Audience Profile
The primary audience for this course is IT professionals (including Windows
2000/2003 enterprise administrators) interested in becoming a Windows Server
2008 Enterprise Administrator with a focus on application infrastructure such as
Web and Terminal Services.
The secondary audience for this course is Application Architects who want to
know more about how to integrate Windows Server 2008 technologies into
enterprise applications.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have one or more of the
following:
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Intermediate
understanding of networking. For example, how TCP/IP functions, addressing
(including DHCP), name resolution (DNS/WINS), and connection methods (wired,
wireless, VPN), NET+ or equivalent knowledge
-
Intermediate
understanding of network operating systems. For example, Windows 2000, Windows
XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 etc.
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Intermediate
understanding of security best practices. For example, file system
permissions, authentication methods, Kerberos etc.
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Intermediate
knowledge of server and network hardware.
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Conceptual
understanding of Active Directory (AD). For example, AD terminology, AD object
types
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Hands-on experience
with more than one application service such as:
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IIS
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Terminal
Services
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Windows Media
Services
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Virtual
Server
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Hyper-V
-
System Center Virtual
Machine Manager
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Design IIS 7 Web Farms..
- Optimize IIS 7 for Performance and Stability.
- Design IIS 7 for Security.
- Design IIS 7 for reliability, recovery, and monitoring.
- Design and prepare a Terminal Services infrastructure.
- Design a terminal services maintenance strategy.
- Design a Windows Media Services installation for live and on-demand
delivery.
- Implement virtualization to consolidate servers, support legacy
applications, and create a test environment.
- Determine virtualization appropriateness and virtual server provisioning.