6435 Designing a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

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

The primary audience for this course is IT professionals, including Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 enterprise administrators interested in becoming a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator who focuses on network solutions.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Active Directory Technology Specialist level knowledge and concepts.
• Network Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience.
• Applications Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience.
• Windows Vista TS level of knowledge and experience.
• Intermediate understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, name resolution, and connection methods.
• Intermediate understanding of security best practices for authentication and file permissions.
• Intermediate understanding of server and network hardware.

This course will help the student prepare for the following exam:

• 70-647: MCITP: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe key components of network infrastructure design.
• Describe how to design a secure network.
• Design a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers.
• Design a network topology.
• Describe the internal considerations for network security and how they can be addressed.
• Design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates Domain Name System (DNS).
• Optimize a name resolution system that incorporates DNS and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).
• Design a solution for network access.
• Design a Network Access Protection (NAP) solution.
• Design a solution for operating system deployment and maintenance.
• Design the deployment of file services.
• Design print services in Windows Server 2008.
• Design high availability for applications and services.

Module 1: Overview of Network Infrastructure Design

Lessons
Preparing for Network Infrastructure Design
Designing the Network Topology
Designing Network Infrastructure for Virtualization
Designing a Change Management Structure for a Network
Lab: Designing Network Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008
Preparing for the Network Infrastructure Design
Designing the Network Topology
Designing Network Infrastructure for Virtualization
Designing a Change Management plan
Lab: Discussion

Module 2: Designing Network Security

Lessons
Overview of Network Security Design
Creating a Network Security Plan
Identifying Threats to Network Security
Analyzing Security Risks
Defense-in-Depth Model Overview
Lab: Designing a Network Security Plan
Identifying a Team for the Security Plan Scenario
Identifying Threats
Analyzing Risk
Discussion of Designing a Network Security Plan

Module 3: Designing IP Addressing

Lessons
Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme
Designing DHCP Implementation
Designing DHCP Configuration Options
Lab: Designing IP Addressing in Windows Server 2008
Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme
Designing a DHCP Implementation
Discussion of IP Address Allocation

Module 4: Designing Routing and Switching

Lessons
Preparing for Designing a Network Routing Topology
Selecting Network Devices
Designing Internet Connectivity and Perimeter Networks
Designing Routing Communications
Evaluating Network Performance
Lab: Designing a Network Routing Topology
Designing the Placement of Routers
Designing a Perimeter Network
Evaluating Network Performance
Discussion of Designing a Network Routing Topology

Module 5: Designing Security for Internal Networks

Lessons
Designing Windows Firewall Implementation
Overview of IPSec
Designing IPSec Implementation
Lab: Designing a Secure Internal Network
Designing a Windows Firewall Implementation
Designing an IPSec Implementation

Module 6: Designing Name Resolution

Lessons
Collecting Information for a Name Resolution Design
Designing a DNS Server Strategy
Designing a DNS Namespace
Designing DNS Zone Implementation
Designing Zone Replication and Delegation
Lab: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy in Windows Server 2008
Designing a DNS Server Strategy
Designing a DNS Namespace
Designing a DNS Zone and Replication Strategy
Discuss the Design of Name Resolution
Implement a DNS Zone and Replication Strategy

Module 7: Designing Advanced Name Resolution

Lessons
Optimizing DNS Queries
Designing DNS for High Availability
Designing a WINS Name Resolution Strategy
Lab: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy in Windows Server 2008
Optimize DNS Resolution
Designing and Configuring WINS Name Resolution
Integrating DNS and WINS Name Resolution

Module 8: Planning and Deploying the Application Virtualization Management System

Lessons
Gathering Data for Designing Network Access Solutions
Securing and Controlling Network Access
Designing Remote Access Services
Designing RADIUS Authentication with Network Policy Services
Designing Wireless Access
Lab: Designing a Network Access Solution
Designing a Remote Access Solution
Designing Network Policy Services
Designing a Wireless Connection Solution
Discuss the Design of Network Access
Deploying an SSTP VPN Solution

Module 9: Designing Network Access Protection

Lessons
Designing the NAP Platform Architecture
NAP Architecture
NAP Enforcement
Designing NAP Policy
Designing NAP Enforcement and Remediation
Lab: Designing Network Access Protection
Analyzing Enforcement Methods
Designing DHCP Enforcement
Designing IPSec Enforcement
Implementing DHCP Enforcement

Module 10: Designing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance

Lessons
Determining Operating System Deployment Requirements
Deploying an Operating System by Using WDS
Planning for the Creation and Modification of Images
Designing Multicast Transmission of Images
Lab: Designing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance
Designing an Operating System Deployment Solution
Designing WDS Deployment
Designing WDS Images
Designing a WSUS Deployment
Discussing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance

Module 11: Designing File Services and DFS in Windows Server 2008

Lessons
Designing File Services
Designing DFS
Designing the FSRM Configuration
Lab: Designing File Services and DFS in Windows Server 2008
Selecting File Services Components
Designing DFS
Designing FSRM
Implementing DFS
Implementing FSRM

Module 12: Designing High Availability in Windows Server 2008

Lessons
Overview of High Availability
Designing Network Load Balancing for High Availability
Designing Failover Clustering for High Availability
Designing Geographically Dispersed Failover Clusters
Lab: Designing High Availability in Windows Server 2008
Designing High Availability
Implementing an NLB Design
Implementing a Failover Cluster Design

Module 13: Designing Print Services in Windows Server 2008

Lessons
Overview of a Print Services Design
Windows Server 2008 Printing Features
Designing Print Services
Lab: Designing Shared Resources in Windows Server 2008
Analyzing the Components of a Print Services Design
Designing a Shared Printer Deployment

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