OD20412 - Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
About This Course
Get hands-on instruction and practice configuring advanced Windows Server 2012, including Windows Server 2012 R2, services in this MOC On-Demand course. This course is part three in a series of three courses that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to implement a core Windows Server 2012 infrastructure in an existing enterprise environment.
The three courses collectively cover implementing, managing, maintaining and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment. Although there is some cross-over of skills and tasks across these courses, this course focuses on advanced configuration of services necessary to deploy, manage and maintain a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure, such as advanced networking services, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Network Load Balancing, Failover Clustering, business continuity and disaster recovery services as well as access and information provisioning and protection technologies such as Dynamic Access Control (DAC), and Web Application Proxy integration with AD FS and Workplace Join.
This course maps directly to and is the preferred choice for hands-on preparation for Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Exam412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services, which is the third of three exams required for MCSA: Windows Server 2012 credential.
Note: Labs in this course are based on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for Information Technology (IT) Professionals with hands on experience implementing, managing and maintaining a Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 environment who wish to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to perform advanced management and provisioning of services within that Windows Server 2012 environment. Candidates who would typically be interested in attending this coursewill be:
- Experienced Windows Server Administrators who have real world experience working in a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012 enterprise environment.
- IT Professionals who are looking to take the exam412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012Services.
- IT Professionals wishing to take the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) exams in Datacenter, Desktop Infrastructure, Messaging, Collaboration and Communications will also be interested in taking this course as they prepare for the MCSA exams, which are a pre-requisite for their individual specialties.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Configure advanced features for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), and configure IP Address Management (IPAM) with Windows Server2012.
- Configure and manage iSCSI, BranchCache and FSRM.
- ConfigureDAC to manage and audit access to shared files.
- Plan and implement anADDSdeployment that includes multiple domains and forests.
- Plan and implement an ADDS deployment that includes locations.
- Implement and configure anActive Directory Certificate Services (ADCS)deployment.
- Implement an AD RMS deployment.
- Implement an AD FS deployment.
- Provide high availability and load balancing for web-based applications by implementing Network Load Balancing (NLB).
- Implement and validate high availability and load balancing for web-based applications by implementing NLB.
- Provide high availability for network services and applications by implementing failover clustering.
- Implement a failover cluster, and configure and validate a highly available network service.
- Deploy and manage Hyper-V virtual machines in a failover cluster.
- Implement a backup and disaster recovery solution based on business and technical requirements.
About Microsoft Official Course On-Demand
MOC On-Demand is an integrated blend of video, text, hands-on labs, and knowledge checks, designed to help IT professionals and developers build their skills on Microsoft technologies. The courses provide a self-paced, stand-alone training alternative for those who prefer to learn at their own convenience. They can also be used in conjunction with instructor-led training to provide a blended classroom experience or be used as a foundation for a training solution that includes mentoring and other learning services.
Any labs associated with courses are delivered on the Microsoft Labs Online (MLO) platform via web browser. Students launch the labs directly from within the course; no additional set-up is required.
System requirements for MOC On-Demand
Note:Currently you can also take MOC On-Demand training on your iPad® Retina 4th Generation, however the lab experience is not optimized for tablets.
Recommended System Requirements
Operating System:
- Windows 10
Browser:
- Current version of Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome™ or Firefox®
Internet Access:
- Broadband Internet connection (more than 256 kilobytes per second per user network bandwidth)
- External access to the Internet
- Either an Active X control must be installed (requires local administrator permissions), or IE 11 or later
- For some corporate firewalls, a proxy client (such as TMG Client) may be required
Screen resolution:
- 1280 x 1024 or higher
Minimum System Requirements
Operating System:
- Windows 7 or later
Browser:
- Internet Explorer 9 or later
- Google Chrome™ 25.0.1364.172 or later
- Firefox® 19.0.1 or later
Internet Access:
- Broadband Internet connection (256 kbps per user network bandwidth)
- External access to the Internet
- Either an Active X control must be installed (requires local administrator permissions), or IE 11 or later
- For some corporate firewalls, a proxy client (such as TMG Client) may be required.