Designing a Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure (MOC 6437)

Special notes

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change

Course overview

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

Prerequisites

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

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.

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Next steps

• No Microsoft Certified Professional exams are associated with this course currently.

Benefits to you

• 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

Course outline

Module 1: Designing IIS Web Farms

Lessons

• Overview of Hardware and Platform Options
• Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability
• Design Content Storage

• 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

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

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

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

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 Policies, and Resource Access Policies

Lessons

• Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Policies for Application Resource and Reporting
• Specify Group Policy Settings for Terminal Servers
• Design High Availability
• Specify Monitoring Requirements
• Specify Maintenance and Recovery

Lab 1: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure

• Design highly available Terminal Services
• Design Group Policy for Terminal Services
• Design resource management for Terminal Services
• Design monitoring for Terminal Services

Lessons

• Design Windows Media for Live Streaming
• Windows Media Services for On-Demand Content
• Improving Performance for On-Demand Content
• Monitoring Windows Media Services

Lab 1: Design a Windows Media Infrastructure

• Design Windows Media Services for Live Streaming
• Design WMS infrastructure for on-demand content.
• Troubleshooting poor performance of on-demand content
• Design and test monitoring of Windows Media Services.

Lessons

• Virtualization of a Test Server Environment
• Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Applications
• Design and Test a Virtualized Development Environment

Lab 1: Design Virtualization Infrastructure

• Design a Test Server Consolidation Strategy
• Design and Test Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Server
• Design Development Environment Isolation Using Virtual Server

Lessons

• Design Virtual Server Provisioning Workflow Model
• Evaluate Appropriateness for Virtualization
• Evaluate Customization to Standard Configuration
• Design Deployment for Virtualization

Lab 1: Design Virtualization Provisioning

• Design virtual server host configuration
• Design virtual server provisioning using System Center