This accelerated learning environment helps you prepare you for the Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Server Administrator/MCSA: Windows Server 2008 certification exams. This extended-hours Boot Camp, led by senior Global Knowledge instructors, includes targeted lectures using Microsoft Learning recommended exam preparation materials.

The Boot Camp includes all the exam vouchers required for certification, along with one free retake voucher for each exam if needed. It also includes access to our online study program for 30 days, providing indispensable certification exam prep.

Our exclusive online study program includes:

• 24x7 chat support by certified mentors: Direct, on-demand access to live certified experts for customized training support
• Access to the online Microsoft Press E-Reference Library, including all Training Kits, Exam References, and Rapid Review books
• Recommended Microsoft Reading List designed by our instructors, including topics and chapters within the Microsoft Press E-Reference Library
• Certification practice exams from Transcender: Industry-best practice exams that provide realistic simulations of the Microsoft certification exams in online and downloadable versions
• Recorded Power Hours for each exam: Online review session covering key exam objectives conducted by our expert instructors

You Will Cover the Objectives for These Exams:

• 70-640: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
• 70-642: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
• 70-646: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator

Upon Passing the Exams You Will Earn These Certifications:

• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
• MCITP: Server Administrator / MCSA: Windows Server 2008

Free Retake Exam Voucher

Students who take a Microsoft Boot Camp from Global Knowledge will be issued a free retake exam voucher, if needed. Should any student fail the initial exam, he or she will be eligible to receive a second exam voucher.*

To receive your second exam voucher send us a copy of the results of your first test, and we'll e-mail you a new exam voucher.

*Note: The second exam voucher will only be issued within one year of the first exam voucher issue date.
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Fax: 919-468-4801
E-mail: GKVoucherRequests.NAM@globalknowledge.com

Upgrade your skills with
Server 2008 MCITP certification

This Boot Camp upgrades current MCSAs to the MCITP: Server Administrator certification.

What You'll Learn

• Key topics and concepts tested on the MCITP: Server Administrator / MCSA: Windows Server 2008 exams
• Structure of the MCITP: Server Administrator / MCSA: Windows Server 2008 exams and the most effective test-taking strategies
• How to be successful on Microsoft's new performance-based test format
• Use the Transcender test-preparation software to reinforce learning objectives, validate current knowledge, and review the most comprehensive and realistic exam questions

Who Needs to Attend

• MCSAs on Windows Server 2003
• IT professionals with at least two years of hands-on experience implementing and administering network and desktop operating systems
• Systems engineers, network engineers, systems analysts, network analysts, and technical consultants who want to earn their MCITP: Server Administrator / MCSA: Windows Server 2008 credential in an accelerated format

Prerequisites

• Required: At least two years of hands-on experience administering Windows 2000 or Windows 2003
• Recommended: Configuring, Managing, and Maintaining Server 2008 R2 (M6419)
• We strongly recommend that you take our Microsoft Boot Camp Readiness test prior to registration

• Configuring, Managing, and Maintaining Server 2008 R2 (M6419)

Follow-On Courses

• MCITP: Enterprise Administrator Upgrade Boot Camp

Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks

This course is part of the following programs or tracks:

• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
• MCITP: Server Administrator
• MCSA: Windows Server 2008

Course Outline

1. Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

• Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) for Active Directory
• Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure
• Configuring Additional Active Directory Server Roles
• Creating and Maintaining Active Directory Objects
• Maintaining the Active Directory Environment
• Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services

2. Configuring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

• Configuring IP Addressing and Services
• Configuring Name Resolution
• Configuring Network Access
• Configuring File and Print Services
• Monitoring and Managing a Network Infrastructure

3. Windows Server 2008 - Server Administration

• Planning for Server Deployment
• Planning for Server Management
• Monitoring and Maintaining Servers
• Planning Application and Data Provisioning
• Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability