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Planning and Administering Windows Server 2008 Servers Training Outline:

Total Course Duration: 7 hours 18 minutes

1.0 Planning Deployment and Migration

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Planning for WS08 Deployment and Migration
• 1.3 Features and Benefits
• 1.4 Deployment Considerations
• 1.5 Identifying Compatibility Issues
• 1.6 Developing a Deployment Plan
• 1.7 Designing and Scheduling Server Deployments
• 1.8 Planning Server Rollback
• 1.9 Migrating Data and Services
• 1.10 Planning the Decommissioning Process
• 1.11 Commissioning Windows Server 2008 Servers
• 1.12 Installing Windows Server 2008 Demo
• 1.13 Initial Configuration Tasks Demo
• 1.14 Summary

2.0 Planning Server Roles

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Planning for Server Hardware
• 2.3 Introduction to Server Roles
• 2.4 Implications and Recommendations for Combining Server Roles
• 2.5 High Availability Options
• 2.6 Planning for WS08 Server Core
• 2.7 Designing for Hyper-V Virtualization
• 2.8 File Storage in WS08
• 2.9 High Availability for File Servers
• 2.10 Configuring File Service Resource Manager Demo
• 2.11 Summary

3.0 Creating a Change Control Plan

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Developing a Change Control Process
• 3.3 Establishing a Communication Plan
• 3.4 Establishing a Change Approval Process
• 3.5 Developing Configuration Changes
• 3.6 Testing Proposed Changes
• 3.7 Creating and Testing Rollback Plans
• 3.8 Reviewing Configuration Changes
• 3.9 Summary

4.0 Planning for High Availability

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Defining and Documenting High Availability Requirements
• 4.3 Infrastructure Requirements for High Availability
• 4.4 High Availability Options in Windows Server 2008
• 4.5 Planning Network Load Balancing (NLB)
• 4.6 Overview of Network Load Balancing
• 4.7 Sharing Application Data for NLB
• 4.8 Planning Host Affinity and Priority
• 4.9 Selecting Network Communication Methods for NLB
• 4.10 Planning Failover Clustering
• 4.11 Overview of Failover Clustering
• 4.12 Shared Storage for Failover Clustering
• 4.13 Quorum Configuration for Failover Clustering
• 4.14 Guidelines for Designing Failover Clusters
• 4.15 Planning Geographically Dispersed Clusters
• 4.16 Summary

5.0 Planning and Maintaining Security

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Characteristics of a Defense in Depth Strategy
• 5.3 Defense in Depth Layers
• 5.4 Implementing Host Level Security
• 5.5 Utilizing the Windows Server 2008 Firewall
• 5.6 Configuring Windows Firewall Demo
• 5.7 Implementing Security Policies and Templates
• 5.8 Implementing Network Level Security
• 5.9 Network Security Options
• 5.10 Summary

6.0 Planning Disaster Recovery for Windows Server 2008

• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Planning Backups for Windows Server 2008
• 6.3 Planning a Backup Policy
• 6.4 Storage and Security Considerations
• 6.5 Planning Restore Policies for Windows Server 2008
• 6.6 Considerations for Server Restores
• 6.7 Improving the Backup Plan
• .8 Planning an EFS Restore Policy
• 6.9 Verifying Restored Data
• 6.10 Summary

7.0 Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Servers

• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Overview of Windows Server 2008 Management Tasks
• 7.3 Planning for Security Update Management
• 7.4 Overview of WSUS Deployment
• 7.5 Server Core Security Updates
• 7.6 Automating Server Maintenance
• 7.7 Configuring WSUS Demo
• 7.8 Summary

8.0 Maintaining the Distributed File System (DFS)

• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Overview of DFS in Windows Server 2008
• 8.3 DFS Architecture and Required Services
• 8.4 Planning for High Availability with DFS
• 8.5 Tools for Managing DFS
• 8.6 Installing and Configuring DFS Demo
• 8.7 Summary

9.0 Monitoring Windows Server 2008 Servers

• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Reasons for Monitoring
• 9.3 Monitoring Methods and Tools
• 9.4 Establishing Performance Baselines
• 9.5 Measuring Performance Objects
• 9.6 Choosing the Appropriate Monitoring Tools
• 9.7 Summary

10.0 Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Hardware

• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Troubleshooting Tools
• 10.3 Evaluating Hardware Devices and Drivers
• 10.4 Handling Component and Device Driver Failures
• 10.5 Summary

11.0 Troubleshooting Software Problems in Windows Server 2008

• 11.1 Introduction
• 11.2 Determining the Business Impact of Software Failure
• 11.3 Monitoring Service Level Agreements
• 11.4 Troubleshooting Methodology Stages
• 11.5 Reviewing Logs and System Settings
• 11.6 Identifying Core Operating System Components
• 11.7 Evaluating Security Issues
• 11.8 Summary

12.0 Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Networks

• 12.1 Introduction
• 12.2 Business Impact of Network Failure
• 12.3 Service Level Agreements and Change Management
• 12.4 Interaction with Other Teams
• 12.5 Correcting IP Connectivity Issues
• 12.6 Resolving Names in Windows Server 2008
• 12.7 Summary