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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