What you'll learn?

  • Describe key components of network infrastructure design.
  • Describe how to design a secure network.
  • Design a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers.
  • Design a network topology.
  • Describe the internal considerations for network security and how they can be addressed.
  • Design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates Domain Name System (DNS).
  • Optimize a name resolution system that incorporates DNS and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).
  • Design a solution for network access.
  • Design a Network Access Protection (NAP) solution.
  • Design a solution for operating system deployment and maintenance.
  • Design the deployment of file services.
  • Design print services in Windows Server 2008.
  • Design high availability for applications and services.

Description

This course will provide students with an understanding of how to design a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure that meets business and technical requirements for network services.

Audience :

The primary audience for this course is IT professionals, including Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 enterprise administrators interested in becoming a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator who focuses on network solutions.

Topics :

Overview of Network Infrastructure Design

o  Preparing for Network Infrastructure Design

o  Designing the Network Topology

o  Designing Network Infrastructure for Virtualization

o  Designing a Change Management Structure for a Network

Designing Network Security

o  Overview of Network Security Design

o  Creating a Network Security Plan

o  Identifying Threats to Network Security

o  Analyzing Security Risks

o  Defense-in-Depth Model Overview

Designing IP Addressing

o  Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme

o  Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme

o  Designing DHCP Implementation

o  Designing DHCP Configuration Options

Designing Routing and Switching

o  Preparing for Designing a Network Routing Topology

o  Selecting Network Devices

o  Designing Internet Connectivity and Perimeter Networks

o  Designing Routing Communications

o  Evaluating Network Performance

Designing Security for Internal Networks

o  Designing Windows Firewall Implementation

o  Overview of IPSec

o  Designing IPSec Implementation

Designing Name Resolution

o  Collecting Information for a Name Resolution Design

o  Designing a DNS Server Strategy

o  Designing a DNS Namespace

o  Designing DNS Zone Implementation

o  Designing Zone Replication and Delegation

Designing Advanced Name Resolution

o  Optimizing DNS Queries

o  Designing DNS for High Availability

o  Designing a WINS Name Resolution Strategy

Planning and Deploying the Application Virtualization Management System

o  Gathering Data for Designing Network Access Solutions

o  Securing and Controlling Network Access

o  Designing Remote Access Services

o  Designing RADIUS Authentication with Network Policy Services

o  Designing Wireless Access

Designing Network Access Protection

o  Designing the NAP Platform Architecture

o  NAP Architecture

o  NAP Enforcement

o  Designing NAP Policy

o  Designing NAP Enforcement and Remediation

Designing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance

o  Determining Operating System Deployment Requirements

o  Deploying an Operating System by Using WDS

o  Planning for the Creation and Modification of Images

o  Designing Multicast Transmission of Images

Designing File Services and DFS in Windows Server 2008

o  Designing File Services

o  Designing DFS

o  Designing the FSRM Configuration

Designing High Availability in Windows Server 2008

o  Overview of High Availability

o  Designing Network Load Balancing for High Availability

o  Designing Failover Clustering for High Availability

o  Designing Geographically Dispersed Failover Clusters

Designing Print Services in Windows Server 2008

o  Overview of a Print Services Design

o  Windows Server 2008 Printing Features

o  Designing Print Services

Prerequisities :

Recommended Knowledge :

Before attending this course, students must have: Active Directory Technology Specialist level knowledge and concepts; Network Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience; Applications Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience; Windows Vista TS level of knowledge and experience; Intermediate understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, name resolution, and connection methods; Intermediate understanding of security best practices for authentication and file permissions; Intermediate understanding of server and network hardware.

Recommended Course(s) :

Category :

  • Networking

Training Materials :

Microsoft Official Courseware (MOC)

Labs :

This course includes several labs to ensure you will gain the targeted skills and experience.

Credential :

This course is a credit towards Microsoft Certified IT Professional MCITP: Enterprise Administrator