Designing a Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure
(Microsoft Training Course: 6437) - 3 days - £1150 exc VAT

This course will provide students with an understanding of how to design application infrastructure solutions based on Windows Server 2008 to meet varying business and technical requirements. It is intended for IT professionals interested in becoming a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator with a focus on application infrastructure such as Web and Terminal Services.

1. Designing IIS Web Farms
2. Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability
3. Designing IIS Security
4. Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI
5. Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure
6. Designing a Terminal Services Maintenance Strategy
7. Design Windows Media Services Infrastructure Administration
8. Design Virtualization Infrastructure
9. Designing Virtualization Provisioning

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Module 1: Designing IIS Web Farms

• This module teaches students the process of designing IIS Web Farms with Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.
• Overview of Hardware and Platform Options
• Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability
• Design Content Storage
• Lab: Designing IIS Web Farms

Skills

• Design an appropriate platform.
  
• Design Web farm availability and scalability.
  
• Design content storage.
  

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Module 2: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability

• In this module, students will learn about optimizing IIS performance and stability.
• Designing Application Pools
• Designing Script Mapping
• Designing Bandwidth Allocation
• Design Web Site Logging
• Lab: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability

Skills

• Plan new application pools.
  
• Plan to deploy script mapping.
  
• Plan bandwidth allocation per site or application.
  
• Plan Web site logging.
  

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Module 3: Designing IIS Security

• In this module, students will learn to establish and maintain very tight security using Microsoft IIS 7.
• Design and Verify Transport Security
• Design Authentication and Authorization
• Design Delegation Administration
• Lab: Designing IIS 7 Security

Skills

• Design and verify Transport Security (SSL).
  
• Plan site authentication and authorization.
  
• Plan delegation permissions and administrative access.
  

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Module 4: Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI

• In this module, students will learn how to plan for an IIS installation, taking into account these new features. They will also learn how to deploy UDDI services.
• Designing Internet Information Services Backup and Recovery
• Specify Monitoring Requirements
• Deploying UDDI Services
• Tuning and Troubleshooting IIS 7
• Lab: Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI

Skills

• Design a Web server backup and recovery plan.
  
• Design for and utilize the IIS management pack for System Center.
  
• Design and test UDDI services.
  
• Troubleshoot IIS caching behaviour.
  

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Module 5: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure

• In this module, students will learn how to design a terminal services infrastructure including how to design a terminal services licensing strategy and how to design for remote access with TS Gateways, TS Session Broker, RemoteApp programs, and TS Web Access.
• Design Terminal Services Licensing
• Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties
• Design Device Redirection
• Design Terminal Services Gateways
• Design Terminal Services Broker
• Design RemoteApp Programs
• Design Web Access
• Lab: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure

Skills

• Design Terminal Services (TS) Licensing.
  
• Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties.
  
• Design Device Redirection.
  
• Design Terminal Services Gateways.
  
• Design Terminal Services Broker.
  
• Design RemoteApp Programs.
  
• Design Web Access.
  

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Module 6: Designing a Terminal Services Maintenance Strategy

• In this module, students will be introduced to design and implementation planning using Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) policies for application resource and reporting.
• Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Policies for Application Resource and Reporting
• Specify Group Policy Settings for Terminal Servers
• Design High Availability
• Specify Monitoring Requirements
• Specify Maintenance and Recovery
• Lab: Designing Terminal Services Maintenance

Skills

• Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) policies for application resource and reporting.
  
• Specify Group Policy settings for terminal servers.
  
• Design high availability (both terminal servers and session directory servers).
  
• Specify monitoring requirements.
  
• Specify maintenance and recovery.
  

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Module 7: Design Windows Media Services Infrastructure Administration

• In this module, students will learn about designing Windows Media Services in Windows Server 2008.
• Design Windows Media for Live Streaming
• Windows Media Services for On-Demand Content
• Improving Performance for On-Demand Content
• Monitoring Windows Media Services
• Lab: Design a Windows Media Services Infrastructure

Skills

• Design Windows Media Services infrastructure for live streaming.
  
• Design Windows Media Services infrastructure for on-demand content.
  
• Troubleshoot poor performance of on-demand content.
  
• Plan for monitoring of Windows Media Services.
  

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Module 8: Design Virtualization Infrastructure

• In this module, students will implement virtualization to consolidate servers, deploy branch office infrastructure servers, support legacy applications, and create a test environment.
• Virtualization of a Test Server Environment
• Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Applications
• Design and Test a Virtualized Development Environment
• Lab: Design Virtualization Infrastructure

Skills

• Create a design document for server consolidation and virtualization.
  
• Create a design document for legacy server hosting.
  
• Identify and document key business and technical requirements for creating an isolated development environment.
  

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Module 9: Designing Virtualization Provisioning

• In this module, students will learn how to determine virtualization appropriateness and virtual server provisioning.
• Design Virtual Server Provisioning Workflow Model
• Evaluate Appropriateness for Virtualization
• Evaluate Customization to Standard Configuration
• Design Deployment for Virtualization
• Lab: Design Virtualization Provisioning

Skills

• Design virtual server provisioning workflow model.
  
• Evaluate appropriateness for virtualization.
  
• Evaluate customization to standard configuration.
  
• Design Windows Deployment Services.
  

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Before attending this course, students must have the following prerequisites:

• Intermediate understanding of networking.
• Intermediate understanding of network operating systems.
• Intermediate understanding of security best practices.
• Intermediate knowledge of server and network hardware.
• Conceptual understanding of Active Directory (AD).
• Hands-on experience with more than one application service such as: IIS; Terminal Services; Windows Media Services; Virtual Server; Hyper-V; System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

After completing this course, students will be able to design IIS 7 Web farms; optimize IIS 7 for performance and stability; design IIS 7 for security; design IIS 7 for reliability, recovery, and monitoring; design and prepare a Terminal Services infrastructure; design a Terminal Services maintenance strategy; plan and configure a Windows Media Services infrastructure for live and on-demand delivery; implement virtualization to consolidate servers, support legacy applications, and create a test environment; determine virtualization appropriateness and virtual server provisioning.