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Course 20413-C: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure

Course 20413-C: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure

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Get hands-on instruction and practice planning, designing and deploying a physical and logical Windows Server® 2012 R2 enterprise infrastructure in this 5-day Microsoft Official course. This course is part one in a series of two courses that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to design and implement a Windows Server 2012 R2 infrastructure in an enterprise environment. The two courses collectively cover designing, planning, deploying, securing, monitoring, automating, and virtualizing an enterprise server infrastructure. This course covers the knowledge and skills needed to provide an enterprise solution that supports manual and automated server installations in a physical and virtual environment including the supporting file and storage services. You will also learn the skills necessary to provide enterprise networking solutions such as DHCP, IPAM, VPN, and DirectAccess. You will also learn the skills necessary to design and implement a forest and domain infrastructure including multi domains/forest and branch office scenarios. This course maps directly to and is the preferred choice for hands-on preparation for Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Exam 413: Designing and Implementing and Server Infrastructure, which is the fourth of five exams required for MCSE: Server Infrastructure certification.

Labs in this course are based on Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2. This course is designed for experienced IT professionals who support medium to large enterprises and have experience administering Windows Server 2012 R2 and have an MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification or equivalent skills.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for planning, designing, and deploying a physical and a logical Windows Server 2012 enterprise Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) infrastructure including the network services necessary. They have experience of previous Windows Server operating systems and possess Windows Server 2012 certification Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) or equivalent skills. The course is also intended for IT professionals who are looking to take the exam 70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure, as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Server Infrastructure Certification.

Prerequisites

  • Candidates for this course have good Windows client and server operating system knowledge and basic AD DS and networking experience in an enterprise/small business (SMB) environment together with application configuration experience.
  • A good understanding of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) fundamentals and networking concepts.
  • A good working knowledge of both Windows Server 2012 R2 and Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS). For example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership.
  • A good understanding of both scripts and batch files.
  • A solid understanding of security concepts, such as authentication and authorization.
  • Familiarity with deployment, packaging, and imaging tools.
  • Ability to work in a team/virtual team.
  • Ability to produce good documentation and have the appropriate communication skills to create proposals and make budget recommendations.
  • Knowledge equivalent to Windows 2012 R2 MCSA.
  • Students who attend this training can meet the prerequisites by attending the following courses, or obtaining equivalent knowledge and skills 20410D: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012, 20411D: Administering Windows Server 2012, 20412D: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services or 20417D: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012.

Course outline

Module 1: Planning Server Upgrade and Migration
Module Overview

This module explains how to plan a server upgrade and migration strategy.

Lessons

Considerations for Upgrades and Migrations
Creating a Server Upgrade and Migration Plan
Planning for Virtualization

Lab Sessions

Planning a Server Upgrade and Migration

Lab Lessons

Planning a Strategy for Server Upgrade and Migration
Evaluating Candidates for Server Virtualization

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the factors to consider when performing a server upgrade and migration.
Create a plan for a server upgrade and migration.
Plan for server virtualization.

Module 2: Planning and Implementing a Server Deployment Strategy
Module Overview

This module explains how to design an automated server installation strategy and plan and implement a server deployment infrastructure.

Lessons

Selecting an Appropriate Server Deployment Strategy
Implementing an Automated Deployment Strategy

Lab Sessions

Planning and Implementing a Server Deployment Infrastructure

Lab Lessons

Planning an Automated Server Installation and Deployment Strategy
Preparing the Windows Server 2012 R2 Image
Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Select an appropriate server deployment strategy.
Implement an automated deployment strategy.

Module 3: Planning and Deploying Servers Using Virtual Machine Manager
Module Overview

This module explains how to plan and deploy a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) infrastructure for deploying servers.

Lessons

System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Overview
Implementing a Virtual Machine Manager Library and Profiles
Planning and Deploying Virtual Machine Manager Services

Lab Sessions

Planning and Deploying Virtual Machines by Using Virtual Machine Manager

Lab Lessons

Planning Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Components
Planning Virtual Machine and Service Templates
Implementing Virtual Machine Manager Components

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the core VMM architecture and components.
Implement VMM libraries and profiles.
Plan and deploy VMM services.

Module 4: Designing and Maintaining an IP Configuration and Address Management Solution
Module Overview

This module explains how to design and maintain IP address management (IPAM) and a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) solution.

Lessons

Designing DHCP Servers
Planning DHCP Scopes
Designing an IPAM Provisioning Strategy
Managing Servers and Address Spaces by Using IPAM

Lab Sessions

Designing and Maintaining an IP Configuration and IP Address Management Solution

Lab Lessons

Planning Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to Support Your Proposal
Planning an IP Address Management (IPAM) Deployment
Implementing DHCP and IPAM

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Design a DHCP server implementation.
Plan DHCP scope configuration and options.
Design an IPAM provisioning strategy.
Manage servers and address spaces by using IPAM.

Module 5: Designing and Implementing Name Resolution
Module Overview

This module explains how to design a name resolution strategy.

Lessons

Designing a DNS Server Implementation Strategy
Designing the DNS Namespace
Designing DNS Zones
Designing DNS Zone Replication and Delegation
Optimizing DNS Servers
Designing DNS for High Availability and Security

Lab Sessions

Designing and Implementing Name Resolution

Lab Lessons

Designing a Strategy for DNS Name Resolution
Designing a Strategy for DNS Server Placement
Designing DNS Zones and DNS Zone Replication
Implementing DNS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Design a Domain Name System (DNS) server-implementation strategy.
Design a DNS namespace.
Design and implement a DNS zone strategy.
Design and configure DNS zone replication and delegation.
Optimize the DNS server configuration.
Design DNS for high availability and security.

Module 6: Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Domain Services Forest and Domain Infrastructure
Module Overview

This module explains how to design and implement an AD DS forest and domain infrastructure.

Lessons

Designing an Active Directory Forest
Designing and Implementing Active Directory Forest Trusts
Designing Active Directory Integration with Windows Azure Active Directory
Designing and Implementing Active Directory Domains
Designing DNS Namespaces in Active Directory Environments
Designing Active Directory Domain Trusts

Lab Sessions

Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Domain Services Forest Infrastructure
Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Domain Infrastructure

Lab Lessons

Designing an Active Directory Forest Infrastructure
Implementing Active Directory Forest Trusts
Designing an Active Directory Domain Infrastructure
Implementing an Active Directory Domain Infrastructure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Design an Active Directory forest.
Design and implement Active Directory forest trusts.
Design Active Directory integration with Windows Azure Active Directory.
Design and implement Active Directory domains.
Design DNS namespaces in an Active Directory environment.
Design and implement Active Directory domain trusts.

Module 7: Designing and Implementing an AD DS Organizational Unit Infrastructure
Module Overview

This module explains how to design and implement an OU infrastructure and an AD DS permissions model.

Lessons

Planning the Active Directory Administrative Tasks Delegation Model
Designing an OU Structure
Designing and Implementing an AD DS Group Strategy

Lab Sessions

Designing and Implementing an Active Directory OU Infrastructure and Delegation Model

Lab Lessons

Designing an Organizational Unit Infrastructure
Implementing the OU Design
Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Permissions Model

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan an Active Directory administrative tasks delegation model.
Design an OU structure.
Design and implement an AD DS group strategy.

Module 8: Designing and Implementing a Group Policy Object Strategy
Module Overview

This module explains how to design and implement a Group Policy Object (GPO) strategy.

Lessons

Collecting the Information Required for a GPO Design
Designing and Implementing GPOs
Designing GPO Processing
Planning Group Policy Management

Lab Sessions

Designing and Implementing a Group Policy Object Strategy

Lab Lessons

Designing a Group Policy Object (GPO) Strategy
Implementing the GPO Design

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Collect and analyze the information required to facilitate a GPO design.
Create a GPO design and implement it.
Create a GPO processing design.
Plan GPO management.

Module 9: Designing and Implementing an AD DS Physical Topology
Module Overview

This module explains how to design an AD DS sites topology and a domain controller placement strategy.

Lessons

Designing and Implementing Active Directory Sites
Designing Active Directory Replication
Designing the Placement of Domain Controllers
Virtualization Considerations for Domain Controllers
Designing Highly Available Domain Controllers

Lab Sessions

Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Domain Services Physical Topology

Lab Lessons

Designing Active Directory Sites and Replication
Planning the Placement of Domain Controllers and Active Directory Replication
Implementing Active Directory Sites and Domain Controllers

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Design and implement Active Directory sites.
Design and configure Active Directory replication.
Design domain controller placement.
Plan for virtualization of the domain controller role.
Design domain controller deployments for high availability.

Module 10: Planning and Implementing Storage and File Services
Module Overview

This module explains how to plan and implement storage and file services.

Lessons

Planning and Implementing iSCSI SANs
Planning and Implementing Storage Spaces
Optimizing File Services for Branch Offices

Lab Sessions

Planning and Implementing Storage

Lab Lessons

Planning a Storage Solution
Implementing iSCSI Storage
Configuring a Redundant Storage Space

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan and implement an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) SAN.
Plan and implement storage spaces.
Optimize file services for branch offices.

Module 11: Designing and Implementing Network Protection
Module Overview

This module explains how to design and implement network protection.

Lessons

Overview of Network Security Design
Designing and Implementing a Windows Firewall Strategy
Designing and Implementing a NAP Infrastructure

Lab Sessions

Designing and Implementing Network Protection

Lab Lessons

Designing a Windows Firewall Solution
Implementing a Windows Firewall solution
Designing a Network Access Protection (NAP) Solution
Implementing NAP with IPsec Enforcement

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the design process for network security.
Design and implement a Windows Firewall strategy.
Design and implement Network Access Protection (NAP).

Module 12: Designing and Implementing Remote Access Services
Module Overview

This module explains how to design and implement remote access services.

Lessons

Planning and Implementing DirectAccess
Planning and Implementing VPN
Planning and Implementing Web Application Proxy
Planning a Complex Remote Access Infrastructure

Lab Sessions

Designing and Implementing Network Access Services

Lab Lessons

Designing a Remote Access Strategy
Planning and Implementing a DirectAccess Solution
Planning and Implementing a VPN Solution
Implementing Web Application Proxy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan and implement DirectAccess.
Plan and implement a virtual private network (VPN).
Plan and implement a Web Application Proxy.
Plan a complex remote access infrastructure.

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