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MS 4212 - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Admin

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to handle the day-to-day management of the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Topics covered include server administrator responsibilities such as the operations of an infrastructure of servers, managing the infrastructure, Web and IT application servers of the enterprise organization, remote server management tasks using Terminal Server or administration tools installed on their local workstation, managing the server operating system, file and directory services, software distribution and updates, monitoring and troubleshooting assigned servers, supporting engineering projects, server builds and configuration, administrator operations, engineering and support tasks. The course includes face-to-face class sessions, in-class and virtual labs. MS-4212 maps to the Microsoft certification exam #70-646 and the Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Server Administrator certification. (prereq: MS 479  or networking experience equivalent)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Plan server installations and upgrades
• Plan for automated server deployment
• Plan infrastructure services server roles
• Plan application servers and services
• Plan file and print server roles
• Plan server management strategies
• Plan for delegated administration
• Plan and implement group policy strategy
• Implement patch management strategy
• Monitor servers for performance evaluation and optimization
• Monitor and maintain security and policies
• Plan for backup and recovery
Prerequisites by Topic
• No prerequisites by topic appended.
Course Topics
• Overview, introduction, and planning Windows Server 2008 deployment
• Planning infrastructure services
• Planning an Active Directory deployment
• Planning Application Services
• Planning File and Print Services
• Planning storage solutions and disk management
• Planning for high availability
• Planning server and network security
• Managing remote administration
• Monitoring servers using Event Viewer and the Reliability and Performance Console
• Planning a server backup strategy
Laboratory Topics
None appended
Coordinator
Mary Jo Suminski


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