Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2

Get hands-on instruction and practice configuring and implementing new features and functionality in Windows Server 2012, including Windows Server 2012 R2, in this five-day Microsoft Official Course. This course is designed for IT professionals who want to upgrade their technical skills from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. It presumes a high level of knowledge about previous Windows Server technologies and skills equivalent to MCSA: Windows Server 2008 credential. 

The course covers the new features and functionality in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, including management, network infrastructure, storage, access control, virtualization, high availability, and identity federation. Specific technologies covered include Windows PowerShell, Storage Spaces and Internet Small Computer System interface (iSCSI), Active Directory, Hyper-V, implementation of Remote Access solutions such as DirectAccess, VPNs, and Web Application Proxy (WAP). The course also covers Failover Clustering, Federation Services as well as access and information provisioning and protection technologies such as Dynamic Access Control, and Web Application Proxy integration with Federation Services and Workplace Join. 

This course is not a product upgrade course, detailing considerations for migrating and upgrading your specific environment to Windows Server 2012. Rather, this course will update your existing Windows Server 2008 knowledge and skills to Windows Server 2012, including Windows Server 2012 R2. Labs in this course are based on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1.

This course maps directly to and is the preferred choice for hands-on preparation for Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Exam 417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012, which is the upgrade exam for individuals who hold an MCSA: Windows Server 2008 certification.

Profil uczestnika

• Experienced Windows Server Administrators who have real world experience working in a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 enterprise environment
• IT professionals who have obtained the credential MCSA: Windows Server 2008 or have equivalent knowledge
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Windows Server 2012 credential, which is a pre-requisite for their individual specialities

Agenda

Module 1: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

• Installing Windows Server 2012 R2
• Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012
• Configuring Remote Management for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012
• Lab : Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2
• Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core
• Configuring a Computer Running a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2012 R2
• Configuring Remote Management for Servers Running Windows Server 2012 R2

Module 2: Managing Windows Server 2012 by Using Windows PowerShell

• Overview of Windows PowerShell
• Using Windows PowerShell to Manage AD DS
• Managing Servers by Using Windows PowerShell
• Lab : Managing Servers Running Windows Server 2012 by Using Windows PowerShell
• Introduction to Windows PowerShell
• Managing AD DS by Using Windows PowerShell
• Managing Servers by Using Windows PowerShell

Module 3: Managing Storage in Windows Server 2012

• Storage Features in Windows Server 2012
• Configuring iSCSI Storage
• Configuring Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012
• Configuring BranchCache in Windows Server 2012
• Lab : Managing Storage on Servers Running Windows Server 2012
• Configuring iSCSI Storage
• Configuring a Redundant Storage Space
• Lab : Implementing BranchCache
• Performing Initial Configuration Tasks for BranchCache
• Configuring BranchCache on the Branch Server
• Configuring BranchCache Client Computers
• Monitoring BranchCache

Module 4: Implementing Network Services

• Implementing DNS and DHCP Enhancements
• Implementing IPAM
• Managing IP Address Spaces with IPAM
• NAP Overview
• Implementing NAP
• Lab : Implementing Network Services
• Configuring New Features in DNS and DHCP
• Configuring IP Address Management
• Lab : Deploying NAP
• Configuring NAP
• Verifying the NAP Deployment

Module 5: Implementing Remote Access

• Remote Access Overview
• Implementing DirectAccess by Using the Getting Started Wizard
• Implementing and Managing an Advanced DirectAccess Infrastructure
• Implementing VPN
• Lab : Implementing DirectAccess
• Configuring the DirectAccess Infrastructure
• Configuring the DirectAccess Clients
• Verifying the DirectAccess Configuration

Module 6: Implementing Failover Clustering

• Overview of Failover Clustering
• Implementing a Failover Cluster
• Configuring Highly-Available Applications and Services on a Failover Cluster
• Maintaining a Failover Cluster
• Implementing a Multisite Failover Cluster
• Lab : Implementing Failover Clustering
• Configuring a Failover Cluster
• Deploying and Configuring a Highly Available File Server
• Validating the Deployment of the Highly-Available File Server
• Configuring Cluster-Aware Updating on the Failover Cluster

Module 7: Implementing Hyper-V

• Configuring Hyper-V Servers
• Configuring Hyper-V Storage
• Configuring Hyper-V Networking
• Configuring Hyper-V Virtual Machines
• Lab : Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V
• Installing the Hyper-V Server Role
• Configuring Virtual Networking
• Creating and Configuring a Virtual Machine

Module 8: Implementing Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

• Overview of the Integration of Hyper-V Server 2012 with Failover Clustering
• Implementing Hyper-V Virtual Machines on Failover Clusters
• Implementing Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Virtual Machine Movement
• Implementing Hyper-V Replica
• Lab : Implementing Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
• Configuring Hyper-V Replica
• Configuring a Failover Cluster for Hyper-V
• Configuring a Highly Available Virtual Machine

Module 9: Implementing Secure Data Access for Users and Devices

• Dynamic Access Control Overview
• Implementing DAC Components
• Implementing DAC for Access Control
• Implementing Access-Denied Assistance
• Implementing and Managing Work Folders
• Lab : Implementing Secure File Access
• Preparing for DAC Deployment
• Implementing DAC
• Validating and Remediating DAC
• Implementing Work Folders

Module 10: Implementing AD DS

• Deploying AD DS Domain Controllers
• Configuring AD DS Domain Controllers
• Implementing Service Accounts
• Implementing Group Policy in AD DS
• Overview of Windows Azure Active Directory
• Maintaining AD DS
• Lab : Implementing AD DS
• Deploying a Read-Only Domain Controller
• Implementing Service Accounts in AD DS
• Lab : Troubleshooting and Maintaining AD DS
• Troubleshooting Group Policy
• Maintaining AD DS

Module 11: Implementing AD FS

• Overview of AD FS
• Deploying AD FS
• Implementing AD FS for a Single Organization
• Deploying AD FS in a Business-to-Business Federation Scenario
• Implementing Web Application Proxy
• Implementing Workplace Join
• Lab : Implementing AD FS
• Installing and Configuring AD FS
• Configuring an Internal Application for AD FS
• Configuring AD FS for a Federated Business Partner
• Implementing Web Application Proxy
• Performing a Workplace Join

Module 12: Monitoring and Maintaining Windows Server 2012

• Monitoring Windows Server 2012
• Implementing Windows Server Backup
• Implementing Server and Data Recovery
• Lab : Monitoring and Maintaining Windows 2012 Servers
• Configuring Centralized Monitoring for Servers Running Windows Server 2012
• Backing Up Servers Running Windows Server 2012
• Restoring Files by Using Windows Server Backup

Wymagane przygotowanie uczestników

• Experience with day-to-day Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 system administration, management and maintenance tasks in an Enterprise environment
• Obtained the credential Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Windows Server 2008 or have equivalent knowledge

Note: It is possible to take this course without having the MCSA: Windows Server 2008 credential once the criteria of equivalent knowledge is met. However, the subsequent taking and passing of the 70-417 upgrade exam will not provide the exam taker with the MCSA: Windows Server 2012 credential. This credential upgrade path is exclusively for holders of the MCSA: Windows Server 2008 credential.

Zagadnienia

• Install and configure Windows Server 2012
• Manage Windows Server 2012 by using Windows PowerShell
• Manage storage in Windows Server 2012
• Implement network services
• Implement Remote Access
• Implement Failover Clustering
• Implement Hyper-V
• Implement Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
• Implementing secure data access for users and devices
• Implement Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
• Implement Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
• Monitor and maintain Windows Server 2012