Planning and Designing Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
(Microsoft Training Course: 50273) - 5 days - £1640 exc VAT

This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to design a complex data center and desktop architecture. It is intended for Infrastructure Architects and Virtualization Specialists who are responsible for designing, deploying, and managing one or more data center or desktop virtualization environments.

1. Planning a Virtualization Strategy
2. Designing a Virtualization Platform Infrastructure and High-Availability Strategy
3. Designing a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure
4. Designing an Application Virtualization Infrastructure
5. Designing a Virtualization Infrastructure Management Strategy

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Module 1: Planning a Virtualization Strategy

• This module will review key factors that must be considered when planning a data center or desktop virtualization strategy.
• Understanding Virtualization Levels
• Defining the Case for Virtualization
• Reviewing Virtualization Technologies
• Reviewing the System Center Suite
• Understanding Licensing Options
• Reviewing Integration with Third-Party Products
• Lab: Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Installation
• Lab: Windows XP Mode Installation
• Lab: Application Virtualization 4.6 Installation

Skills

• Understand the major factors to consider when they begin to architect a data center or desktop virtualization infrastructure.
  
• Envision a virtualization infrastructure strategy based on a set of basic business and technical requirements.
  

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Module 2: Designing a Virtualization Platform Infrastructure and High-Availability Strategy

• This module will explain how to design a highly-available server virtualization infrastructure using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.
• Defining Server Virtualization Scenarios
• Defining Hyper-V Base Architectures
• Performing a Pre-Design Discovery
• Designing a Server Virtualization Infrastructure
• Designing the Hyper-V Host Architecture
• Designing the Virtual Machine Architecture
• Sizing a Hyper-V Host Farm
• Lab: Configuring and Using MAP 4.0
• Lab: Hyper-V Storage Design and Configuration
• Lab: Hyper-V Virtual Network Design and Configuration
• Lab: Hyper-V Platform Virtualization Design Exercise
• Lab: Optional: Two-Node Virtual Machine Failover Cluster
• Lab: Optional: Two-Node Hyper-V Host Failover Cluster with Live Migration

Skills

• Understand and design a Windows Server 208 R2 Hyper-V Virtualization Infrastructure.
  
• Understand Hyper-V storage options and design a storage environment.
  
• Understand Hyper-V virtual networks options and design a virtual network environment.
  
• Understand Hyper-V Snapshots and how to manage a Snapshot hierarchy.
  
• Understand Hyper-V host and virtual machine failover cluster options for high-availability and how to design a high-availability environment.
  

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Module 3: Designing a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure

• This module will explain how to design a virtualized desktop infrastructure based on a local desktop or central VDI strategy.
• Defining Desktop Virtualization Scenarios
• Designing a Local Desktop Infrastructure
• Designing a VDI Deployment using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and RDS
• Designing an Application Strategy using RemoteApp
• Designing a VDI Deployment using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Citrix XenDesktop
• Lab: VDI with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and RDS Connection Broker
• Lab: Using RemoteApp for Hyper-V to Deliver Applications in a VDI
• Lab: Scenario-Based Virtualization Desktop Infrastructure Design Exercise

Skills

• Select and design a virtualized desktop infrastructure.
  
• Design a VDI based on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and RDS.
  
• Design an application delivery strategy using RemoteApp.
  

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Module 4: Designing an Application Virtualization Infrastructure

• This module will explain how to design an application delivery infrastructure for virtualized desktops using Application Virtualization 4.6.
• Planning an Application Virtualization 4.6 Infrastructure
• Designing an Application Virtualization 4.6 Infrastructure
• Using Application Virtualization 4.6 with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2
• Using Application Virtualization 4.6 with RDS
• Lab: Using Application Virtualization 4.6 to Deliver Applications in a VDI Scenario

Skills

• Understand the Application Virtualization 4.6 architecture.
  
• Design an Application Virtualization 4.6 Infrastructure for application delivery in a VDI environment.
  

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Module 5: Designing a Virtualization Infrastructure Management Strategy

• This module will explain the factors to consider and Microsoft suite of applications available to design a management infrastructure.
• Developing a Virtualization Infrastructure Management Environment with the System Center Suite
• Developing a Virtual Machine Deployment Strategy
• Developing a Virtual Machine Conversion Strategy
• Developing an Administrative Strategy
• Developing a Virtual Machine Migration Strategy
• Developing a Disaster Recovery Strategy
• Developing a Maintenance Strategy
• Lab: Configuring and Using a System Center VMM Self-Service Portal
• Lab: Performing a P2V Conversion using System Center VMM 2008 R2
• Lab: Configuration and Use of the Remote Server Administration Toolkit
• Lab: Performing a Virtual Machine Export/Import using System Center VMM
• Lab: Performing a Virtual Machine Backup Using System Center DPM
• Lab: Offline Virtual Machine Update using System Center ConfigMgr 2007 SP2

Skills

• Understand the critical areas of management for a virtualization infrastructure.
  
• Understand the System Center Suite and how it can be used to design a virtualization infrastructure management strategy.
  
• Identify applications and utilities available to perform virtualization infrastructure management tasks.
  

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Before attending this course, students must have the following pre-requisites:

• Windows Server 2008 R2 knowledge and experience.
• Fundamental knowledge of Hyper-V, Remote Desktop Services (RDS), Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), Application Virtualization (APP-V) and System Center products.

After completing this course, students will be able to evaluate benefits of implementing virtualization technologies; understand how virtualization technology can be used to create more flexible and dynamic data center and desktop infrastructures; understand the selection process for local desktop or central VDI environments; design virtualization solutions for datacenter and desktop infrastructures; plan virtualization services such as Hyper-V, RDS,MED-V, and APP-V; integrate System Center Suite into a virtualization infrastructure to provide an end-to-end management strategy; understand and plan virtual machine conversion and deployment options; plan enterprise storage solutions to support virtualization infrastructures; design high-availability virtualization solutions; plan an enterprise backup and recovery strategy.