Designing a Windows Server 2008 Applications
Infrastructure
Course 6437A :
Three days; Instructor-Led
Introduction
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.
Audience
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.
At
Course Completion
After
completing this course, students will be able to:
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Design IIS 7 Web Farms.. |
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Optimize IIS 7 for Performance and Stability. |
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Design IIS 7 for Security. |
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Design IIS 7 for reliability, recovery, and monitoring. |
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Design and prepare a Terminal Services infrastructure. |
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Design a terminal services maintenance strategy. |
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Design a Windows Media Services installation for live and
on-demand delivery. |
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Implement virtualization to consolidate servers, support
legacy applications, and create a test environment. |
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Determine virtualization appropriateness and virtual
server provisioning. |
Prerequisites
Before
attending this course, students must have one or more of the following:
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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 |
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Intermediate understanding of network operating systems.
For example, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003
etc. |
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Intermediate understanding of security best practices. For
example, file system permissions, authentication methods, Kerberos etc. |
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Intermediate knowledge of server and network hardware. |
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Conceptual understanding of Active Directory (AD). For
example, AD terminology, AD object types |
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Hands-on experience with more than one application service
such as: |
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IIS |
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Terminal Services |
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Windows Media Services |
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Virtual Server |
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Hyper-V |
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager |
Course
Outline
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
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Overview of Hardware and Platform Options |
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Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability |
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Design Content Storage |
Lab
1: Designing IIS Web Farms
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Design Hardware Platform |
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Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability |
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Design Web Site Availability and Scalability |
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Design Website Configuration, Deployment and Consistency |
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Design Website Content, Deployment and Consistency |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design an appropriate platform |
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Design Web farm availability and scalability |
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Design content storage |
Module
2: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability
The
students will learn about Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability.
Lessons
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Designing Application Pools |
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Designing Script Mapping |
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Designing Bandwidth Allocation |
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Design Website Logging |
Lab
1: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability
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Design and Test Application Pools |
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Design and Test Script Maps |
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Design and Test Bandwidth Allocation |
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Design and Test Website Logging |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Plan new application pools. |
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Plan to deploy script mapping. |
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Plan bandwidth allocation per site or application. |
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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
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Design and Verify Transport Security |
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Design Authentication and Authorization |
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Design Delegation Administration |
Lab
1: Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings
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Design and Verify Transport Security |
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Design and Verify Authentication and Authorization Methods |
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Design and Verify Delegation Administration |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design and Verify Transport Security (SSL). |
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Plan site authentication and authorization. |
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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
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Designing Internet Information Services Backup and Recovery |
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Specify Monitoring Requirements |
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Deploying UDDI Services |
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Tuning and Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 |
Lab
1: Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI
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Design a Web Server Backup and Recovery Strategy |
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Design and test web server monitoring |
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Design UDDI Deployment |
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Troubleshooting application pool instability |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design a web server backup and recovery plan |
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Design for and utilize the IIS management pack for System
Center. |
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Design and Test UDDI services |
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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
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Design Terminal Services Licensing |
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Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties |
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Design Device Redirection |
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Design Terminal Services Gateways |
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Design Terminal Services Broker |
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Design RemoteApp Programs |
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Design Web Access |
Lab
1: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure
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Design Terminal Services RemoteApp
Programs |
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Design Terminal Services Corporate Desktop |
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Design Terminal Services Gateway and Web Access |
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Design Terminal Services Gateway Policies, Connection
Authorization Policies, and Resource Access Policies |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design Terminal Services (TS) Licensing |
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Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties |
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Design Device Redirection |
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Design Terminal Services Gateways |
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Design Terminal Services Broker |
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Design RemoteApp Programs |
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Design Web Access |
Module
6: Designing a Terminal Services Maintenance Strategy
The
students will be introduced to design and implementation planning using WSRM
policies for application resource and reporting. We will also discuss group
policy settings for terminal servers and how to design high availability for
terminal services. Finally, we will specify monitoring, maintenance, and
recovery requirements and procedures for terminal services.
Lessons
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Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Policies for
Application Resource and Reporting |
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Specify Group Policy Settings for Terminal Servers |
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Design High Availability |
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Specify Monitoring Requirements |
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Specify Maintenance and Recovery |
Lab
1: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure
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Design highly available Terminal Services |
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Design Group Policy for Terminal Services |
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Design resource management for Terminal Services |
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Design monitoring for Terminal Services |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) policies for
application resource and reporting |
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Specify Group Policy settings for terminal servers |
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Design high availability (both terminal servers and
session directory servers) |
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Specify monitoring requirements |
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Specify maintenance and recovery |
Module
7: Design Windows Media Services Infrastructure Administration
The
students will learn about designing Windows Media Services in Windows Server
2008. They will become familiarized with live and on-demand content delivery.
Lessons
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Design Windows Media for Live Streaming |
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Windows Media Services for On-Demand Content |
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Improving Performance for On-Demand Content |
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Monitoring Windows Media Services |
Lab
1: Design a Windows Media Infrastructure
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Design Windows Media Services for Live Streaming |
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Design WMS infrastructure for on-demand content. |
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Troubleshooting poor performance of on-demand content |
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Design and test monitoring of Windows Media Services. |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design Windows Media Services infrastructure for live
streaming |
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Design Windows Media Services infrastructure for on-demand
content |
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Troubleshoot poor performance of on-demand content |
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Plan for monitoring of Windows Media Services. |
Module
8: Design Virtualization Infrastructure
The
students will implement virtualization to consolidate servers, deploy branch
office infrastructure servers, support legacy applications, and create a test
environment.
Lessons
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Virtualization of a Test Server Environment |
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Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Applications |
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Design and Test a Virtualized Development Environment |
Lab
1: Design Virtualization Infrastructure
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Design a Test Server Consolidation Strategy |
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Design and Test Virtualization and Migration of Legacy
Server |
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Design Development Environment Isolation Using Virtual
Server |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Create a design document for server consolidation and
virtualization |
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Create a design document for legacy server hosting. |
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Identify and document key business and technical
requirements for creating an isolated development environment. |
Module
9: Designing Virtualization Provisioning
The
students will learn how to determine virtualization appropriateness and virtual
server provisioning. Students will also learn the importance of customizing
virtual servers to standard configurations and also learn about virtual server
deployment.
Lessons
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Design Virtual Server Provisioning Workflow Model |
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Evaluate Appropriateness for Virtualization |
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Evaluate Customization to Standard Configuration |
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Design Deployment for Virtualization |
Lab
1: Design Virtualization Provisioning
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Design virtual server host configuration |
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Design virtual server provisioning using System Center |
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design virtual server provisioning workflow model |
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Evaluate appropriateness for virtualization |
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Evaluate customization to standard configuration |
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Design Windows Deployment Services. |
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