Windows Server 2008 Administration

Duration: 5 Days | Price: $2495 | Class Dates:

Students Will Learn:
  • Server Installation and Imaging
  • Powershell Administration
  • Terminal Services and RemoteApp
  • Sharepoint Integration and IIS 7.0
  • User and Group Configuration
  • Permissions and Security
  • Active Directory Architecture and Installation
  • Clustering and Server Virtualization
  • System Backup and Update Management
  • IPv4 and IPv6 Network Addressing
  • Vista Integration

Description: This course provides hands on experience installing and configuring Windows Server 2008 to work with clients including Windows Vista. Students will perform full and core CD-based standard installation, deploy an image, configure and tune the server and assign roles and services. Attendees will practice local and remote administration of security, network, data and hardware in hands on labs. After installing an Active Directory domain controller, students will create and assign users, groups, permissions, rights, policies and profiles. Attendees will configure and troubleshoot the TCP/IP network, create custom consoles and Powershell scripts, and implement a backup strategy. We'll investigate network products, such as Internet Information Server (IIS) 7.0, Terminal Services, and Sharepoint. Local security, such as group policy objects (GPO), Encrypting File System (EFS), BitLocker, rights and permissions, Firewall, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and Network Level Authentication. Students will use enterprise tools such as clustering, virtualization, Distributed File System (DFS), and File System Resource Manager (FSRM). Comprehensive labs and exercises give the students real experience deploying, managing and troubleshooting the Windows 2008 infrastructure.

Prerequisites: Understanding of a Microsoft Windows Environment and familiarity with the desktop, files and folders. Previous server administration is helpful but not required.

Windows Server 2008 Administration Course Overview:

Overview of Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Architecture
  • Windows Server 2008 Editions
  • Server Roles
  • Disk Management
  • Powershell
  • Terminal Services
  • Virtualization
  • Internet Information Services (IIS 7.0)
  • Patch and Update Management
  • Tuning System Performance
  • Remote Assistance
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Licensing and Activation
  • System Center
  • Active Directory
   Installing Windows
  • Hardware Requirements
  • CD Installation
  • Windows 2008 Core Installation
  • Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
  • Boot Configuration Data (BCD)
  • Upgrading Existing Operating Systems
Configuring Windows
  • Initial Configuration Tasks (ICT)
  • Command line Server Core configuration
   Windows Management
  • Server Manager
  • Remote Server Admin Tools (RSAT)
  • Event Viewer
  • Event Subscription
  • Performance and Reliability Monitor
  • Performance Logs and Alerts
  • Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA)
  • Tuning System Performance
  • Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM)
  • Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
  • Shutdown Event Tracker
Windows Vista Interoperability
  • Windows Vista Editions
  • User Interface
  • Domain Membership
  • System Recovery
  • Multiple Group Policies
   Administering Users and Groups
  • Creating Local Users and Groups
  • Creating Domain Users and Groups
  • Local and Domain Groups
  • Setting User Rights
  • User Profiles
  • Setting the Accounts Policy
  • Upgraded Security Accounts Manager (SAM) Database
  • User Account Control (UAC)
  • Administrator Approval Mode (AAM)
Networking
  • TCP/IP version 4 (IPv4)
  • IPv4 Addressing
  • TCP/IP version 6 (IPv6)
  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
  • Understanding Workgroups and Domains
  • TCP/IP Diagnostic Tools
  • Windows Firewall
  • Network Troubleshooting
  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • DHCP Lease Process
  • Troubleshooting DHCP Clients
  • Authorizing a DHCP Server in Active Directory
  • Scopes
  • Reservations
  • DHCP Options
Security Features
  • BitLocker Drive Encryption
  • Multiple Local GPOs (MLGPOs)
  • Encrypting File System
  • NTFS Permissions
  • User Rights
   Active Directory Domain Services
  • AD DS Architecture
  • Domains, Trees and Forests
  • Organizational Units (OU)
  • Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)
  • Flexible Single Master of Operation (FSMO) Roles
  • Global Catalog
  • Schema
  • Domain Controller Installation
  • DNS Requirements
  • Configuring Active Directory
  • Delegating Authority
  • Replication Improvements
Group Policy
  • Implementing Security
  • Desktop Configuration
  • Distributing Applications
  • Domain and Local Policies
  • Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)
   Microsoft Management Console 3.0
  • Snap-Ins
  • Standard Consoles
  • Customizing Consoles
  • Task Pads
Managing Windows Updates
  • Windows Server Update Service (WSUS)
  • Patch Management
  • Configuring Clients
  • WSUS Distribution
   Powershell
  • Logon Scripts
  • Cmdlets
  • Scripting
  • Variables
  • Interacting with Windows Management Interface (WMI)
  • Manipulating Objects
  • System Analysis
Virtualization
  • Planning and Design
  • Hyper-V
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Virtual Server
  • Consolidating Resources
  • Isolating Services
  • Licensing Requirements
   Clustering
  • High Availability
  • Cluster Models
  • Planning
  • Failover
Internet Information Server
  • IIS 7.0 Architecture
  • IIS Manager
  • Installation and Configuration
  • Migrating Sites from IIS 6.0
  • Authentication
  • Delegation of Authority
  • URL Authentication
  • Application Pool
  • Request Filtering Overview
  • Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
  • Remote Administration
  • Media Publishing
  • Core Server Limitations
  • Dynamic Content
  • Optimizing Performance
  • Troubleshooting
   Data Storage
  • Disk Quotas
  • Disk Defragmentation
  • Offline Files
  • Extending and Shrinking Volumes
  • Distributed File System (DFS)
  • File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
  • Auditing Object Access
Permissions
  • NTFS File and Folder Permissions
  • Permission Inheritance
  • Effective Permissions
  • Shared Folder Permissions
  • Administrative Shares
   Distributed File System (DFS)
  • DFS Replication
  • Domain-based DFS
  • Namespace Root
  • Access-based Enumeration
  • Diagnostic Reports
  • Replication Groups
File System Resource Manger (FSRM)
  • Configuring Quotas
  • File Screening
  • Reporting
   System Recovery and Restoration
  • Server Backup and Restore
  • Volume Shadow Copy Service
  • System State Data
  • Automated System Recovery (ASR)
  • Recovery Console
Tuning Application Performance
  • Application Compatibility Administration Tool
  • Setting Environment Variables
  • RemoteApp Applications
   Terminal Services
  • Terminal Services Architecture
  • Remote Desktop
  • Remote Applications
  • TS Web Access
  • Mapping Local Resources
  • Terminal Server Licensing
  • TS Gateway Server
  • TS Session Broker
  • Remote Desktop Client 6.0
  • Network Level Authentication
Remote Assistance
  • Requesting Remote Assistance
  • Enabling Remote Assistance Offer
  • Sending an Invitation File
  • Responding to an Assistance Request
  Hardware
  • Driver Management
  • Device Manager
  • Troubleshooting Hidden Devices

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