Course 6435

Designing a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

Course Outline

Duration: 5 Days

Introduction: This five-day course will provide students with an understanding of how to design a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure that meets business and technical requirements for network services.

Objectives:
After completing this course, students will be able to:

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Describe key components of network infrastructure design.

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Describe how to design a secure network.

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Design a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers.

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Design a network topology.

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Describe the internal considerations for network security and how they can be addressed.

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Design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates Domain Name System (DNS).

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Optimize a name resolution system that incorporates DNS and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).

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Design a solution for network access.

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Design a Network Access Protection (NAP) solution.

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Design a solution for operating system deployment and maintenance.

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Design the deployment of file services.

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Design print services in Windows Server 2008.

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Design high availability for applications and services.

 

Course Content:

 

Module 1 Overview of Network Infrastructure Design

This module describes the key components of network infrastructure design.

Lessons

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Preparing for Network Infrastructure Design

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Designing the Network Topology

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Designing Network Infrastructure for Virtualization

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Designing a Change Management Structure for a Network

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe the network infrastructure design.

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Design the network topology.

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Design network infrastructure for virtualization.

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Design a change management structure for a network.


 

Module 2: Designing Network Security

This module explains how design a secure network.

Lessons

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Overview of Network Security Design

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Creating a Security Plan

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Identifying Threats to Network Security

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Analyzing Security Risks

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The Defense-in-Depth Model

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe the security design process.

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Describe the components of a security plan.

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Describe how to identify threats.

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Describe how to assess risk.

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Describe the defense-in-depth model.

 

Module 3: Designing IP Addressing

This module describes how to design a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers.

Lessons

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Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme

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Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme

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Designing DHCP Implementation

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Designing DHCP Configuration Options

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe how to integrate IPv4 and IPv6.

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Describe how to allocate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

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Describe how to implement DHCP placement.

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Describe how to determine DHCP options


 

Module 4: Designing Routing and Switching

This module explains how to design a network topology.

Lessons

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Preparing for Designing a Network Routing Topology

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Selecting Network Devices

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Designing Internet Connectivity and Perimeter Networks

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Designing Routing Communications

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Evaluating Network Performance

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Prepare for designing a network routing topology.

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Design the placement of routers.

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Design a perimeter network.

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Design routing communications.

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Evaluate network performance.

 

Module 5: Designing Security for Internal Networks

This module explains the internal considerations for network security and how they can be addressed.

Lessons

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Designing Windows Firewall Implementation

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Overview of IPSec

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Designing IPSec Implementation

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe how Windows Firewall can be used to secure networks

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Describe how IPSec can be used to secure networks


 Module 6: Designing Name Resolution

This module explains how to design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates DNS.

Lessons

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Collecting Information for a Name Resolution Design

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Designing a DNS Server Strategy

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Designing a DNS Namespace

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Designing DNS Zone Implementation

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Designing Zone Replication and Delegation

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Determine the information required to plan name resolution.

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Describe how to design a DNS server strategy.

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Describe how to design a DNS namespace

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Describe how to design a DNS zone strategy.

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Describe how to design a DNS zone replication strategy.

 

Module 7: Designing Advanced Name Resolution

This module explains an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates DNS and WINS.

Lessons

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Optimizing DNS Queries

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Designing DNS for High Availability

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Designing a WINS Name Resolution Strategy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Optimize DNS resolution.

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Design DNS for high availability.

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Design a WINS Name resolution strategy.

 

Module 8: Planning and Deploying the Application Virtualization Management System

This module explains how to design a solution for network access.

Lessons

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Gathering Data for Designing Network Access Solutions

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Securing and Controlling Network Access

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Designing Remote Access Services

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‘Designing RADIUS Authentication with Network Policy Services’

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Designing Wireless Access

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe how to gather data for designing network access solutions.

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Describe how to secure and control network access.

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Describe how to design remote access services.

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Describe how to design a RADIUS solution.

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Describe how to design wireless access.

 

Module 9: Designing Network Access Protection

This module explains how to design a NAP solution.

Lessons

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Designing the NAP Platform Architecture

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Network Policy Server Component Design

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Designing NAP Enforcement Point and Client Component Requirements

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IPSec Enforcement for NAP

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe how to design the NAP platform architecture.

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Describe NPS design for NAP.

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Describe how to design NAP enforcement point and client component requirements.

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Describe IPSec based NAP.

 

Module 10: Designing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance

This module explains how to design a solution for operating system deployment and maintenance.

Lessons

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Determining Operating System Deployment Requirements

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Deploying an Operating System by Using WDS

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Planning for the Creation and Modification of Images

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Designing Multicast Transmission of Images

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Determine operating system deployment requirements

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Describe operating system deployment using Windows Deployment Services.

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Plan the creation and modification of images.

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Design multicast transmission of images.

Module 11: Designing File Services and DFS in Windows Server 2008

This module explains how to design the deployment of file services.

Lessons

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Designing File Services

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Designing DFS

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Designing the FSRM Configuration

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe the design of file services.

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Describe the design of Distributed File System (DFS).

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Describe the design of File Server Resource Manager (FSRM).

 

Module 12: Designing Print Services in Windows Server 2008

This module explains how to design print services in Windows Server 2008.

Lessons

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Overview of a Print Services Design

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Designing Print Services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe the print services design.

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Design print services.

 

Module 13: Designing High Availability in Windows Server 2008

This module explains how to design high availability for applications and services.

Lessons

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Overview of High Availability

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Designing Network Load Balancing for High Availability

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Designing Failover Clustering for High Availability

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Designing Geographically Dispersed Failover Clusters

After completing this module, students will be able to:

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Describe the need for high availability.

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Describe how to design Network Load Balancing for high availability

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Describe how to design Failover Clustering for high availability

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Describe how to design geographically dispersed failover clustering.