· Exam Prep
· Certification Tracks

Section B: Planning IP Addresses
· Global Planning
· Local Planning
· Segment Planning
· Layered Networking
· IPv4 Subnetting
· Understanding Subnet Masks
· IPv4 Security

Section C: IP Versions
· IPv4 Features
· IPv6 Features
· Global Unicast Addresses
· Link-Local Addresses
· Unique Unicast Addresses
· Special IPv6 Addresses
· Understanding DHCP

Section D: DNS Name Resolution
· DNS Overview
· DNS Components
· Recursive Queries
· Iterative Queries
· DNS Planning
· DNS Delegation

Section E: WINS
· WINS Overview
· Components
· Registration
· Understanding WINS
· Burst Handling
· Name Resolution
· NetBIOS Node Types
· Client Records
· Replication Types

Section F: Active Directory
· Understanding AD
· Requirements
· Forests, Trees, and Domains
· Understanding Forests
· Understanding Trees
· Understanding Domains
· Functional Levels
· Domain Controllers

Section G: Domain Controller Roles
· Operations Masters
· OM Scopes
· PDC Emulator
· RID Pool
· Infrastructure Master
· Domain Naming Master
· Schema Master
· Global Catalogs
· AD Design Tips

Session 2

Section A: AD Replication and Sites
· AD Replication Overview
· AD Sites
· Sites and Site Links
· Intrasite Replication
· Inter-site Replication
· Replication Type Comparison
· Inter-Site Topology Generator
· Replication Conflicts

Section B: AD Server Placement
· Planning
· Understanding RODC
· RODC Limitations
· RODC Features
· Password Replication
· Installing RODC

Section C: Planning for Administration
· Enterprise Admin Responsibilities
· Server and Desktop Admins
· ITIL and MOF
· Service Level Agreements
· Change Management

Section D: Group Policy Architecture
· Group Policies Defined
· Group Policy Examples
· Group Policy Applications
· Group Policy Exceptions
· Group Policy Components
· Procession Order
· Multiple Local Group Policies
· Filtering GPO Procession

Section E: GPO Applications
· ADM and ADMX Files
· Security Policies
· Security Templates
· Printer Location Policies
· Device Installation Policies
· GPO Planning

Section F: Resolution Isolation
· Understanding Isolation
· Server Isolation
· Isolation Example
· Domain Isolation
· Isolation Methods

Section G: Remote Access
· Remote Access Roles
· Roles Related to Remote Access
· RRAS Authentication
· VPN Connections
· Tunneling
· VPN Servers
· Dial-Up

Section H: Network Access Policies
· Network Access Protection (NAP)
· NAP Benefits
· NAP Enforcement Methods
· NAP Platform Architecture
· NAP Architecture Interactions
· NAP Infrastructure Functionality

Session 3

Section A: Perimeter Networks
· Internet Threats
· Internet Security
· Internal Network
· NAT Security
· Planning Perimeter Networks
· Perimeter Services

Section B: Migrating Domains and Forests
· New Forests
· Backward Compatibility
· Object Migration
· Domain Preparation
· Transitioning to Server 2008
· Cross-Forest

Section C: Deploying the Branch Office
· Branch Offices
· Connections
· Remote Administration
· Local Services
· Security Concerns

Section D: Public Key Infrastructure
· PKI Overview
· Defense-in-Depth
· EFS and PKI
· Encryption Types
· New Features
· Usage Scenarios

Section E: Certificate Services
· Components of PKI
· Certificate Authority Types
· Digital Certificates
· Certificate Types and Templates
· Certificate Snap-In
· Secure Sockets Layer
· IPSec and S/MIME

Section F: Interoperability Planning
· Interoperability Needs
· Understanding EAP
· Application Authentication
· UNIX Compatibility
· Mac OS Compatibility
· Other Platforms
· Interoperability Tools

Section G: Application Deployment
· Deployment Methods
· MSI Overview
· Creating MSI Packages
· Application Shares
· Distributing Applications
· Package Properties

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator continued

Session 4

Section A: Virtualization for Applications
· SoftGrid
· Benefits
· Components
· Virtualization Diagram
· Functionality

Section B: Web-Based Applications
· IIS 6.0
· IIS 7.0
· IIS Deployment
· IIS Manager
· AppCmd.exe
· Install IIS

Section C: Remote Connections
· Remote Desktop
· Remote Desktop Benefits
· Configuring Remote Desktop
· Connecting Remote Desktop
· Terminal Services Overview
· Components

Section D: Licensing Terminal Services
· Deploying Terminal Services
· Installing TS
· TS Profile Properties
· Connecting to TS

Section E: Server Virtualization
· Server Virtualization Overview
· Hypervisor
· Virtualization Benefits
· Scenarios
· Hyper-V
· Architecture

Section F: Planning Virtualization
· System Requirements
· Hyper-V Features
· Planning Virtualization Implementation
· Using Hyper-V
· Creating Snapshots
· Reverting Snapshots

Section G: Troubleshooting Virtualization
· Performance Problems
· Display and NIC Problems
· Troubleshooting Tips
· Hyper-V Settings
· Virtual Machine Settings

Session 5

Section A: Windows System Update Services
· Update Services Overview
· WSUS Process
· WSUS Requirements
· WSUS and Group Policies
· Configuring WSUS

Section B: Users and Groups
· User Names
· Passwords
· Distribution Groups
· Group Scopes
· Default Groups
· AD Special Identities
· Automation
· User Properties
· User Profiles
· Working with Groups

Section C: Data Access
· Authentication
· Share Permissions
· NTFS Permissions
· Permission Storage
· Using ACL Editor
· Command Line Permissions
· Security Templates

Section D: Data Redundancy
· Distributed File System
· DFS Operations
· DFS Scenarios
· DFS Namespaces
· DFS Server Requirements
· Namespace Deployment

Section E: Collaboration
· Collaboration Solutions
· File Sharing
· Strategic Use
· Resource Manager
· Installing File Services
· File Screening
· Configuring File Screening
· Test File Screening

Section F: Data Recovery
· Backup Tools
· Backup Planning
· Backup Permissions
· System State
· Backup Types
· Backup Scheduling
· Recovering Data
· Shadow Copies
· Scheduling Shadow Copies

Section G: High Availability
· Understanding Availability
· Clustering
· RAID
· Multiple Servers
· Load Balancing
· Planning Downtime