Planning Management of Servers Running Windows 2008 Server Operating System

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Overview:

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to Plan a Windows Server 2008 Deployment, Plan and implement server commissioning and decommissioning for Windows Server 2008, Plan the installation of server roles for Windows Server 2008, Create a configuration change plan for Windows Server 2008, Plan and implement Windows Server 2008 security, Manage application versioning in Windows Server 2008, Plan for a high-availability Windows Server 2008 deployment, Plan a server update maintenance schedule for Windows Server 2008, Maintain Distributed File System (DFS) in Windows Server 2008, Define server backup requirements and policies for Windows Server 2008 backup, Plan and implement a Windows Server 2008 restore, Plan Windows Server 2008 monitoring, Troubleshoot hardware issues, Troubleshoot software issues, Troubleshoot network issues.

Course Contents:

Module 1: Managing Windows Server 2008 Security

Lessons

Planning a defense-in-depth strategy

Implementing host level security for Windows Server 2008

Implementing server security by using Group Policies

Implementing network security for Windows Server 2008

Module 2: Planning for Windows Server 2008 High Availability

Lessons

Planning for Network Load Balancing

Overview of failover clustering support in Windows Server 2008

Creating clusters in Windows Server 2008

Module 3: Maintaining Windows Server 2008

Lessons

Overview of Windows Server 2008 management tasks

Planning for security update management

Automating Windows Server 2008 maintenance

Module 4: Maintaining a Distributed File System on Windows Server 2008

Lessons

Planning components required for DFS

Planning for fault tolerance in DFS

Tools for managing DFS

Module 5: Planning Windows Server 2008 Backup & Restore

Lessons

Plan Backups by Using the Windows Server 2008 Backup Feature

Plan a backup policy for Windows Server 2008

Planning a server restore policy

Planning an EFS restore policy

Verifying restored data

Module 6: Monitoring Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Servers

Lessons

Planning monitoring tasks

Calculating a server baseline

Measuring performance objects

Selecting appropriate monitoring tools

Planning notification methods

Prerequisites:

A strong familiarity with Windows deployment technologies and implementation,

A strong familiarity with Windows networking technologies and implementation

A strong familiarity with Active Directory technologies and implementation.

Students should have up to 1 year experience implementing server plans although have probably not yet had full responsibility for planning.

Benefits:

Credit towards professional certification exam MCITP: Server Administrator

Audience:

The MCITP: Server Administrator certification can help you develop and validate your skills in your current position, or propel you toward a future role, such as:

Windows server administrator

Server systems administrator

Monitoring operator

Network administrator. A server administrator is responsible for the operations and day-to-day management of an infrastructure of servers for an enterprise organization. Windows server administrators manage the infrastructure, Web, and IT application servers. The Windows server administrators use scripts and batch files written by others or those that they occasionally write themselves to accomplish tasks on a regular basis. They conduct most server management tasks remotely by using Terminal Server or administration tools installed on their local workstation.

Duration:

24 hours

Planning Management of Servers Running Windows 2008 Server Operating System

Business Analysis (BA)

Six Sigma

Project Management (PMP®)

ITIL®

Quality Assurance (QA)