MOC20414-Modul 7: Planning and Implementing High Availability for File Services and Applications

Description

This course is part two in a series of two courses that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to design and implement a Windows Server 2012 R2 infrastructure in an enterprise environment. The two courses collectively cover designing, planning, deploying, securing, monitoring, automating, and virtualizing an enterprise server infrastructure. This course covers the knowledge and skills to plan and implement a highly available, secure infrastructure with focus on Active Directory®  Federation Service (AD FS), public key infrastructure (PKI), and Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS). You will also learn the skills needed to plan and deploy virtual machines including self-service and automation of virtual machine deployments as well as planning and implementing a monitoring strategy that includes Microsoft® System Center 2012 R2-Operations Manager. This course maps directly to and is the preferred choice for hands-on preparation for Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Exam 414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure, which is the fifth of five exams required for MCSE: Server Infrastructure certification. NOTE: Labs in this course are based on Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2. This course is designed for experienced IT professionals who support medium to large enterprises and have experience administering Windows Server 2012 R2 and have an MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification or equivalent skills.

In this module, students will be able to plan and implement an application and file services infrastructure that is highly available.  

Lessons

• Planning and Implementing Storage Spaces
• Planning and Implementing a DFS
• Planning and Implementing NLB

Aim

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan and implement a highly available storage infrastructure using Storage Spaces.
• Plan and implement a highly available file services deployment using DFS.
• Plan and implement high availability for applications using NLB.

Participant requirements

Before attending this course, students must have:

• An understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.
• An understanding of Windows Server 2012 and AD DS, including planning, designing and deploying.
• An understanding of scripts and batch files.
• An understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization.
• An understanding of deployment, packaging, and imaging tools.
• Experience working in a team or a virtual team.
• Achieved the Windows Server 2012 MCSA certification as well as information in the course 20413C: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Server Infrastructure.

Participant

This course is intended for Information Technology (IT) professionals who are responsible for planning, designing and deploying a physical and logical Windows Server 2012 enterprise and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) infrastructures including the network services. Candidates would typically have experience of previous Windows Server operating systems and have Windows Server 2012 certification (MCSA) or equivalent skills.

The secondary audience for this course will be candidates are IT professionals who are looking to take the exam 70-414: Implementing an Advanced Enterprise Server Infrastructure, as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE certification.