Course Description
Course Overview
This 5-day instructor-led course provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to plan, design, and deploy a physical and logical Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) infrastructure. The course also provides the skills to perform name resolution, application integration, optimization of automate remediation and maintenance of network services.
Target Audience
Candidates for this course have good Windows client and server operating system knowledge and basic AD DS and networking experience in an enterprise/small business (SMB) environment together with application configuration experience. This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for planning, designing, and deploying a physical and a logical Windows Server 2012 enterprise Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) infrastructure including the network services necessary. Students have experience of previous Windows Server operating systems and possess Windows Server 2012 certification (MCSA) or equivalent skills.
This course is also intended for IT professionals who are looking to take the exam 70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure, as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Server Infrastructure certification.
Upon Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Implement server upgrade and migration.
- Design an automated server installation strategy.
- Plan and implement a server deployment infrastructure.
- Plan and implement file and storage services.
- Design and implement a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) solution.
- Design a name resolution solution strategy.
- Design and manage an IP address management solution.
- Design a VPN solution.
- Design a DirectAccess solution.
- Implement a scalable remote access solution.
- Design a network protection solution.
- Implement a network protection solution.
- Design a forest and domain infrastructure.
- Implement a forest and domain infrastructure.
- Design a Group Policy strategy.
- Design an Active Directory permission model.
- Design an Active Directory sites topology.
- Design a domain controller strategy.
- Design and implement a branch office infrastructure.
Course Outline
Module 1: Planning Server Upgrade and Migration
This Module explains how to plan a server upgrade and migration strategy.
Lessons
- Upgrade and Migration Considerations
- Creating a Server Upgrade and Migration Plan
- Planning for Classroomization
Lab: Planning Server Upgrade and Migration
- Planning a Server Upgrade and Migration Strategy
- After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Analyze upgrade and migration considerations.
- Create a server upgrade and migration plan.
- Plan for Classroomization.
Module 2: Planning and Implementing a Server Deployment Infrastructure
This Module explains how to design an automated server installation strategy and plan and implement a server deployment infrastructure.
Lessons
- Selecting an Appropriate Server Imaging Strategy
- Selecting a Deployment Automation Strategy
- Implementing an Automated Deployment Strategy
Lab: Planning and Implementing a Server Deployment Infrastructure
- Planning an Automated Server Installation and Deployment Strategy
- Preparing the Windows Server Image
- Deploying Windows Server
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Describe how to select an appropriate server imaging strategy.
- Describe how to select a deployment automation strategy.
- Implement an automated deployment strategy.
Module 3: Designing and Maintaining an IP Configuration and Address Management Solution
This Module explains how to design and maintain IP address management (IPAM) and a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) solution.
Lessons
- Designing and Implementing DHCP
- Planning and Implementing DHCP Scopes
- Planning and Implementing an IPAM Provisioning Strategy
Lab: Designing and Maintaining an IP Configuration and IP Address Management Solution
- Designing an IP Addressing Scheme for Contoso (Optional)
- Planning DHCP to Support Your Proposed Scheme
- Planning an IPAM Deployment
- Implementing DHCP and IPAM
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Design and implement DHCP.
- Plan DHCP scope configuration and options.
- Design and implement an IPAM provisioning strategy.
Module 4: Designing and Implementing Name Resolution
This Module explains how to design a name resolution solution strategy.
Lessons
- Designing a 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
Lab: Designing and Implementing Name Resolution
- Designing a DNS Name Resolution Strategy
- Planning a DNS Server Placement Strategy
- Planning DNS Zones and DNS Zone Replication
- Implementing DNS
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Design a Domain Name System (DNS) server implementation strategy.
- Design a DNS namespace.
- Design and implement a DNS zone strategy.
- Design and configure DNS zone replication.
- Optimize the DNS server configuration.
- Design DNS for high availability and security.
Module 5: Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Domain Services Forest and Domain Infrastructure
This Module explains how to design and implement an AD DS forest and domain infrastructure.
Lessons
- 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
Lab: Designing and Implementing an AD DS Forest Infrastructure
- Designing an AD DS Forest Infrastructure
- Implementing AD DS Forest Trusts
Lab: Designing and Implementing an AD DS Domain Infrastructure
- Designing an AD DS Domain Infrastructure
- Implementing an AD DS Domain Infrastructure
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Design an AD DS forest.
- Design and implement AD DS forest trusts.
- Design and implement AD DS domains.
- Design DNS namespaces in an AD DS environment.
- Design and implement AD DS domain trusts.
Module 6: Designing and Implementing an OU Infrastructure and AD DS Permissions Model
This Module explains how to design and implement an organizational unit (OU) infrastructure and AD DS permissions model.
Lessons
- Planning the AD DS Administrative Tasks Delegation Model
- Designing the OU Structure
- Designing and Implementing an AD DS Group Strategy
Lab: Designing and Implementing an AD DS OU Infrastructure and AD DS Delegation Model
- Designing an OU Infrastructure
- Implementing the OU Design
- Designing and Implementing an AD DS Permissions Model
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Plan an AD DS administrative tasks delegation model.
- Design an OU structure.
- Design and implement an AD DS group strategy.
Module 7: Designing and Implementing a Group Policy Object Strategy
This Module explains how to design and implement a Group Policy Object (GPO) strategy.
Lessons
- Gathering the Information Required for a GPO Design
- Designing and Implementing GPOs
- Designing GPO Processing
- Planning Group Policy Management
Lab: Designing and Implementing Group Policy Object Strategy
- Designing a GPO Strategy
- Implementing the GPO Design
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Gather information required for a GPO design.
- Design and implement GPOs.
- Design GPO processing.
- Plan Group Policy management.
Module 8: Designing and Implementing an AD DS Physical Topology
This Module explains how to design an AD DS sites topology and a domain controller placement strategy.
Lessons
- Designing and Implementing AD DS Sites
- Designing AD DS Replication
- Designing the Placement of Domain Controllers
- Classroomization Considerations for Domain Controllers
- Designing Highly-Available Domain Controllers
- Lab: Designing and Implementing an AD DS Physical Topology**
- Designing AD DS Sites and AD DS Replication
- Planning the Placement of Domain Controllers
- Implementing AD DS Sites and Domain Controllers
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Design and implement AD DS sites.
- Design and configure AD DS replication.
- Design domain controller placement.
- Plan for Classroomization of the domain controller role.
- Design domain controller deployments for high availability.
Module 9: Planning and Implementing Storage
This Module explains how to plan and implement storage.
Lessons
- Storage Considerations
- Planning and Implementing iSCSI SANs
Lab: Planning and Implementing Storage
- Planning a Storage Solution
- Implementing Storage Services
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Plan for efficient storage.
- Plan and implement an iSCSI storage area network.
Module 10: Planning and Implementing File Services
This Module explains how to plan and implement file services.
Lessons
- Planning and Implementing a Distributed File System
- Planning and Implementing BranchCache
- Planning and Implementing Dynamic Access Control
Lab: Designing and Implementing File Services
- Planning Data Access
- Planning and Implementing Dynamic Access Control
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Plan and implement DFS.
- Plan and implement BranchCache.
- Plan and implement dynamic access control.
Module 11: Designing and Implementing Network Access Services
This Module explains how to design and implement network access services.
Lessons
- Designing and Implementing Remote Access Services
- Designing RADIUS Authentication by Using a Network Policy Server
- Designing a Perimeter Network
- Planning and Implementing DirectAccess
Lab: Designing and Implementing Network Access Services
- Planning and Implementing a VPN Solution
- Planning and Implementing a DirectAccess Solution
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Design and implement remote access services.
- Design a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) solution.
- Design a perimeter network.
- Plan and implement DirectAccess.
Module 12: Designing and Implementing Network Protection
This Module explains how to design and implement network protection.
Lessons
- Overview of 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
Lab: Designing and Implementing Network Protection
- Designing a Windows Firewall Solution
- Implementing a Windows Firewall Solution
- Designing a NAP Solution
- Implementing NAP with VPN Enforcement
After completing This Module, students will be able to:
- Describe the network security design process.
- Describe how to identify and analyze network security threats.
- Describe a Windows Firewall implementation.
- Design Network Access Protection (NAP).