Overview
5 Days or FREE WITH SATVs (?)
This five day Microsoft 20247 training course equips students with the skills they require to configure and deploy a cloud using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2. Using hands-on labs, students learn the following:
- Understanding Cloud Models
- Benefits of Deploying a Private Cloud
- Designing a Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Overview of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
- Overview of System Center 2012 R2 components
- Deploying Hyper-V Clustering with VMM
- Deploying the Virtual Machine Manager Agent
- Creating a Hyper-V Host Cluster Using VMM
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the cloud models.
- Describe the benefits for deploying a private cloud.
- Design the hybrid cloud infrastructure.
- Describe Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
- Describe the Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 components.
- Deploy Hyper-V host clustering with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 - Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).
- Overview of VMM Architecture and Components
- Configuring Advanced Networking in VMM
- Installing and Upgrading VMM
- Configuring VMM Security and Roles
- Understanding Host Groups
- Reviewing and Configuring Hosts
- Configuring Host Groups
- Configuring User Roles and Run As Accounts
- Configuring the Library
- Preparing the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Deploying a New Virtual Machine
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe VMM architecture and components.
- Configure advanced networking in VMM.
- Install and upgrade VMM.
- Configure VMM security and roles.
- Understand host groups.
- Overview of the PXE and Update Server Roles
- Deploying Bare-Metal Hyper-V Host Servers
- Configuring the Update Server Role
- Creating and Using an Update Baseline
- Configuring a PXE Server in VMM
- Configuring a Host Profile
- Configuring an Update Server Role in VMM
- Configuring a Software Update Baseline in VMM
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how VMM integrates with WDS and WSUS to provide Pre-Boot eXecution environment (PXE) Server role and Update Server roles.
- Deploy bare-metal Hyper-V host servers.
- Configure the Update Server role.
- Create and remediate a software update compliance baseline.
- Dynamic Application Deployment Overview
- Web Deployment Packages
- Server Application Virtualisation Overview
- Configuring Server App-V Components
- Sequencing and Deploying Virtual Applications
- Configuring the Server App-V Sequencer
- Configuring the Server App-V Agent
- Sequencing an application
- Testing the Server App-V package deployment
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe dynamic application deployment.
- Create web deployment packages by using the Web Deployment Tool.
- Describe Server App-V.
- Configure Server App-V.
- Sequence and then deploy a Server App-V virtualised application.
- Configuring Templates and Profiles
- Configuring Networks and Sites
- Configuring Service Provider Foundation
- Configuring User Roles
- Configuring Virtual Machine Profiles
- Configuring Virtual Machine Templates
- Installing and Configuring the Service Provider Foundation
- Configuring User Roles
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure Templates & Profiles.
- Configure Networks and Sites.
- Configure the Service Provider Foundation.
- Configure User Roles.
- Understanding Private Cloud Resources
- Installing and Configuring App Controller
- Creating and Managing Service Templates
- Creating and configuring a Private Cloud
- Configuring App Controller
- Creating, deploying and managing Services
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure Cloud resources in VMM.
- Install and configure App Controller.
- Create and manage services and service templates.
- Operations Manager Architecture and Security
- Operations Manager Installation Considerations
- Configuring Roles and Notifications
- Configuring Management Packs
- Configuring Integration with System Center 2012 R2
- Deploying Agents
- Deploying and configuring Management Packs
- Configuring Roles and Notifications
- Configuring VMM integration
- Configuring DPM integration
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Operations Manager architecture and security considerations.
- Operations Manager Installation Considerations.
- Describe the user roles notification options that are available in Operations Manager.
- Install, configure, and upgrade management packs.
- Configure Operations Manager integration with System Center 2012 R2 for a Cloud.
- Configuring System Center Advisor
- Configuring the SharePoint Server Portal
- Monitoring Templates
- Distributed Application Monitoring
- Configuring custom monitoring
- Configuring a Distributed Application Diagram
- Configuring Service Level Management
- Creating views for Cloud infrastructure
- Configuring SharePoint integration
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure System Center Advisor.
- Integrate Operations Manager data with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
- Use monitoring templates in Operations Manager.
- Implement distributed application monitoring.
- Service Manager Architecture Overview
- Upgrading to System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
- Understanding Service Manager Work Items
- Configuring Service Manager Connectors
- Configuring Service Manager Notifications
- Configuring Service Manager Basic settings
- Configuring Service Manager Connectors
- Configuring the Self-Service Portal
- Configuring Notifications
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the Service Manager architecture.
- Upgrade to System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager.
- Understand Service Manager work items.
- Configure Service Manager connectors.
- Configure Service Manager notifications.
- Planning for Hyper-V Recovery Manager
- Planning DPM deployment
- DPM Architecture and Components
- Upgrading DPM
- Configuring DPM for a Private Cloud
- Configuring Application Protection for a Cloud
- Restoring Applications to a Cloud
- Configuring the Storage Pool
- Deploying DPM Protection Agents
- Creating and configuring Protection Groups
- Configuring SQL Server Self-Service recovery
- Restoring data from a SQL Server Protection Group
- Performing Self-Service recovery to recovery SQL Server data
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan for Hyper-V Recovery Manager.
- Plan DPM deployment.
- Describe DPM architecture and components.
- Upgrade DPM.
- Configure DPM for the private cloud.
- Configure application protection for the cloud.
- Restore applications to the cloud.
- Orchestrator Architecture and Components Overview
- Deploying and Configuring Core Components
- Managing Runbooks
- Configuring Integration Packs
- Deploying a Runbook Server and configuring Integration Packs
- Configuring a template to deploy agents to a new Virtual Machine
- Creating a Runbook to protect all resources on a Virtual Machine
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Orchestrator architecture and components.
- Deploy and configure Orchestrator components.
- Create and execute run books.
- Configure integration packs.
- Implementing the Cloud Services Process Pack
- Configuring the Windows Azure Pack
- Installing the Cloud Services Process Pack
- Configuring User Roles and settings
- Configuring Service Offerings
- Creating an Incident Request
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement the Cloud Services Process Pack.
- Configure the Windows Azure Pack.
- Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system.
- Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
- Working knowledge of previous versions of System Center products.
- Microsoft SharePoint.
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V.
- Microsoft Windows Azure.
- Microsoft Windows Azure Pack.
- Networking and storage experience.
- Familiarity with cloud management processes.
- Previous work with IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
- Previous work with Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF).
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Instructors
Gordon Cowser
With over 22 years real world and training experience, Gordon is ...