Designing a Windows Server 2008 Application Infrastructure (Exam 70-647)
Course ID: HLT 6437
Course Length: 3 days
Course Description:
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.
Target Student:
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.
Prerequisites:
To ensure your success, we recommend you first have one or more of the equivalent knowledge:
- 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
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Performance-Based Objectives :
Upon successful completion of 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.
- Plan and configure a Windows Media Services infrastructure 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.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Designing IIS Web Farms
Topic 1A: Overview of Hardware and Platform Options
Topic 1B: Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability
Topic 1C: Design Content Storage
Lesson 2: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability
Topic 2A: Designing Application Pools
Topic 2B: Designing Script Mapping
Topic 2C: Designing Bandwidth Allocation
Topic 2D: Design Web Site Logging
Lesson 3: Designing IIS Security
Topic 3A: Design and Verify Transport Security
Topic 3B: Design Authentication and Authorization
Topic 3C: Design Delegation Administration
Lesson 4: Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI
Topic 4A: Designing Internet Information Services Backup and Recovery
Topic 4B: Specify Monitoring Requirements
Topic 4C: Deploying UDDI Services
Topic 4D: Tuning and Troubleshooting IIS 7
Lesson 5: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure
Topic 5A: Design Terminal Services Licensing
Topic 5B: Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties
Topic 5C: Design Device Redirection
Topic 5D: Design Terminal Services Gateways
Topic 5E: Design Terminal Services Broker
Topic 5F: Design RemoteApp Programs
Topic 5G: Design Web Access
Lesson 6: Designing a Terminal Services Maintenance Strategy
Topic 6A: Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Policies for Application Resource and Reporting
Topic 6B: Specify Group Policy Settings for Terminal Servers
Topic 6C: Design High Availability
Topic 6D: Specify Monitoring Requirements
Topic 6E: Specify Maintenance and Recovery
Lesson 7: Design Windows Media Services Infrastructure Administration
Topic 7A: Windows Media Services for On-Demand Content
Topic 7B: Improving Performance for On-Demand Content
Topic 7C: Monitoring Windows Media Services
Lesson 8: Design Virtualization Infrastructure
Topic 8A: Virtualization of a Test Server Environment
Topic 8B: Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Applications
Topic 8C: Design and Test a Virtualized Development Environment
Lesson 9: Designing Virtualization Provisioning
Topic 9A: Design Virtual Server Provisioning Workflow Model
Topic 9B: Evaluate Appropriateness for Virtualization
Topic 9C: Evaluate Customization to Standard Configuration
Topic 9D: Design Deployment for Virtualization