Course Details
In this course, you will gain the skills and knowledge needed to plan, design, and deploy a physical and logical Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) infrastructure. You will develop the skills needed to perform name resolution, application integration, and optimization of automate remediation and maintenance of network services.
This course incorporates material from the Microsoft Official Course 20413 and will help you prepare for Exam 70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure.
Certification:
- MCSE: Server Infrastructure
Course Prerequisites
- Good understanding of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) fundamentals and networking concepts
- Good working knowledge of both Windows Server 2012 and AD DS(i.e., domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership).
- Good understanding of both scripts and batch files
- 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
- MCSA: Windows Server 2012 or equivalent knowledge
Course Agenda
1. Planning Server Upgrade and Migration
- Upgrading and Migrating Considerations
- Creating a Server Upgrade and Migration Plan
- Planning for Virtualization
2. Planning and Implementing a Server Deployment Infrastructure
- Selecting an Appropriate Server Imaging Strategy
- Selecting a Deployment Automation Strategy
- Implementing an Automated Deployment Strategy
3. Designing and Maintaining an IP Configuration and Address Management Solution
- Designing and Implementing DHCP
- Planning and Implementing DHCP Scopes
- Planning and Implementing an IP Address Management (IPAM) Provisioning Strategy
4. Designing and Implementing Name Resolution
- Designing a Domain Name Service (DNS) Server Implementation Strategy
- Designing the DNS Namespace
- Designing and Implementing DNS Zones
- Designing and Configuring DNS Zone Replication and Delegation
- Optimizing DNS Servers
- Designing DNS for High Availability and Security
5. Designing and Implementing an AD DS Forest and Domain Infrastructure
- Designing an AD DS Forest
- Designing and Implementing AD DS Forest Trusts
- Designing and Implementing AD DS Domains
- Designing DNS Namespaces in AD DS Environments
- Designing AD DS Domain Trusts
6. Designing and Implementing an Organizational Unit (OU) Infrastructure and AD DS Permissions Model
- Planning the AD DS Administrative Tasks Delegation Model
- Designing the OU Structure
- Designing and Implementing an AD DS Group Strategy
7. Designing and Implementing a Group Policy Object (GPO) Strategy
- Gathering the Information Required for a GPO Design
- Designing and Implementing GPOs
- Designing GPO Processing
- Planning Group Policy Management
8. Designing and Implementing an AD DS Physical Topology
- Designing and Implementing AD DS Sites
- Designing AD DS Replication
- Designing the Placement of Domain Controllers
- Virtualization Considerations for Domain Controllers
- Designing Highly Available Domain Controllers
9. Planning and Implementing Storage
- Storage Considerations
- Planning and Implementing iSCSI SANs
10. Planning and Implementing File Services
- Planning and Implementing a Distributed File System
- Planning and Implementing BranchCache
- Planning and Implementing Dynamic Access Control
11. Designing and Implementing Network Access Services
- Designing and Implementing Remote Access Services
- Designing RADIUS Authentication Using a Network Policy Server
- Designing a Perimeter Network
- Planning and Implementing DirectAccess
12. Designing and Implementing Network Protection
- Network Security Design
- Identifying and Mitigating Common Network Security Threats
- Designing and Implementing a Windows Firewall Strategy
- Designing and Implementing a Network Access Protection Infrastructure