Module 1: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2008
This module explains how to install and configure Windows Server
2008. It also explores using Server Manager to work with roles,
features, PowerShell and other aspects of server configuration
like Automatic Updates.
Lessons
• Server Manager Roles
• Windows Server 2008 Features
• Active Directory Improvements
Module 2: Windows Deployment Services
This module explains how to use benefits and components of Windows
Deployment Services, including image capture and management.
Lessons
• Introducing Windows Deployment Services
• WDS Components
Module 3: Windows Server 2008 Server Core
This module explains how to use key functionality and benefits
of a Server Core installation, including adding and configuring
roles.
Lessons
• Server Core Introduction
• Configuring and Managing Server Core
Module 4: Windows Backup
This module provides an overview of the new backup infrastructure
in Windows Server 2008, including Volume Shadow Copy service,
scheduled vs. manual backups, media, the Universal Disk Format
(UDF), and restoring data.
Lessons
• Backup Infrastructure
• Optical Media
• Restore Utilities
Module 5: Windows Server 2008 Updates to Networking
This module explains how to use new and improved networking
features in Windows Server 2008, including server and domain
isolation, IPv6, and DNS.
Lessons
• Networking with Windows Server 2008
• New Networking Features
• DNS with Windows Server 2008
• Configuring Routing
• Configuring Wireless Settings in Server 2008
Lab 1: Reviewing Networking Defaults and Settings
• Review the Network Center
• Creating Domain Isolation Policies
• Create a Centralized QoS Policy
• Communicate with Link-Local Addresses
Module 6: Network Policies and Access Protection
This module explains how to use Network Access Protection (NAP)
and related technologies to enforce security and client health
policies.
Lessons
• Network Policies Access Protection
• Enforcement Options
• Network Access Protection Scenarios
• Routing and Remote Access
Module 7: Hyper-V
This module explains how to use new capabilities and architecture
in Hyper-V, including integrated management functions for physical
and virtual environments.
Lessons
• Introducing Hyper-V
• Configuring Hyper-V
Module 8: Planning for Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
Services
This module explains how to install and configure the Active
Directory Domain Services (ADDS) server role and administering
it with Server Manager. It also explores planning for deploying
an Active Directory Domain Services infrastructure.
Lessons
• Planning for AD DS Deployment
• Upgrade Considerations
Lab 1: Installing a Windows Server 2008 Forest
• Install a New Forest
Module 9: Active Directory Domain Services
This module explains how to create and manage accounts, subnets,
Site-Links, and Group Policy with new features in Active Directory
Domain Services.
Lessons
• What’s New in AD DS
• Manageability and Reliability
Module 10: Identity and Access Services in Windows Server 2008
Active Directory
This module introduces Windows Server 2008's new Active Directory
Services:
• Active Directory Federation Services
for identity access solution
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (replaces Active
Directory Account Management with Windows Server 2003), providing
directory services for applications.
• Active Directory Right Management Services, enabling the creation
of information-protection solutions.
Lessons
• Active Directory Federation Services
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
• Active Directory Rights Management Services
Module 11: Read-Only Domain Controllers
This module explains how to set up and manage a read-only domain
controller.
Lessons
• Read-Only Domain Controllers
• Read-Only Domain Controller Operation
Module 12: Auditing Active Directory Domain Services Changes
This module explores new auditing features in Active Directory
Domain Services and how to set up and manage auditing events.
Lessons
• What’s New in AD DS Auditing
• Implementing AD DS Change Auditing
Module 13: Enterprise PKI Active Directory Certificate Services
(AD CS)
This module explains how to set up and manage Active Directory
Certificate Services using PKIView.
Lessons
• Certificate Authority
Module 14: High Availability Features
This module explains how to use failover clustering and network
load balancing.
Lessons
• Failover Clustering
• Network Load Balancing
Module 15: Performance Monitoring and Optimization
This module explains how to use Windows Server 2008's performance
monitoring tools, including using Windows System Resource Manager
to implement server resource controls.
Lessons
• Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor
• Microsoft Windows System Resource Manager
• Monitoring Events
Module 16: Software Maintenance Using Windows Server Update
Services
This module introduces Microsoft® Windows Server Update
Services (WSUS), a tool for managing and distributing software
updates that resolve known security vulnerabilities and other
stability issues in Microsoft Windows® 2000 and newer operating
systems, as well as other Microsoft applications. This module
also describes how to install the client and server components
of WSUS. It also provides necessary information about managing
the WSUS infrastructure.
Lessons
• Introduction to Windows Server Update
Services
• Installing and Configuring Windows Server Update Services
• Managing Windows Server Update Services
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