Windows Server 2008 Administration

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Course Overview

The course will allow delegates to understand the concepts and design goals of Windows 2008 Server, understand the role of the system administrator and install, configure and maintain Windows 2008 Servers.

Audience

Administrators who will be managing Windows 2008 server based networks. Those who require a Windows 2008 qualification.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have attended our Supporting Windows XP Desktop, Supporting Windows Vista Desktop or have equivalent knowledge. Current Windows 2003 administrators may attend our Windows Server 2008 New Features course, subject to meeting the pre-requisites for that course.

Course Outline

Windows Server 2008 Overview

• Why Windows Server 2008?Hardware and Feature Comparison
• Services and Interoperability
• Introduction to Microsoft.NET
• Overview of the MMC
• Initial Configuration Tasks
• Server Manager
• Remote Administration Options
• Remote Desktop for Administration & Terminal Services
• Using Terminal Services
• Introducing PowerShell
• Introducing Server Core
• Hyper-V

User, Computer Accounts and Groups

• Windows Server 2008 Workgroups
• Directory Service Concepts
• Active Directory Overview
• How does Active Directory Work?
• Windows Server 2008 Domains
• User Accounts in the Active Directory
• Account Administration
• The Users Environment
• Groups
• Group Policy Overview
• Applying Group Policy
• Local Group Policies
• Group Policy Management

Managing The File System

• NTFS (New Technology File System)
• File and Folder Permissions
• Copying and Moving Files on an NTFS Volume
• File and Folder Ownership
• Auditing File Systems
• Disk Quotas
• Sharing Resources on the Network
• Share Level Security
• Special Administrative Shares

Distributed File System Introduction

• DFS Introduction
• Stand-Alone DFS vs. Domain-Based DFS

Managing Data Storage

• Basic, Dynamic and GPT Storage Volumes
• Basic Storage
• Dynamic Storage
• Using Volumes for Data Redundancy
• GPT Storage Printing
• Windows Printing
• Print Management
• Printer Options
• Printer Pooling
• Opening a Print Queue
• Creating a Printer Filter
• Web Print Management
• Printer Permissions

Monitoring Server Performance

• Performance in Windows Server 2008
• Resource Overview
• Performance Monitor
• Using the System Monitor
• Reliability Monitor
• Data Collection Sets
• Understanding Memory Performance
• Understanding Processor Performance
• Understanding Hard Disk Performance
• Understanding Network Performance
• Reporting

Disaster Recovery

• Shadow Copy
• Windows Server 2008 Backup Utility
• Command Line Backup

Windows Server Update Services

• Windows Server Update Services
• WSUS Configuration Wizard
• Update Services Console

Installation and Deployment

• Pre-Installation Tasks
• Installation Troubleshooting
• Installation Possibilities
• Unattended Install
• Windows Deployment Services
• Disk Cloning

Server Maintenance Tasks

• Server Maintenance and Preventative measures

Windows Server 2008 Administration / W2K83ADM