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COURSE 9700 | 5-day SESSION
Hands-On Windows Server 2008®
Course Outline

I. Introduction to Windows Server 2008

A. History of Windows Server

  1. The Windows Product Line
  2. The NT Product Line
  3. The Current Product Line

B. Windows Server 2008 Products

  1. Standard Edition
  2. Enterprise Edition
  3. Datacenter
  4. Web Server
  5. Itanium Based

C. The Top Improvements from Server 2003

  1. Why should I Upgrade to Server 2008

D. New Features for Server 2008

  1. Overview of New Features
Hands-On Lab 1: Editions

A. Select the appropriate edition of Windows Server 2008 given a typical enterprise scenario.


II. Server 2008 Installation Options and the Windows 2008 Server Core

A. Pre-installation Information

  1. Requirements and Compatibility
  2. Planning for Server Roles and Features

B. Clean Installation vs. Upgrading Your Servers

  1. Preparing for a Clean Install of Server 2008
  2. Pros and Cons of Upgrading ExistinG Servers

C. Installation Methods

  1. CD/DVD
  2. Network
  3. Imaging
  4. Unattended

D. Using a Server Core Installation

  1. 1. Understanding a Server Core Installation
  2. 2. When to Use a Server Core Installation
  3. 3. Which Services can run in a Core Installation
  4. 4. How to Setup Services in a Core Installation
Hands-On Lab 2: Installation

A. Checking the Server for 2008 compatibility
B. Performing a clean installation of Server 2008
C. Upgrading and existing 2003 Server to Server 2008
D. Installing Server 2008 in Core mode


III. Windows Server 2008 Additional Roles

A. What are Server Roles?

  1. Defining Server Roles
  2. Installing Server Roles

B. Additional Server Roles Explained

  1. Understanding Each Server Role
  2. How to Deploy Server Roles

C. Initial Configuration Tasks

D. Using Server Manager to Manage the Server Roles

Hands-On Lab 3: Utilizing Server Roles

A. Working with Server Manager
B. Exploring the Server Roles
C. Installing Server Roles
D. Installing a role on the Server Core


IV. Additional Server 2008 Features

A. What are Server Features

  1. Defining Server Features

B. Additional Features Explained

  1. Understanding Each Server Feature
  2. How to Deploy Server Features

Hands-On Lab 4: Server Features

A. Exploring Server features
B. Installing Server features
C. Installing Server features on the Server Core


V. Windows Deployment Services

A. Defining Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

  1. Server Components
  2. Client Components
  3. Management Components

B. New Features of WDS

  1. Changes in WDS from Remote Installation Server
  2. Taking Full Advantage of WDS

C. Installing WDS

  1. How to and Requirements for Installing WDS
  2. Steps for installing WDS
  3. Development Server
  4. Transport Server

D. Configuring WDS

  1. Configuring the Server
  2. Upgrading 2003 WDS Servers to Server 2008
  3. Adding Images to be Deployed

E. Creating and Managing Images

  1. Steps for Creating Images
  2. Boot Images
  3. Capture Images
  4. Discover Images
  5. Install Images

F. Using Transport Server

  1. What is a Transport Server
  2. When to use a Transport Server
  3. Limitations of the Transport Server
Hands-On Lab 5: Windows Deployment Services

A. Installing Deployment Services
B. Creating an Image to be deployed
C. Configuring the Deployment Server
D. Managing the images to be deployed
E. Installing and configuring a transport server


VI. Networking with Server 2008

A. New Networking Features

  1. Understanding the Network and Sharing Center
  2. TCP/IP V.6
  3. Exploring the Upgraded Network Features

B. File Server Resource Manager

C. DHCP in Server 2008

  1. Deploying DHCP on Server 2008
  2. New and Upgraded Features of DHCP

D. DNS in Server 2008

  1. Deploying DNS on Server 2008
  2. New and Upgraded Features of DNS
Hands-On Lab 6: Networking

A. Exploring and using the Network and Sharing Center
B. Installing an configuring DHCP in Server 2008
C. Setting up DHCP for IP V.6
D. Turning off IP V.6
E. Installing the File Server Role
F. Using File Resource Manager
G. Installing and Configuring DNS on Server 2008


VII. Active Directory in Server 2008

A. Overview of Active Directory

  1. Understanding Active Directory
  2. Active Directory Hierarchy
  3. Working with Active Directory Tools

B. New Features for Active Directory in Server 2008

  1. Exploring the New Active Directory Features

C. Other Active Directory Server Functions

Hands-On Lab 7: Active Directory Services

A. Installing and configuring Active Directory
B. Exploring the Active Directory tools
C. Create a new Active Directory Forest, Tree, and Domain
D. Installing and Configuring AD Federation Services Role
E. Light Weight Directory Services Role
F. Installing and Configuring the Rights Management Role
G. Configuring Office for Rights Management


VIII. Working with Group Policy

A. Overview of Group Policy

  1. Understanding Group Policy
  2. How Group Policy is Applied

B. Changes in Group Policy for Server 2003/Vista

  1. Looking at the Changes in Group Policy

C. The New ADMX Format for Group Policy

  1. Understanding the New Format
  2. How to Take Full Advantage of the ADMX Format

D. Creating Custom Group Polices

  1. Tips for Creating Custom Policies
Hands-On Lab 8: Group Policy and ADMX

A. Creating new Group Policies
B. Applying Domain based policies
C. Applying Organizational Unit (OU) based policies
D. Using the ADMX format to manage polices
E. Tools for working with group polices
F. Troubleshooting policies


IX. Windows Server 2008 Security

A. Server Protection in the Enterprise

  1. Best Practices for Security
  2. Implementing Server 2008 Tools to Enforce Security
  3. How to Lock Down Your Servers

B. AD certificate Services role

  1. New features of AD CS in Windows Server 2008

C. Network and Edge Security

  1. Server 2008 Firewall
  2. Using Server 2008 Features to Enforce Edge Security
  3. Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC)

D. Security Auditing

  1. Using and Enabling Auditing on Server 2008
  2. New Auditing Options Available in Server 2008

E. Access Control

  1. Understanding Access Control
  2. Implementing Access Control Best Practices

F. Security Tools

  1. Exploring the New Security Tools Deployed with Server 2008
  1. Hands-On Lab 9: Securing Windows Server 2008

A. Hardening your 2008 Server
B. Installing and configuring certificate services
C. Creating an IPSEC policy to encrypt FTP traffic
D. Creating an IPSEC policy to only allow HTTP traffic
E. Enabling and configuring Windows auditing
F. Working with Access Control Lists


X. Terminal Services in Server 2008

A. Understanding the core functionality of Terminal Services

  1. Exploring the changes for Server 2008
  2. Managing Terminal Services with Windows

B. Installing and Configuring Terminal Services

  1. Installing Terminal Services on your network.
  2. Configuring Web Access
  3. Working with remote programs

C. Configuring a Terminal Services Gateway

Hands-On Lab 10: Terminal Services

A. Installing Terminal Services
B. Access terminal services via HTTP
C. Configuring and using a remote application
D. Setting up a terminal services gateway


XI. Server 2008 Virtualization

A. Overview of Server 2008 virtualization

  1. What is virtualization?
  2. Requirements for using virtualization in 2008
  3. Server Consolidation

B. Managing the Virtual Environment

  1. Creating virtual machines
  2. Optimizing the virtual environment
  3. Guidelines and Management tasks

C. Protecting the Virtual Environment

  1. Clustering virtual machines
  2. Backing up virtual machines
Hands-On Lab 11: Virtualization

A. Installing the Virtualization Server Role
B. Creating a virtual machine
C. Managing multiple virtual machines

XII. Server 2008 Performance and Reliability

A. Defining Performance and Reliability

B. New Tools for Performance

C. New Tools for Monitoring Reliability

  1. 1. Using Reliability Monitor
  2. 2. How to Create Baselines
Hands-On Lab 12: Performance and Reliability

A. Working with the new performance monitoring tools
B. Setting up alerts
C. Creating baselines for performance
D. Working with Reliability Monitor


XIII. High Availability in Server 2008

A. Exploring the New Features Available in Server 2008 for Clusters

  1. Identify the hardware, software and account requirements
  2. Upgrading a Server 2003 Cluster

B. Installing a Failover Cluster

C. Configuring a Failover cluster

Hands-On Lab 13: Clustering

A. Installing Clusters on Server 2008
B. Configuring your Servers in a cluster
C. Testing the cluster by failing one of the servers


XIV. Troubleshooting Server 2008

A. New Troubleshooting Tools

  1. Windows Server Troubleshooting Documentation
  2. Event Viewer
  3. Device Manager

B. Troubleshooting Networking in Server 2008

  1. Network Monitor
  2. Tracing
  3. Event Logging

C. Troubleshooting Active Directory

  1. How to ensure replication is occurring
  2. Slow Replication between sites

D. Backup and recovery

  1. Windows Server Backup improvements
  2. Recovery
  3. Recovery Disk Options
  4. Command line options
Hands-On Lab 14: Troubleshooting

A. Working with the new Windows Event Viewer
B. Configuring a central logging host for all Event Viewer messages
C. Monitoring network traffic for errors
D. Troubleshooting Active Directory issues

XV. Windows PowerShell

A. Introduction

  1. Discovering features
  2. Standardized framework
  3. Combined Environment
  4. Object Oriented

B. Installing and Running PowerShell

C. PowerShell Naming Convention

  1. Naming System
  2. Standard Parameters

D. PowerShell Basics

Hands-On Lab 15: PowerShell

A. Installing the latest version of Power Shell
B. Pulling information from Active Directory
C. Writing scripts to perform administrative tasks

XVI. Windows Server 2008 Media Services

A. Introduction to Server 2008 Media Services

  1. What does Media Server do?
  2. Installing Media Services

B. Configuring Media Services

  1. Implementing a Media Server
  2. Implementing Live Content Streaming

C. Configuring Server Roles for Media

  1. Setting the Server Roles
  2. Configuring Multicast
  3. Modifying Protocols and Limits
Hands-On Lab 16: Windows Media Services

A. Installing Media Services
B. Configuring the media types to be supported
C. Connecting to the media server
D. Viewing content from the media server


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