50604 : First Look Microsoft Windows Server2008 About this Course
This one-day instructor-led course is intended for IT professionals, administrators and decision makers, who are interested to get detailed technical information about the new features of Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
In this course students get detailed technical information about the new features of Windows Server 2008. In this course students learn about the new ways to implement, manage and administer Windows Server 2008 in an existing or new network environment with and without cloud-integration. The focus of the course is about the main changes from Windows Server 2008 / R2 to Window Server 2008. Some of the features are:
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Audience Profile
This course is intended for Windows Server IT professionals, administrators and decision makers, which have know-ledge and practical experience about previous versions of Microsoft Windows Server (Windows Server 2000/2003/ 2008 or 2008 R2) and network technologies. This course is for IT-administrators, which want to expand their know-ledge about Windows Server 2008 and especially want to learn about the new features of Windows Server 2008.
A minimum of three years of experience designing, configuring or supporting Microsoft Windows Server operating systems is recommended. |
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
At Course Completion
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Course Outline Module 1: Overview about the new features of Windows Server 8 This module explains the main lessons of the course and gives a fast overview about the topics. At the end of the module students explore the new Server Manager of Windows Server 2008 in practical labs.Lessons
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module explains how to use Powershell 3.0 and WMI for centralized server management in Windows Server 2008. It shows the new Dashboard Server Manager, which will help to reduce the expenditure of time in scenario-based deployments. Students accomplish a scenario-based deployment of a server role on multiple servers in a practical lab.
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module explains the changes in Windows Server 2008 DNS and DHCP Server. Students learn about IPAM-Management and how IPAM is implemented in Windows Server 2008 for centralized management of this core network services. They learn about automatic zone signing with DNSSec in Windows Server 2008. They get to know about DHCP failover and load balancing feature and DHCP policy-assignment.
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module explains the advantages of the new Microsoft File System ReFS. The students will get an overview about the new possibilities of storage spaces and pools and learn about the advantages of these features. They learn about the enhanced capabilities of DFS-N and DFS-R, SMB 2.2, de-duplication and branch cache in Windows Server 2008.
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This module explains the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008. Students learn how Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V can be used for building, configuring and administering cloud-based networks and services. Students learn about the enhanced host and virtual machine improvements like the new vhdx-Format, which supports up to 16TB virtual hard disk space for every virtual disk. Students learn about new Hyper-V network improvements like network virtualization, extensible virtual switch, PVLANs, DHCP Guard and IPSec Task Offload. They learn also about Hyper-V clustering improvements like Storage Live Migration, Hyper-V Replica, how to migrate multiple virtual machines at the same time and Cluster shared volume improvements. In this module they get knowledge about improved management capabilities with Hyper-V Powershell 3.0 cmdlets.
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This module gives an overview about the key components of Windows Server 2008 unified remote access and Direct Access. Students learn how to setup a Windows Server 2008 Direct Access server. This module explains how to use Windows Server 2008 unified remote access with Direct Access, so that a user-initiated VPN-connection is not longer needed. Students learn how to use Windows Server 2008 Direct Access to connect remote clients to private or public clouds and how Direct Access can be used to easily and securely connect remote clients to Intranet, File Server or other internal resources. Students discover, how to use Windows Server 2008 Direct Access entry points for easily switching between a private and public cloud in a multi-site cross-connectivity scenario and learn about new monitoring capabilities for direct access remote connections.
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This module explains some new features of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. Students learn how to use the enhancements of Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC) in Windows Server 2008, like GUI-based configuration of the AD Recycle Bin and fine-grained password policies feature. They learn about the integration of Powershell into ADAC and Windows powershell history. Also Students get an overview about the enhancements in dcpromo, like remote dcpromo and built-in troubleshooting possibilities inside dcpromo for performing an easier domain controller installation. The students get an overview about DC-cloning and the capabilities of it and they
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learn about the simplified possibility to perform Microsoft product activation easier through Active Directory with use of Volume activation services.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module explains the Windows Server 2008 claims-based access control through Windows Server 2008 File Classification and Windows Server 2008 Dynamic Access Control. It gives an overview about the key concepts of automating file classification through the Windows Server 2008 File Classification feature and shows, how to combine it with Dynamic Access Control, to improve the centrally management of file system authorization.
In this module students learn how to use and configure central access policies at the domain level. Students learn how Dynamic Access Control provides additional security to any existing share and NTFS permission, which ensures that regardless of how the share and NTFS permissions might be changing on a day-to-day basis, this central overriding policy will still be enforced.
Students learn how Dynamic Access Control and File Classification Service are integrated into Active Directory. They see how FCI and DAC work together, to improve file authorization security.
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module explains the new features of Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Services. This module gives an overview about the most important new features of Windows Server (and client) 2008 Remote Desktop Service. It treats the installation and configuration of the Remote Desktop Session Host, Gateway, Web Access and Session Broker. The students learn about the new remote desktop experience like RemoteFX adaptive graphics, media remoting, multi-touch and USB-redirection. They also learn about Windows 8 Metro Style Remote Desktop App and how to use it.
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