Microsoft 70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 R2 Services

This course is specifically for participants to gain the knowledge and skills for making the appropriate job role decisions around configuring advanced Windows Server 2012 R2 services.

This course is designed for Information Technology (IT) professionals, who have Windows Server 2012 operating system knowledge and experience and want to validate the skills and knowledge necessary to configure advanced services in a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure. This course is part three of a series of courses which validate the advanced configuring tasks necessary to deploy, manage and maintain a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure, such as fault tolerance, certificate services, and identity federation. This course, along with the others in this series, will validate the skills and knowledge necessary for implementing, managing, maintaining and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment.

This training course on installing and configuring advanced Windows Server 2012 services prepares participants for the Microsoft Exam 70-412.

This course will provide all the skills and knowledge for the following areas:

• Configuring Network Load Balancing (NLB)
• Configuring failover clustering
• Managing failover clustering roles
• Managing Virtual Machine (VM) movement
• Configuring advanced file services
• Implementing Dynamic Access Control (DAC)
• Configuring and optimizing storage
• Configuring and managing backups
• Recovering servers
• Configuring site-level fault tolerance
• Implementing advanced Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) solutions
• Implementing advanced DNS solutions
• Deploying and managing IPAM
• Configuring a forest or a domain
• Configuring trusts
• Configuring sites
• Managing Active Directory and SYSVOL replication
• Implementing Active Directory Federation Services 2.1 (AD FSv2.1)
• Installing and configuring Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
• Managing certificates
• Installing and configuring Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)

Module 1

• Course Introduction
• Instructor Introduction
• Course Overview
• What You Should Know
• Certification Overview
• Microsoft Learning Quote and Certification Audience

Module 2

• Windows Server 2012 Course Specifics
• Lab Setup
• Lab Layout
• Demonstration and Presentation Types

Module 3

• Windows Server 2012 ADDS
• Domain Tree
• Domain Forest
• Single Domain
• Multiple Domains
• Functional Level
• Upgrade Migrate
• Installing a Domain Controller
• Chapter Review

Module 4

• Windows Server 2012 ADDS Domains and Forests
• Trust Relationships
• External Trust
• Forest Trust
• Realm Trust
• Shortcut Trust
• Authentication
• SID Filtering
• Name Suffix Routing
• Creating a Child Domain and Building a Trust
• Chapter Review

Module 5

• Windows Server 2012 ADDS Sites
• Active Directory Sites
• Implementing ADD
• SRV Records
• Locating Local DC
• ISTG
• Active Directory Site Setup
• Chapter Review

Module 6

• Windows Server 2012 ADDS Replication
• AD Partitions
• Types of Replication
• Conflicts
• Sysvol
• Site Topology and Site Links
• Group Membership Caching
• Tools
• Site Replication
• Chapter Review

Module 7

• Windows Server 2012 Networking DNS
• DNS and Administration
• Management
• Queries
• GlobalName Zone
• DNS Security
• DNS Advanced Configuration
• Chapter Review

Module 8

• Networking DHCP
• DHCP Basics
• Address Request
• Play Nice With DNS
• Scopes
• DHCP IPv6
• Name Protection
• DHCP Failover
• DHCP Advanced Configuration
• Chapter Review

Module 9

• IPAM Basics
• Reason to Use IPAM
• Components
• Requirements
• Security
• Management and Monitoring
• IPAM Installation and Configuration
• Chapter Review

Module 10

• Data: Advanced File
• File and Storage Basics
• File Server Resource Manager
• File Classification
• New Options
• File Classification Configuration
• Enabling Data Deduplication
• Chapter Review

Module 11

• Windows Server 2012: Dynamic Access Control
• DAC Basics
• New VS Old
• Central Access Policy
• Implementing DAC
• Deploying DAC
• Implementation of Dynamic Access Control
• Chapter Review

Module 12

• Windows Server 2012 Data: Storage
• Storage Basics
• iSCSI Parts
• iSCSI Security
• BranchCache
• Configuring SCSI and iSCSI Storage
• Configuring BranchCache
• Chapter Review

Module 13

• Business Continuity: Backups
• Backup Basics
• Server Backup
• Online Backup
• Recovery
• Data Protection Manager
• Implementing a Windows Server Backup
• Chapter Review

Module 14

• Operating System Deployment
• Task Sequence Creation and Deployment
• Implementing an In-place Upgrade

Module 15

• High Availability Network Load Balancing
• Network Load Balancing Basics
• NLB Functionality
• NLB New Features
• NLB Deployment
• Additional NLB Configuration
• Planning for NLB
• Securing NLB
• NLB Cluster Setup
• Configuring NLB Cluster
• Host Availability
• Chapter Review

Module 16

• High Availability Failover Clustering
• High Availability Basics
• HA New Features
• HA Components
• Features CSV
• Quorum (Modes)
• Failover Clustering
• Cluster Deployment Requirements
• Failover Cluster Setup and Configuration
• HA File Server Setup and Configuration
• Cluster Aware Updating

Module 17

• HA Hypervisor and VM
• HA Basics with Hyper-V
• Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
• New Features
• Migration
• SCCM
• Best Practices
• HV Replica
• Virtual Machine Cluster Setup
• Failover Cluster Configuration for Hyper-V
• Chapter Review

Module 18

• Access and Identity: Certificates
• Public Key Infrastructure Basics
• Components PKI Solution
• AD CS New Features
• Certificate Templates
• Enrolment Types
• Certificate Revocation List
• Key Recovery
• Building A Root CA
• Deploying and Configuring an Enterprise Subordinate CA
• Managing Certificate Templates
• Certificate Revocation
• Chapter Review

Module 19

• Active Directory Federation Services
• AD FS Services
• Web Security Components
• AD FS New Features
• SSO
• Deployment
• Claims
• AD FS Setup and Configuration
• Installing AD FS Role
• Installing AD FS for a Single Organization
• Configuring AD Claims Provider Trust
• Chapter Review

Module 20

• Active Directory Rights Management
• AD RMS Basics
• RMS Usage
• AD RMS Components
• Certificates / Licenses
• AD RMS Process
• AD RMS Deployment
• Rights Policy Templates
• Creating a Super User Group and Service Group
• Installing and Configuring AD RMS
• Build and Deploy a Policy Template
• Implementing RMS Trust Policies
• Anonymous Access Setup
• Creating A Rights Protected Document

Module 21

• Course Review
• Certification Overview
• Exam Preparation

Course Delivery:    Online