This three-day course will prepare IT professionals for the role of Enterprise Administrator. Students will learn how to design application infrastructure solutions based on Windows Server 2008 to meet varying business and technical requirements.
Target Audience:
The primary audience for this course is IT professionals (including Windows 2000/2003 enterprise administrators) interested in becoming a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator with a focus on application infrastructure such as Web and Terminal Services.
The secondary audience for this course is Application Architects who want to know more about how to integrate Windows Server 2008 technologies into enterprise applications.
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, students must have:
Intermediate understanding of networking. For example, how TCP/IP functions, addressing (including DHCP), name resolution (DNS/WINS), and connection methods (wired, wireless, VPN), NET+ or equivalent knowledge
Intermediate understanding of network operating systems. For example, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 etc.
Intermediate understanding of security best practices. For example, file system permissions, authentication methods, Kerberos etc.
Intermediate knowledge of server and network hardware.
Conceptual understanding of Active Directory (AD). For example, AD terminology, AD object types
Hands-on experience with more than one application service such as:
IIS
Terminal Services
Windows Media Services
Virtual Server
Hyper-V
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
At Course Completion:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Design IIS 7 Web farms.
Optimise IIS 7 for performance and stability.
Design IIS 7 for security.
Design IIS 7 for reliability, recovery, and monitoring.
Design and prepare a Terminal Services infrastructure.
Design a Terminal Services maintenance strategy.
Plan and configure a Windows Media Services infrastructure for live and on-demand delivery.
Implement virtualisation to consolidate servers, support legacy applications, and create a test environment.
Determine virtualisation appropriateness and virtual server provisioning.
The students will learn the process of designing IIS Web Farms with Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7. They will learn how to select the appropriate hardware and software platforms. They will learn techniques to leverage Web Farm Availability and Scalability. They will also learn how to select the proper content storage.
Lessons
Overview of Hardware and Platform Options
Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability
Design Content Storage
Lab : Designing IIS Web Farms
Design Hardware Platform
Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability
Design Web Site Availability and Scalability
Design Web Site Configuration, Deployment and Consistency
Design Web Site Content, Deployment and Consistency
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design an appropriate platform.
Design Web farm availability and scalability.
Design content storage.
Module 2: Optimising IIS Performance and Stability
The students will learn about optimising IIS performance and stability.
Lessons
Designing Application Pools
Designing Script Mapping
Designing Bandwidth Allocation
Design Web Site Logging
Lab : Optimising IIS Performance and Stability
Design and Test Application Pools
Design and Test Script Maps
Design and Test Bandwidth Allocation
Design and Test Web Site Logging
Configuring a Web Server to Host Multiple Applications with Separate Application Pools
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan new application pools.
Plan to deploy script mapping.
Plan bandwidth allocation per site or application.
Plan Web site logging.
Module 3: Designing IIS Security
In this module, the students will learn to establish and maintain very tight security using Microsoft IIS 7.
Lessons
Design and Verify Transport Security
Design Authentication and Authorisation
Design Delegation Administration
Lab : Designing IIS 7 Security
Design and Verify Transport Security
Design and Verify Authentication and Authorisation Methods
Design and Verify Delegation Administration
Configuring Authentication Types
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design and verify Transport Security (SSL).
Plan site authentication and authorisation.
Plan delegation permissions and administrative access.
Module 4: Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI
The students will learn how to plan for an IIS installation, taking into account these new features. They will also learn how to deploy UDDI services.
Lessons
Designing Internet Information Services Backup and Recovery
Specify Monitoring Requirements
Deploying UDDI Services
Tuning and Troubleshooting IIS 7
Lab : Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI
Design a Web Server Backup and Recovery Strategy
Design and Test Web Server Monitoring
Design UDDI Deployment
Troubleshooting Application Pool Instability
Enabling Shared Configurations
Configuring Network Load Balancing
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design a Web server backup and recovery plan.
Design for and utilise the IIS management pack for System Center.
Design and test UDDI services.
Troubleshoot IIS caching behavior.
Module 5: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure
The students will learn how to design a terminal services infrastructure including how to design a terminal services licensing strategy and how to design for remote access with TS Gateways, TS Session Broker, RemoteApp programs, and TS Web Access.
Lessons
Design Terminal Services Licensing
Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties
Design Device Redirection
Design Terminal Services Gateways
Design Terminal Services Broker
Design RemoteApp Programs
Design Web Access
Lab : Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure
Design and Test Terminal Services RemoteApp Programs
Design and Test Terminal Services Corporate Desktop
Design and Test Terminal Services Gateway and Web Access
Design and Test Terminal Services Gateway Policies, Connection Authorisation Policies, and Resource Access Policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design Terminal Services (TS) Licensing.
Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties.
Design Device Redirection.
Design Terminal Services Gateways.
Design Terminal Services Broker.
Design RemoteApp Programs.
Design Web Access.
Module 6: Designing a Terminal Services Maintenance Strategy
The students will be introduced to design and implementation planning using Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) policies for application resource and reporting. The students will also learn about group policy settings for terminal servers and how to design high availability for terminal services. Finally, the students will learn to specify monitoring, maintenance, and recovery requirements and procedures for terminal services.
Lessons
Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Policies for Application Resource and Reporting
Specify Group Policy Settings for Terminal Servers
Design High Availability
Specify Monitoring Requirements
Specify Maintenance and Recovery
Lab : Designing Terminal Services Maintenance
Design and test highly available Terminal Services
Design and test Group Policy for Terminal Services
Design and test resource management for Terminal Services
Design and test monitoring for Terminal Services
Optimising Terminal Services Performance
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) policies for application resource and reporting.
Specify Group Policy settings for terminal servers.
Design high availability (both terminal servers and session directory servers).
Specify monitoring requirements.
Specify maintenance and recovery.
Module 7: Design Windows Media Services Infrastructure Administration
The students will learn about designing Windows Media Services in Windows Server 2008. They will become familiarised with live and on-demand content delivery.
Lessons
Design Windows Media for Live Streaming
Windows Media Services for On-Demand Content
Improving Performance for On-Demand Content
Monitoring Windows Media Services
Lab : Design a Windows Media Services Infrastructure
Design Windows Media Services for Live Streaming
Design WMS Infrastructure for On-Demand Content
Troubleshooting Poor Performance of On-Demand Content
Design and Test Monitoring of Windows Media Services
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design Windows Media Services infrastructure for live streaming.
Design Windows Media Services infrastructure for on-demand content.
Troubleshoot poor performance of on-demand content.
Plan for monitoring of Windows Media Services.
Module 8: Design Virtualisation Infrastructure
The students will implement virtualisation to consolidate servers, deploy branch office infrastructure servers, support legacy applications, and create a test environment.
Lessons
Virtualisation of a Test Server Environment
Virtualisation and Migration of Legacy Applications
Design and Test a Virtualised Development Environment
Lab : Design Virtualisation Infrastructure
Design a Test Server Consolidation Strategy
Design and Test Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Server
Design and Test Development Environment Isolation Using Virtual Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Create a design document for server consolidation and virtualisation.
Create a design document for legacy server hosting.
Identify and document key business and technical requirements for creating an isolated development environment.
Module 9: Designing Virtualisation Provisioning
The students will learn how to determine virtualisation appropriateness and virtual server provisioning. The students will also learn the importance of customising virtual servers to standard configurations and also learn about virtual server deployment.
Lessons
Design Virtual Server Provisioning Workflow Model
Evaluate Appropriateness for Virtualisation
Evaluate Customisation to Standard Configuration
Design Deployment for Virtualisation
Lab : Design Virtualisation Provisioning
Design Virtual Server Host Configuration
Design Virtual Server Provisioning using System Center
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design virtual server provisioning workflow model.
