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6430B: Planning and Administering Windows Server 2008 Servers

Course Length: 3 days.


Overview

This course is intended for IT pros who are interested in the knowledge and skills necessary to plan a Windows Server 2008 operating system infrastructure. The course content and exercises direct you toward making decisions and providing guidance to others. This course reflects the decision-making tasks that a server administrator undertakes.

After completing this course, students will be able to: Plan for both Windows Server 2008 installation and upgrade from a previous version of Windows Server to Windows Server 2008, plan and implement network connectivity in Windows Server 2008 by using IPv4-related technologies and plan a migration strategy to IPv6, plan the deployment of Active Directory-related services in Windows Server 2008, apply the design considerations for implementing group policy, Plan the configuration of different applications services in Windows Server 2008, create a plan for file and print services to meet an organizations printing, file storage, and access needs, create a plan to secure the Windows Server 2008 environment, create local and remote administration strategies for administering a Windows Server 2008 environment, create a monitoring plan for the Windows Server 2008 environment, create a plan that will help mitigate the effects of various disaster scenarios on the IT infrastructure, create a plan for using virtualisation in a Windows Server 2008 environment.


Audience

This course is intended for a server administrator who: Is moving from a technical-specialist role to a decision-making role; Wants to acquire the necessary knowledge to be able to plan for Windows Server 2008 servers.


Outline

  1. Planning Windows Server 2008 Deployment
  2. Planning Network Infrastructure for Windows Server 2008
  3. Planning for Active Directory
  4. Planning for Group Policy
  5. Planning Application Servers
  6. Planning File and Print Services
  7. Planning Server and Network Security
  8. Planning Server Administration
  9. Planning and Implementing Monitoring and Maintenance
  10. Planning High Availability and Disaster Recovery
  11. Planning Virtualisation

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have up to 1 year of experience implementing server plans. Students must also have a strong familiarity with Windows deployment, networking and Active Directory technologies and implementation.