This course is designed to help maximize your performance on 70-642, the required exam for the new Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification for Windows Server 2008 Networking Infrastructure Configuration.

The primary audience for this course includes Active Directory technology specialists aspiring to be Enterprise Administrators (Tier 4 daily network operations) or Network Administrators (Tier 2).

Experienced Server Administrators who aspire to be Enterprise Administrators will also benefit from this course.

The secondary audience for this course includes Storage Area Network Administrators who need to understand this information to deploy or extend their current storage infrastructure.

Operations Managers who need this information to support troubleshooting efforts and business decisions will also benefit from this course.

This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to configure and troubleshoot a Windows Server 2008 network infrastructure.
Students will learn to implement and configure secure network access and implement fault tolerant storage technologies.
Students will gain an understanding of the network technologies most commonly used with Windows Server 2008 and IP-enabled networks.
Students will also learn how to secure servers and maintain update compliance.

Before attending this course, students must have:
• Working experience with Windows Server 2003. • Basic knowledge of Active Directory.
• An understanding of security concepts and methodologies (for example, corporate policies).
• Basic knowledge of DHCP.
• Basic knowledge of IPsec.

Focusing on Windows Server 2008 networking, this course covers configuring remote access, Network Access Protection (NAP), network authentication, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, and Domain Name System (DNS) replication; capturing performance data and monitoring event logs; and managing file and print services.