Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator, Part 5 of 5

Course description

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 has many features that need to be considered before administering a network. This course will cover many aspect of administration of Windows Server 2008, starting with preparing for deployment, network infrastructure and Active Directory. Once the server is in place Group Policies will need to be created and the course will show you how to do that. After that comes application servers, file and print services. The most important part of any network is security and we will cover that. From there the courses moves to server administration, monitoring and maintenance and then cover disaster recovery. At the end the newest of technologies virtualization is covered with the Microsoft Hyper V technology.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Prerequisites

The users must have an understanding of computers and computer networks. Previous experience with Microsoft Server is helpful.

Meet the expert

Robert O'Neill

Robert O'Neill has been a consultant and a Microsoft Certified Trainer for Quality Training Services since 1996. He has worked with Fortune 1000 companies and training companies throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Robert holds numerous certifications including MCT, MCAD, MCTS, MCITP, EA, and MCPD. His expertise focuses on Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows SharePoint, Visual Studio .NET, and CompTIA.

Video Runtime

133 Minutes

Time to complete

173 Minutes

Course Outline

Module 9

Monitoring and Maintenance (42:08)

• Introduction (00:38)
• Proactively Monitoring (02:20)
• Tools used for Monitoring (01:58)
• Monitoring Factors (02:23)
• Monitoring Performance (00:47)
• Baseline (02:16)
• Monitoring Tools in Detail (01:28)
• Applications and Services Logs (01:48)
• Configuring Forwarded Events (00:54)
• Collecting Computer Config (02:40)
• Custom Configuration (01:43)
• Planning Event Forwarding (02:03)
• Keeping Systems Up to Date (01:20)
• WSUS (01:22)
• WSUS installs as a Role (01:04)
• WSUS Process (03:23)
• Test Updates (01:24)
• Demo: Performance Monitor (08:48)
• Demo: Reports (03:17)
• Summary (00:26)

High Availability (25:05)

• Introduction (00:52)
• Overview (01:11)
• High Availability Options (00:54)
• Network Load Balancing (03:41)
• NLB Options (01:44)
• Disk Drives (01:45)
• RAID 0 (00:35)
• RAID 1 (00:32)
• RAID 0 + 1 (00:44)
• RAID 1 + 0 (00:47)
• RAID 5 (01:06)
• RAID 6 (01:03)
• Which RAID to use (02:00)
• Demo: Set Up RAID (07:37)
• Summary (00:28)

Module 10

Client and Shadow Copies (29:44)

• Introduction (00:40)
• Clustering Servers (01:03)
• Features (01:01)
• Cluster Server Components (01:05)
• Cluster Server Hardware (01:31)
• iSCSI (00:58)
• Network Infrastructure (01:41)
• Cluster Server Uses (02:44)
• Cluster Server Failover (00:48)
• Quorum Types (01:20)
• Quorum Processes (00:39)
• NLB or Failover Cluster (01:53)
• Backups (00:58)
• Who Should Backup (01:05)
• Shadow Copies (03:16)
• Demo: Shadow Copies (08:20)
• Summary (00:33)

Virtualization Planning (13:18)

• Introduction (00:36)
• Overview (00:47)
• Different Virtualization Tech (02:28)
• Hyper-V (00:35)
• Features of Hyper-V (01:24)
• Hyper-V Architecture (01:09)
• Installation Requirements (02:13)
• Installation Considerations (01:43)
• Demo: Hyper-V Role (01:55)
• Summary (00:23)

Configuring And Virtualization (23:20)

• Introduction (00:38)
• Hyper-V Configuration (02:20)
• Drive Considerations (01:53)
• When to use Hyper-V (02:50)
• Snapshots (01:23)
• Managing Hyper-V Hosts (01:34)
• Using VMM (04:04)
• Hyper-V Failover Cluster (00:31)
• Managing Virtual Machines (01:03)
• Backing up a Virtual Machine (00:38)
• Demo: Create a VOS (05:58)
• Summary (00:23)