Planning for Windows Server
®2008 Servers
• Course Number: 6430B
• Course Length: 3 Days
Course Overview
This 3-day course is intended for IT pros who are interested in the knowledge and skills
necessary to plan a Windows Server 2008 operating system infrastructure. This course is aimed
at server administrators and is not a “how-to” course; therefore, it has a significant number of
planning exercises with less focus on hands-on exercises than some courses.
The course content and exercises direct you toward making decisions and providing guidance to
others. This course reflects the decision-making tasks that a server administrator undertakes.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
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Skills equivalent to course 6418A (deployment)–Installation and configuration of Windows
Server 2008, Windows Deployment Services, Active Directory directory service upgrades
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Skills equivalent to course 6420A (networking fundamentals)– TCP/IP configuration, server
administration, network and data security
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Skills equivalent to course 6421A (core network infrastructure training)– Domain Name
System (DNS) configuration, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) configuration, IPv6
transition, remote access, network policies, Network Access Protection (NAP), Distributed File
System (DFS)
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Skills equivalent to course 6424A (Active Directory fundamentals)– Configure Active
Directory Domain Services (AD DS), configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory
Services (AD LDS), configure Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), configure
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), create users and groups
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Skills equivalent to course 6425A (core Active Directory training)– Configure AD DS security,
trusts, sites, replication, Group Policy
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Up to one year experience implementing server plans
Audience
This course is intended for a server administrator who:
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Is moving from a technical-specialist role to a decision-making role.
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Wants to acquire the necessary knowledge to be able to plan for Windows Server 2008 servers.
Course Outline
Course Introduction 5m Course Introduction
Module 01 - Planning Windows Server® 2008 Deployment 1h 0m Lesson: Overview of Change Management
Discussion: What Is Change Management?
Considerations for Managing Change What Is ITIL?
What Are ITIL Books?
What Is MOF?
What Is Project Management?
What Are Service-Level Agreements?
What Are Microsoft Solution Accelerators?
Lesson: Planning a Single-Server Installation Windows Server 2008 Editions
Ways to Obtain Licenses
Considerations for Client Access Licenses Considerations for Virtualization Considerations for Server Activation
Considerations for Consolidating Server Roles
What Is the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit?
Lesson: Performing a Single-Server Installation Considerations for Performing Server Upgrades Considerations for Migrating to Windows Server 2008 Considerations for Implementing BitLocker
Considerations for Device Drivers
Considerations for Application Compatibility
Lesson: Automating Windows Server 2008 Deployment Considerations for Automated Deployment
What Is WAIK?
Demonstration: Creating an Answer File
Considerations for Using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) What Is the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit?
Module 1 Review
Module 02 - Planning Network Infrastructure for Windows Server® 2008 1h 40m Lesson: Planning IPv4 Addressing
What Is a Subnet?
Planning an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
Discussion: Selecting an Appropriate IPv4 Addressing Scheme Planning the Deployment of DHCP Servers
Demonstration: Allocating IPv4 Addresses with DHCP Lesson: Planning for Name Resolution Services How DNS Names Are Resolved
Planning Your DNS Namespace Planning DNS Zones
What Is DNS Forwarding?
Considerations for the DNS Role
Demonstration: Deploying the DNS Server Role Lesson: Determining the Need for WINS When Is WINS Required?
WINS Considerations
Demonstration: Deploying the WINS Feature What Is the GlobalNames Zone?
Demonstration: Implementing the GlobalNames Zone Lesson: Planning a Perimeter Network
What Is a Perimeter Network?
Which Services Should Be Placed in the Perimeter Network?
Lesson: Planning an IPv4 to IPv6 Transition Strategy Benefits of IPv6
What Is the IPv6 Address Space?
IPv6 Transition Technologies Module 2 Review
Module 03 - Planning for Active Directory® 1h 8m Lesson: Selecting a Forest and Domain Topology
Overview of Active Directory
Considerations for Designing a Forest Infrastructure
Guidelines for Designing an Active Directory Domain Infrastructure Determining Whether to Implement Multiple Trees in Your Forest What Is a Trust Relationship?
Discussion: Selecting an Active Directory Topology Lesson: Selecting a Domain and Forest Functional Level What Are the Domain Functional Levels?
What Are the Forest Functional Levels?
Demonstration: Modifying the Functional Level
Lesson: Planning Identity and Access Services in Active Directory What is AD CS?
What Is AD LDS?
What Is AD FS?
What Is AD RMS?
Lesson: Implementing Active Directory in the Physical Network What Is a Domain Controller?
Determining the Placement of Domain Controllers Demonstration: Creating a Site
What Is a Read-Only Domain Controller?
Demonstration: Deploying an RODC Module 3 Review
Module 04 - Planning for Group Policy 53m Lesson: Planning Group Policy Application
Demonstration: Reviewing and Modifying Group Policy Settings Considerations for Group Policy Application
Group Policy Application Exceptions
New Group Policy Features in Windows Server 2008 Lesson: Planning Group Policy Processing Considerations for Active Directory Structure Considerations for Using Filtering
Considerations for Modifying Inheritance Considerations for Using Loopback Processing Demonstration: Modifying Group Policy Processing
Lesson: Planning the Management of Group Policy Objects Considerations for Administering Group Policy Objects What Are Starter GPOs?
Considerations for Reusing or Copying GPOs Considerations for Backing Up and Restoring GPOs Considerations for Delegating Management of GPOs Discussion: Managing Group Policy
Lesson: Planning the Management of Client Computers Why Manage Client Computers?
Methods for Managing Client Computers
Considerations for Using Group Policy Preferences Demonstration: Using Group Policy Preferences
Considerations for Deploying Software by Using Group Policy Considerations for Using Scripts
Considerations for Using Folder Redirection Module 4 Review
Module 05 - Planning Application Servers 1h 20m Lesson: Overview of Application Servers
What Is an Application Server?
Types of Authentication for Traditional Applications Considerations for Supporting Traditional Applications Considerations for Web-Based Applications
Windows Server 2008 Features and Roles That Support Application Servers Considerations for Maintaining Application Servers
Lesson: Supporting Web-Based Applications
Authentication Considerations for Web-Based Applications What Is SSL?
Considerations for Selecting an SSL Certificate Considerations for Dynamic Web Content Considerations for IIS Applications Demonstration: Configuring IIS
Lesson: Supporting SQL Server Databases
Why Do Administrators Need to Understand Databases?
What Is SQL Server?
SQL Server Editions
SQL Server Authentication Options
Demonstration: SQL Server Management Tools How SQL Server Uses Transaction Logs Backup and Restore Options for SQL Server Support Considerations for SQL Server Lesson: Deploying Client Applications Considerations for Application Compatibility
Application Deployment Methods
Demonstration: Deploying an Application by Using Group Policy Lesson: Planning Terminal Services
What Is Terminal Services?
New Terminal Services Features in Windows Server 2008 Considerations for Terminal Services Licensing
Considerations for Using Terminal Services Module 5 Review
Module 06 - Planning File and Print Services 56m Lesson: Planning and Deploying the File Services Role
What Are the File Services Role Services?
Managing Shared File Resources Managing Access Control
Planning Encrypting File System (EFS) Considerations for EFS Back up Strategy Considerations for Planning File Services Role Demonstration: Deploying the File Services Role Lesson: Managing Storage
Capacity and Storage Management Challenges What Is File Server Resource Manager?
Planning Quotas Planning File Screens
Using Reports to Manage Storage
Demonstration: Using FSRM to Manage Storage What Is a Storage Area Network?
Lesson: Planning and Implementing the Distributed File System What Is DFS?
Considerations for Planning a DFS Namespace Considerations for Planning DFS Replication DFS Data Storage Scenarios
Lesson: Planning and Implementing Shared Printing Overview of Shared Printing
What Is a Print Server?
Managing Printer Drivers
Managing Printers with Group Policy Module 6 Review
Module 07 - Planning Server and Network Security 49m Lesson: Overview of Defense-in-Depth
What Is Defense-in-Depth?
How to Use Defense-in-Depth to Identify Risks How to Use Defense-in-Depth to Mitigate Risks Discussion: Security Implementation
Lesson: Planning for Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Considerations for Types of Rules
Considerations for Rule Configuration Options Considerations for Connection Security Rules What Is Server and Domain Isolation?
Considerations for Applying Rules
Demonstration: Windows Firewall Rules Configuration Options Lesson: Planning Protection Against Viruses and Malware How Viruses and Malware Enter the Network
Considerations for Using Windows Defender Considerations for Antivirus Protection Security Features of Internet Explorer 8 What Is User Account Control (UAC)?
Using the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) Lesson: Planning Remote Access
Considerations for VPN Protocols Considerations for Network Policies
Considerations for Network Policy Server (NPS) Lesson: Planning for NAP
What Is NAP?
Status Monitored by Windows System Health Validator (SHV) Considerations for Designing DHCP Enforcement
Considerations for Designing VPN Enforcement Considerations for Designing 802.1X Enforcement Considerations for Designing IPsec Enforcement Module 07 Review
Module 08 - Planning Server Administration 52m Lesson: Selecting the Appropriate Administration Tool
What Are the Graphical Administration Tools?
What Are the Command-Line Administration Tools?
Demonstration: Administering a Server from the Command Line Implementing Remote Administration
Lesson: Planning Server Core Administration What Is Server Core?
What Server Roles and Features Does Server Core Support?
Discussion: When to Deploy Server Core Administering Server Core
Lesson: Delegating Administration
What Are the Common Administrative Tasks?
Discussion: Which Tasks Should You Delegate?
Demonstration: Delegating Administrative Tasks Module 08 Review
Module 09 - Planning and Implementing Monitoring and Maintenance 29m Lesson: Planning Monitoring Tasks
Discussion: Why Monitor Servers?
Monitoring Methods
Planning for Event Monitoring
Lesson: Calculating a Server Baseline
Discussion: Which Hardware Components Should You Monitor?
Common Performance Metrics
Analyzing Performance Trends
Planning for Future Capacity Requirements
Lesson: Tools for Monitoring Server Performance Windows Server 2008 Monitoring Tools
Performance Monitor Reliability Monitor
Third-Party Monitoring Tools What Are Subscriptions?
Identifying Business Requirements Lesson: Planning Software Updates What Is Microsoft Update?
What Is Automatic Updates?
What Is WSUS?
WSUS Deployment Scenarios Best Practice for Using WSUS Module 09 Review
Module 10 - Planning High Availability and Disaster Recovery 22m Lesson: Choosing a High-Availability Solution
Discussion: What Potential Disasters Can you Protect Against?
What Is RAID?
What Is Network Load Balancing?
What Is Failover Clustering?
Failover Cluster Requirements Failover Clustering Scenarios
Choosing Between NLB and Failover Clustering Lesson: Planning a Backup and Restore Strategy Basics of Backup
Discussion: What Needs to Be Backed Up?
What Are Shadow Copies?
Shadow Copy Considerations Discussion: Backup Considerations Module 10 Review
Module 11 - Planning Virtualization 21m Lesson: Overview of Server Virtualization
What Is Virtualization?
What Is Virtual PC?
What Is Virtual Server?
What Is Hyper-V?
Lesson: Business Scenarios for Server Virtualization Using Virtualization for Server Consolidation
Using Virtualization for Test Environments Using Virtualization for Business Continuity
Lesson: Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager What Is VMM?
Using VMM for Server Consolidation Using VMM to Provision Resources Using VMM to Enhance Business Continuity
Using VMM for Performance and Resource Optimization Lesson: Planning Host Resources
Considerations for Planning Disk Configuration Considerations for Network Configuration Considerations for Memory Utilization Considerations for Processor Utilization Considerations for Host Clustering Module 11 Review
Course Closure
