6437, Designing a Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure

	This three-day course will prepare IT professionals for the role of Enterprise Administrator. Students will learn how to design application infrastructure solutions based on Windows Server 2008 to meet varying business and technical requirements.
	Duration: 3.0 day(s) Price: £800.00 + VAT	Download Course Content   Download Course Files

Locations

Infero Ltd is based in the Lace Market in Nottingham. Training courses take place at the following locations including Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Burton-on-Trent, Lincoln, Leicester, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Birmingham, Solihul, Coventry, Nuneaton, Peterborough, Grantham.

Target Students

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:

• 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.
• Intermediate understanding of security best practices. For example, file system permissions, authentication methods, Kerberos etc.
• Intermediate knowledge of server and network hardware.
• Conceptual understanding of Active Directory (AD). For example, AD terminology, AD object types
• Hands-on experience with more than one application service such as:
• IIS
• Terminal Services
• Windows Media Services
• Virtual Server
• Hyper-V
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Certification

This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam:

• Exam 70-647: Pro: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator

This counts as credit toward the following certification(s):

• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of 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.
• Plan and configure a Windows Media Services infrastructure 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.

Course Content

Module 1: Designing IIS Web Farms

Lessons
Overview of Hardware and Platform Options
Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability
Design Content Storage
Lab: Designing IIS Web Farms
Design Hardware Platform
Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability
Design Web Site Availability and Scalability
Design Web Site Configuration, Deployment and Consistency
Design Web Site Content, Deployment and Consistency

Module 2: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability

Lessons
Designing Application Pools
Designing Script Mapping
Designing Bandwidth Allocation
Design Web Site Logging
Lab: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability
Design and Test Application Pools
Design and Test Script Maps
Design and Test Bandwidth Allocation
Design and Test Web Site Logging
Configuring a Web Server to Host Multiple Applications with Separate Application Pools

Module 3: Designing IIS Security

Lessons
Design and Verify Transport Security
Design Authentication and Authorization
Design Delegation Administration
Lab: Designing IIS 7 Security
Design and Verify Transport Security
Design and Verify Authentication and Authorization Methods
Design and Verify Delegation Administration
Configuring Authentication Types

Module 4: Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI

Lessons
Designing Internet Information Services Backup and Recovery
Specify Monitoring Requirements
Deploying UDDI Services
Tuning and Troubleshooting IIS 7
Lab: Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI
Design a Web Server Backup and Recovery Strategy
Design and Test Web Server Monitoring
Design UDDI Deployment
Troubleshooting Application Pool Instability
Enabling Shared Configurations
Configuring Network Load Balancing

Module 5: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure

Lessons
Design Terminal Services Licensing
Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties
Design Device Redirection
Design Terminal Services Gateways
Design Terminal Services Broker
Design RemoteApp Programs
Design Web Access
Lab: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure
Design and Test Terminal Services RemoteApp Programs
Design and Test Terminal Services Corporate Desktop
Design and Test Terminal Services Gateway and Web Access
Design and Test Terminal Services Gateway Policies, Connection Authorization Policies, and Resource Access Policies

Module 6: Designing a Terminal Services Maintenance Strategy

Lessons
Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Policies for Application Resource and Reporting
Specify Group Policy Settings for Terminal Servers
Design High Availability
Specify Monitoring Requirements
Specify Maintenance and Recovery
Lab: Designing Terminal Services Maintenance
Design and test highly available Terminal Services
Design and test Group Policy for Terminal Services
Design and test resource management for Terminal Services
Design and test monitoring for Terminal Services
Optimizing Terminal Services Performance

Module 7: Design Windows Media Services Infrastructure Administration

Lessons
Design Windows Media for Live Streaming
Windows Media Services for On-Demand Content
Improving Performance for On-Demand Content
Monitoring Windows Media Services
Lab: Design a Windows Media Services Infrastructure
Design Windows Media Services for Live Streaming
Design WMS Infrastructure for On-Demand Content
Troubleshooting Poor Performance of On-Demand Content
Design and Test Monitoring of Windows Media Services

Module 8: Design Virtualization Infrastructure

Lessons
Virtualization of a Test Server Environment
Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Applications
Design and Test a Virtualized Development Environment
Lab: Design Virtualization Infrastructure
Design a Test Server Consolidation Strategy
Design and Test Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Server
Design and Test Development Environment Isolation Using Virtual Server

Module 9: Designing Virtualization Provisioning

Lessons
Design Virtual Server Provisioning Workflow Model
Evaluate Appropriateness for Virtualization
Evaluate Customization to Standard Configuration
Design Deployment for Virtualization
Lab: Design Virtualization Provisioning
Design Virtual Server Host Configuration
Design Virtual Server Provisioning using System Center