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Training Course Summary:

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.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Design IIS 7 Web Farms..

• Optimize 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.

• Design a Windows Media Services installation for live and on-demand delivery.

• Implement virtualization to consolidate servers, support legacy applications, and create a test environment.

• Determine virtualization appropriateness and virtual server provisioning.

Pre-Requisites:

Before attending this course, students must have one or more of the following:

• 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

Who Should Attend:

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.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Module 1: Designing IIS Web Farms

Students will learn the process of designing IIS Web Farms with Windows 2008 and IIS 7. They will learn how to select the appropriate hardware and software platforms. You will learn techniques to leverage Web Farm Availability and Scalability. They will also learn how to select the proper storage.

Lessons

• Overview of Hardware and Platform Options

• Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability

• Design Content Storage


Lab 1: Designing IIS Web Farms

• Design Hardware Platform

• Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability

• Design Web Site Availability and Scalability

• Design Website Configuration, Deployment and Consistency

• Design Website 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: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability

The students will learn about Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability.

Lessons

• Designing Application Pools

• Designing Script Mapping

• Designing Bandwidth Allocation

• Design Website Logging


Lab 1: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability

• Design and Test Application Pools

• Design and Test Script Maps

• Design and Test Bandwidth Allocation

• Design and Test Website Logging


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 website logging.


Module 3: Designing IIS Security

In this module students will learn to establish and maintain very tight security using Microsoft IIS 7.0.

Lessons

• Design and Verify Transport Security

• Design Authentication and Authorization

• Design Delegation Administration


Lab 1: Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings

• Design and Verify Transport Security

• Design and Verify Authentication and Authorization Methods

• Design and Verify Delegation Administration


After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Design and Verify Transport Security (SSL).

• Plan site authentication and authorization.

• 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 7.0


Lab 1: 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


After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Design a web server backup and recovery plan

• Design for and utilize 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 1: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure

• Design Terminal Services RemoteApp Programs

• Design Terminal Services Corporate Desktop

• Design Terminal Services Gateway and Web Access

• Design Terminal Services Gateway Policies, Connection Authorization