Course Overview
This five-day instructor-led course introduces students to network infrastructure and application platform concepts and configurations provided by Window Server 2008. Students will be able to acquire a fundamental understanding in order to pursue advanced topics available for certification in the infrastructure or application platform services.
Audience
This course is intended for new IT employees or Desktop Support workers moving into server support. The information in this course allows them acquire a fundamental understanding of Windows networks to pursue advanced topics. This course is also useful for those migrating from competitive platforms to Windows Server 2008.
Skills Gained
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the fundamentals of an enterprise networking environment.
- Describe the typical roles of IT Professionals in an enterprise environment.
- Describe TCP/IPv4 configurations, protocols, and tools.
- Describe the fundamentals of communication technologies.
- Create an IPv4 address range and subnet.
- Configure IPv6 addresses.
- Administer a Windows 2008 server.
- Describe basic security concepts for server roles.
- Describe how to secure network traffic by using certificates.
- Configure Windows Firewall.
- Configure and troubleshoot remote access.
- Describe routing concepts, protocols, and quality of service.
- Configure and test network load balancing.
- Configure network print resources and printing pools.
- Describe the functions included with Windows Server Virtualization (WSV).
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
- A+, Server+, hardware portion of Net+, and familiarity with Windows (client side)
- Working knowledge of a Windows 2003 environment
- Working knowledge of networking technologies
Course Outline
Module 1: Fundamentals of Network Infrastructure
This module describes the fundamentals of an enterprise networking environment, which consists of Windows Infrastructure Services, Windows Application Platform Services, and Active Directory.
Module 2: IT Professionals in the Enterprise
This module describes the IT Professional roles (and their respective responsibilities) that may exist in a typical enterprise environment.
Module 3: TCP/IPv4 Fundamentals
This module describes the TCP/IPv4 configuration, protocols and the tools used to validate configurations.
Module 4: Communication Technologies Fundamentals
This module describes static and dynamic HTTP content, how to differentiate between the two, and the various mechanisms used by TCP/IPv4 to send and receive data traffic.
Module 5: Creating IPv4 Address Spaces
This module explains how to define and create an IPv4 address range and subnetting for a network.
Module 6: IPv6 Fundamentals
This module introduces IPv6, describes the differences between IPV4 and IPv6, and explains how to configure IPv6 addresses.
Module 7: Fundamentals of Administering Windows Server 2008
This module explains how to o administer a Windows 2008 server.
Module 8: Security Fundamentals
This module introduces basic industry standard security concepts for server roles.
Module 9: Fundamentals of Securing Network Communication
This module describes how to secure network traffic by using certificates.
Module 10: Windows Firewall and Caching Fundamentals
This module describes proxy and caching services; how to configure Windows Firewall by creating exceptions and modifying firewall rules; how to configure auditing and monitoring; and how to troubleshoot Windows Firewall.
Module 11: Remote Access Fundamentals
This module explains how to configure network policies, configure a radius proxy, and how to troubleshoot NPS as a radius proxy.
Module 12: Routing Fundamentals
This module describes routing concepts and protocols, and explains how quality of service can be used within a network environment.
Module 13: Network Load Balancing Fundamentals
This module explains how to configure and test network load balancing.
Module 14: Configuring Print Resources and Printing Pools
This module explains how to configure network print resources and printing pools.
Module 15: Server Virtualization Overview
This module describes the fundamental functions included with Windows Server Virtualization (WSV).
