In this course, you will learn to design a network and application infrastructure with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You will learn to design infrastructures to meet varying business and technical requirements. This course will prepare you for the role of enterprise administrator. This course incorporates materials from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 6435: Designing a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure.

Certification:

This course covers concepts addressed on Exam 70-647: Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator.

What You'll Learn

• Create a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers
• Design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates DNS
• Design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates DNS and NetBIOS name resolution
• Solutions for network access
• Design a secure network
• Design an appropriate application deployment solution
• Implement Remote Desktop Services
• Design IIS for web-based applications
• Design file and print service specific to the needs of a given scenario
• Design file replication and caching to support branch office and mobile users
• Configure applications and data to support business continuity
• Implement a WSUS solution
• Virtualization infrastructure

Who Needs to Attend

• IT Professionals who typically work as enterprise administrators and wish to obtain or enhance existing skills that enable them to design a Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 network and application infrastructure
• Enterprise administrators or IT Professionals who have been working on a previous version of Windows Server and want to update their skills to a Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 environment

Prerequisites

• Experience with Windows operating systems
• Intermediate understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, name resolution, and connection methods and Windows Server Update Services
• Experience configuring an application infrastructure such as server deployment, remote desktop services, and web services

• Configuring, Managing, and Maintaining Server 2008 R2 (M6419)
• Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services (M6425)

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks

This course is part of the following programs or tracks:

• MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

Course Outline

1. Designing IP Addressing and Configuration

• IPv4 Addressing Scheme
• IPv6 Addressing Scheme
• IPv6 Transition Strategy
• DHCP Implementation
• Planning DHCP Configuration Options

2. Designing Name Resolution

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

3. Designing Advanced Name Resolution

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

4. Designing Network Access

• Gathering Data to Design Network Access Solutions
• Securing and Controlling Network Access
• Remote Access Services
• RADIUS Authentication with Network Policy Services
• Wireless Access
• Internet Connectivity and Perimeter Networks

5. Designing Network Security

• Defense-in-Depth Model
• Network Security Design
• Creating a Network Security Plan
• Threats to Network Security
• Analyzing Security Risks
• Designing Windows Firewall Implementation
• NAP Policy
• Designing NAP Enforcement and Remediation

6. Designing Application Deployment

• Application Deployment
• Deployment of Local Applications
• Deployment of Virtual Applications
• Deployment of Virtual Desktop

7. Designing Remote Desktop Services

• Remote Desktop Services Connectivity
• Designing RemoteApp
• Designing Remote Connectivity for RDS
• Monitoring and Managing Remote Desktop Services

8. Designing IIS for Web-Based Applications

• Designing Web-Based Application Infrastructure
• Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability
• Designing IIS Security
• Designing IIS Maintenance

9. Designing File and Print Services

• File Server Resource Management
• File Encryption
• Print Services

10. Designing File Replication and Caching

• Branch Office Data Access
• Designing a Distributed File System
• File Caching

11. Designing for Business Continuity

• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Designing Windows Network Load Balancing
• Failover Clustering
• Geographically Dispersed Clusters

12. Designing an Update Deployment Strategy

• Designing a WSUS Topology
• Updating Management Strategy

13. Designing a Virtualization Infrastructure

• Virtualization of a Test Server Environment
• Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Applications
• Branch Office Servicing Through Virtualization
• Designing and Testing a Virtualized Development Environment
• Virtual Server Provisioning Workflow Model
• Evaluating Appropriateness for Virtualization
• Evaluating Customization to a Standard Configuration

Labs

Lab 1: Design and Implement IP Addressing in Windows Server 2008

• Design an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
• Design an IPv6 Addressing Scheme
• Design a DHCP Implementation
• IP Address Allocation
• Implement an IPv4 Addressing Scheme

Lab 2: Design and Implement a Name Resolution Strategy in Windows Server 2008

• Design a DNS Namespace
• Design a DNS Server Strategy
• Design a DNS Zone and Replication Strategy
• Implement Name Resolution

Lab 3: Design Advanced Name Resolution in Windows Server 2008

• Optimize DNS Servers
• Design High Availability for Name Resolution
• Design NetBIOS Name Resolution
• Optimize DNS

Lab 4: Design and Implement a Network Access Solution

• Design a Remote Access Solution
• Design Network Policy Services
• Design a Wireless Connection Solution
• Implement Network Access
• Network Access Design
• Design a Perimeter Network
• Design Windows 7DirectAccess

Lab 5a: Design a Network Security Plan

• Team Members for the Security Plan
• Threats
• Analyze Risk

Lab 5b: Design and Implement a Windows Firewall Solution

• Design an IPsec Implementation

Lab 5c: Design a Network Security Plan

• Design VPN NAP Enforcement

Lab 6: Design Application Deployment

• Select an Application Deployment Method
• Deploy a Desktop Application

Lab 7: Design Remote Desktop Services

• Deployment for a Line of Business Applications
• Deploy an Application by Using RemoteApp

Lab 8: Design IIS for Web-Based Applications

• Design the Infrastructure for a Web-Based Application
• Configure IIS for a Web-Based Application

Lab 9: Design File and Print Services

• Implement a Consolidated File Share

Lab 10: Design File Replication and Caching

• Design Data Access for Branch Offices
• Design Data Access for Mobile Users
• Implement DFS for a Branch Office

Lab 11: Design for Business Continuity

• Create a Disaster Recovery Plan
• Create a High Availability Plan for a Stateful Application
• Implement NLB

Lab 12: Design and Implement an Update Deployment Strategy

Lab 13: Design and Implement a Virtualization Infrastructure

• Design a Test Server Consolidation Strategy
• Design and Test Virtualization and Migration of a Legacy Server
• Developm Environment Isolation
• Design Virtual Server Host Configuration