In this comprehensive Microsoft skills training, the instructor covers the topics and skills you’ll find in the MCSA: Server 2012 and MCSE: Server 2012 Core Infrastructure certifications.
There is still a need for systems administrators who are well versed in Server 2012. Server 2008 (and even Server 2003) are still widely used, so you’ll be sure to find this Server 2012 training useful. This Windows Server 2012 training takes a deep-dive on the popular server operating system and covers the topics you need to go from no experience at all to advanced skills. You can use this training to study for one of the Server 2012 exams, as reference material, or to prepare yourself for more responsibility as a systems administrator.
For supervisors, this Microsoft training can be used for Server 2012 exam prep, onboarding new systems administrators, or individual or team training plans.
| Class Fee: |
$10,990 |
| Time: |
360 hrs |
| Learning Level: |
Intermediate |
| Contact Hours: |
40 hr Lecture 32 hr labs |
| Prerequisites: |
Understanding of TCP/IP Protocols |
| Credits: |
72 CPE / 3 CEU |
| Method of Delivery: |
Residential (100% face-to-face) or Hybrid |
| Instructor: |
TBD |
| Method of Evaluation: |
95 % attendance 2. 100 % completion of Lab |
| Grading: |
Pass = Attendance+ labs & quizzes Fail > 95% Attendance |
This 72 hour accelerated class is taught using face to face modality or hybrid modality. Class includes 72 hours of contact studies, labs, reading assignments and final exam - passing the final exam is a requirement for graduation.
Machines a Dual Core 18M Ram, 1TGig drives, running MS OS, linux, and VMWare Workstation
Who Should Attend System and Network Administrators, Security Personnel, Auditors, and Consultants concerned with network security.
What You Need to Know - This MCSE: Server 2012 Core Infrastructure training maps to the 70-413 and 70-414 Windows Server 2012 exam objectives, and covers topics such as:
- Installing and configuring Windows Server 2012
- Converting to and from Windows Server Core
- Advanced management of Active Directory
- Configuring and managing domain controllers
- Managing Active Directory users and groups
- Implementing security best practices
- Working with Hyper-V and virtual machines
- Best practices for patch management and working with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
- Backup and recovery best practices
- Configuring and managing Network Policy Server (NPS)
Who Should Take All Windows Server 2012 Training Training?
This All Windows Server 2012 Training training is considered administrator-level Microsoft training, which means it was designed for systems administrators. This Windows Server 2012 skills course is designed for systems administrators with three to five years of experience with systems infrastructure.
New or aspiring systems administrators. Many Windows Server 2012 versions will receive extended support until October 10, 2023. What this means for new sysad is that knowing how to handle Server 2012 administration is still a good career move. In addition to providing practical knowledge of how to administer Windows Server 2012, it helps prepare for the 70-413 and 70-414 exams required for the MCSE: Server 2012 Core Infrastructure certification.
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- Skill: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 70-417 with R2 Updates
- 1. 70-417 R2 Course Introduction
- 2. Planning for a Server Installation
- 3. Server Installation Levels
- 4. Windows Migration Tools Overview and Tools Demo
- 5. Windows Migration Tools: Migrating a Role
- 6. Install Windows Server Full and Core
- 7. Features on Demand
- 8. Switching Between Full and Core Installations
- 9. Add and Remove Features in Offline Images
- 10. Configuring Server Core Intro and Remote Desktop
- 11. Configuring Server Core with Commands and Sconfig
- 12. Configure Services
- 13. NIC Teaming
- 14. Desired State Configuration Overview
- 15. Desired State Configuration Demo
- 16. Remote Management Methods
- 17. Remote Management Methods: Server Core
- 18. Remote Management Methods: Manage Non-Domain Joined Servers
- 19. Remote Management Methods: DCOM and WinRM, Down-level Server Management
- 20. Configure Local Storage: Basic and Dynamic Disk Overview
- 21. Configure Local Storage: Storage Spaces and Demos
- 22. Create and Mount Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs)
- 23. Hyper-V Configuring Virtual Machines: Memory
- 24. Configure Hyper-V Resource Metering and Guest Integration Services
- 25. Configure Generation 1 and Generation 2 Virtual Machines
- 26. Hyper-V: Configuring Differencing Drives
- 27. Hyper-V: Storage Management
- 28. Hyper-V Networking
- 29. Install Domain Controllers: Add, Remove, Upgrade
- 30. Install Domain Controllers: Install From Media
- 31. Install Domain Controllers: Configure a Global Catalog Server
- 32. Install Domain Controllers: Resolve DNS SRV Record Registration Issues
- 33. Deploying Active Directory Infrastructure as a Service in Microsoft Azure
- 34. Monitor VMs
- 35. Monitor Real-Time Performance: Task Manager
- 36. Monitor Real-Time Performance: Resource Monitor
- 37. Monitor Servers: Performance Monitor Overview
- 38. Event Viewer
- 39. Configure Event Subscriptions
- 40. Configure Network Monitoring
- 41. Direct Access Overview
- 42. Direct Access Demo
- 43. Direct Access: Certificate and DNS Requirements
- 44. Network Access Protection Overview
- 45. Network Access Protection Enforcement Types and DHCP Demo
- 46. Network Access Protection: VPN
- 47. Configure Domain Controller Cloning: Overview
- 48. Configure Domain Controller Cloning: Demo
- 49. Operations Master Overview
- 50. Operations Master Demo
- 51. Read-Only Domain Controllers: Overview
- 52. Read-Only Domain Controllers: Demo
- 53. Directory Services Repair Mode Authoritative Restore Overview
- 54. Directory Services Repair Mode Authoritative Restore Demo
- 55. Clean Up Metadata and Optimize an Active Directory Database
- 56. Configure Active Directory Snapshots
- 57. Active Directory Recycle Bin
- 58. Group Policy Objects: Client Side Extensions, Updates, and Caching
- 59. Group Policy: Slow Link Processing and Scope of Management
- 60. Group Policy: Processing Adjustments
- 61. Group Policy: Adjustments with WMI and Loopback
- 62. Configure Cluster Storage and Networking
- 63. Configuring a Cluster
- 64. Advanced Clustering
- 65. Virtual Machine Movement: Clusterless
- 66. Virtual Machine Movement: Clustered
- 67. Dynamic Access Control
- 68. File Classification Infrastructure
- 69. Configure Site-Level Fault Tolerance: Replicas
- 70. Configuring Site-Level Fault Tolerance: Clusters
- 71. Configure and Manage Backups: Windows Backup
- 72. Configure and Manage Backups: Azure and VSS
- 73. IPAM Overview and Server Configuration
- 74. IPAM Functional Use
- 75. Active Directory Federation Services Overview
- 76. Active Directory Federation Services Demo and Workplace Join
Skill: Microsoft Windows Server 2012: Installing and Configuring (70-410)
- 1. Introduction to 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2
- 2. The Install and Configure Servers Section
- 3. Plan for a Server Installation
- 4. Install Windows Server
- 5. Install Server Core
- 6. Plan for a Server Upgrade
- 7. Plan for Server Roles
- 8. Migrate Roles
- 9. Features on Demand
- 10. Configure Server Core
- 11. Convert Server Core to/from Full GUI
- 12. Delegate Administration
- 13. Configure NIC Teaming
- 14. Configure Services
- 15. Deploy Roles on Remote Servers
- 16. Add and Remove Features in Offline Images
- 17. Configure PowerShell Desired State Configuration
- 18. Configure MBR and GPT Disks
- 19. Configure Basic and Dynamic Disks
- 20. Manage Volumes
- 21. Create and Mount VHDs
- 22. Design Storage Spaces
- 23. Configure Storage Pools
- 24. Create Storage Pools by Using Disk Enclosures
- 25. The Configure Server Roles and Features Section
- 26. Create and Configure Shares
- 27. Configure Share Permissions
- 28. Configure NTFS Permissions
- 29. Configure Access-based Enumeration
- 30. Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service
- 31. Configure NTFS Quotas
- 32. Configure Offline Files
- 33. Configure Work Folders
- 34. Configure Enterprise Print Management
- 35. Configure Drivers and the Easy Print Driver
- 36. Configure Printer Pooling
- 37. Configure Print Priorities
- 38. Configure Printer Permissions
- 39. Configure WinRM
- 40. Configure Down-level Server Management
- 41. Configure Servers for Day-to-Day Management Tasks
- 42. Configure Multi-server Management
- 43. Configure Server Core
- 44. Configure Windows Firewall
- 45. Manage Non-domain Joined Servers
- 46. The Configure Hyper-V Section
- 47. Hyper-V Fundamentals
- 48. Create and Configure Generation 1 and 2 Virtual Machines
- 49. Configure Dynamic Memory
- 50. Configure Smart Paging
- 51. Configure Resource Metering
- 52. Configure Guest Integration Services
- 53. Configure Enhanced Session Mode and RemoteFX
- 54. Create VHDs and VHDXs
- 55. Create Differencing Drives
- 56. Modify VHDs
- 57. Configure Pass-through Disks
- 58. Manage Checkpoints
- 59. Implement a Virtual Fibre Channel Adapter
- 60. Configure Storage Quality of Service
- 61. Configure Hyper-V Virtual Switches
- 62. Optimize Network Performance
- 63. Configure MAC Addresses
- 64. Configure Network Isolation
- 65. Configure Synthetic and Legacy Virtual Network Adapters
- 66. Configure NIC Teaming in Virtual Machines
- 67. The Deploy and Configure Core Network Services Section
- 68. IP Fundamentals
- 69. Configure IP Address Options
- 70. Configure Interoperability between IPv4 and IPv6
- 71. DHCP Fundamentals
- 72. Authorize DHCP Server
- 73. Create and Configure Scopes
- 74. Configure DHCP Options
- 75. Configure a DHCP Reservation
- 76. Configure Client and Server for PXE Boot
- 77. Configure DHCP Relay Agent
- 78. DNS Fundamentals
- 79. Configure Active Directory Integration of Primary Zones
- 80. Configure Forwarders and Root Hints
- 81. Create A and PTR Resource Record
- 82. Manage DNS Cache
- 83. The Install and Administer Active Directory Section
- 84. Active Directory Fundamentals
- 85. Install Domain Controllers
- 86. Create and Manage Active Directory Users and Computers
- 87. Create and Manage Active Directory Groups and OUs
- 88. The Create and Manage Group Policy Section
- 89. Create Group Policy Objects
- 90. Configure Security Policies
- 91. Configure Application Restriction Policies
- 92. Configure Windows Firewall
Skill: Microsoft Windows Server 2012: Administering (70-411)
- 1. Introduction to 70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012 R2
- 2. The Deploy Manage and Maintain Servers Section
- 3. Install and Configure Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
- 4. Deploy and Manage Server Images
- 5. Install and Configure Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
- 6. Implement Patch Management
- 7. Monitor Servers
- 8. The Configure File and Print Services Section
- 9. Install and Configure Distributed File System (DFS)
- 10. Manage Distributed File System (DFS)
- 11. Configure File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
- 12. Configure File and Disk Encryption
- 13. Configure Advanced Audit Policies
- 14. The Configure Network Services and Access Section
- 15. Configure DNS Zones
- 16. Configure DNS Records
- 17. Install and Configure Remote Access
- 18. Configure VPN
- 19. Configure Web Application Proxy
- 20. Configure DirectAccess
- 21. The Configure a Network Policy Server (NPS) Infrastructure Section
- 22. Configure Network Policy Server
- 23. Configure NPS Policies
- 24. Configure Network Access Protection
- 25. The Configure and Manage Active Directory Section
- 26. Configure Service Authentication
- 27. Configure Domain Controllers
- 28. Maintain Active Directory
- 29. Configure Account Policies
- 30. The Configure and Manage Group Policy Section
- 31. Configure Group Policy Processing
- 32. Configure Group Policy Settings
- 33. Manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
- 34. Configure Group Policy Preferences (GPP)
Skill: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with R2 Updates (70-412)
- 1. Course Introduction
- 2. Network Load Balancing: Overview
- 3. Network Load Balancing: Configuring the Cluster
- 4. Network Load Balancing: Modifying the Cluster
- 5. Configuring Cluster Storage and Networking
- 6. Configuring a Cluster
- 7. Advanced Clustering and PowerShell
- 8. Virtual Machine Movement: Clusterless
- 9. Virtual Machine Movement: Clustered
- 10. Configuring and Optimizing Storage
- 11. BranchCache and NFS
- 12. Dynamic Access Control: Overview
- 13. Dynamic Access Control: Demo
- 14. Configure Advanced File Services
- 15. Configuring Site-Level Fault Tolerance: Replicas
- 16. Configuring Site-Level Fault Tolerance: Clusters
- 17. Configuring and Managing Backups: Windows Backup
- 18. Configuring and Managing Backups: Azure and VSS
- 19. Recovering Servers
- 20. Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS): Overview
- 21. Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS): Demo
- 22. Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS): Workplace Join
- 23. DHCP: Overview
- 24. DHCP: Reservations, Policies, and Filters
- 25. DHCP: IPv6, Multicast Scopes, Superscopes
- 26. DHCP High Availability: Split Scopes
- 27. DHCP High Availability: DHCP Failover
- 28. DHCP: DNS Registration and DHCP Name Protection
- 29. IP Address Management (IPAM): Overview and Server Configuration
- 30. IP Address Management (IPAM): Implementation
- 31. DNSSec: Overview, Keys, and Resource Records
- 32. DNSSec: Demo
- 33. DNS: Socket Pool and DNS Cache Locking
- 34. DNS: Logging, Zone Level Statistics, and Delegated Administration
- 35. DNS: Configure Recursion, Netmask Ordering, and GlobalNames
- 36. Active Directory Certificate Services: Overview
- 37. Active Directory Certificate Services: Hierarchy, Standalone, Enterprise, and Enterprise Certificate Authority
- 38. Active Directory Certificate Services: Manual Enrollment and Revocation
- 39. Active Directory Certificate Services: CRL Distribution Point and Online Responder
- 40. Active Directory Certificate Services: Issue Web Server Certs
- 41. Active Directory Certificate Services: Autoenrollment
- 42. Active Directory Certificate Services: Configuring and Managing Key Archival and Recovery
- 43. Active Directory Certificate Services: CA Role Separation and Certificate Renewal
- 44. Active Directory: Multi-Domain and Multi-Forest Environments
- 45. Active Directory: Interoperability with Previous Versions, Upgrading Domains and Forests, Functional levels
- 46. Active Directory: Trusts
- 47. Active Directory: SID Filtering, Name Suffix Routing, and UPN
- 48. Active Directory Sites: Overview
- 49. Active Directory Sites: Demo
- 50. Active Directory: RODC Replication
- 51. Active Directory: Sysvol and Replication
- 52. Active Directory Rights Management Services: Overview
- 53. Active Directory Rights Management Services: Demo
Skill: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 70-413 with R2 Updates
- 1. Course Overview
- 2. Lab Setup
- 3. Upgrading or Migrating your Environment
- 4. The Deployment Plan
- 5. Server Deployment and WDS
- 6. Setting Up WDS
- 7. Virtual Machine Manager Overview
- 8. VMM Basics and Installation
- 9. VMM - Service Templates and Logical Networks
- 10. DHCP - Design
- 11. DHCP - Advanced
- 12. IPAM - Design
- 13. IPAM - Setup and Configuration
- 14. DNS - Securing Zones
- 15. DNS - Namespace Considerations
- 16. Deploying Storage Spaces
- 17. Storage Spaces - Provisioning
- 18. File & Storage - iSCSI and FibreChannel
- 19. iSCSI Configuration
- 20. Designing your Active Directory Environment
- 21. Configuring Multi-Forest Environments
- 22. Secure Connections - VPNs
- 23. Secure Connections - DirectAccess
- 24. UAG to DirectAccess Migration
- 25. Implementing DirectAccess
- 26. Designing Active Directory Sites
- 27. Active Directory Permissions and Delegation
- 28. Active Directory Quotas
- 29. Network Access Protection
- 30. Branch Office Considerations
Skill: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 70-414 with R2 Updates
- 1. Welcome and Introduction
- 2. Enterprise Data Centers and System Center 2012 R2
- 3. Planning for Virtual Machine Manager
- 4. VMM - Host Groups
- 5. VMM - Libraries
- 6. VMM - Storage Implementation
- 7. Virtualized Network Planning
- 8. Managing Virtual Networks with VMM
- 9. Planning Virtual Machine Deployment
- 10. VM Deployment: Profiles and Templates
- 11. VM Deployment - Sources, Placements, and V2V
- 12. Hyper-V Replicas
- 13. Hyper-V Replicas Demo
- 14. Automation and Self Service Overview
- 15. VMM and Self Service Deployment
- 16. Updating your Virtualized Environment
- 17. System Monitoring Overview
- 18. Operations Manager - Features
- 19. Operations Manager - Agent Discovery
- 20. Operations Manager - VMM Integration
- 21. High Availability - Storage
- 22. High Availability - Network Load Balancing
- 23. High Availability - FailOver Clustering
- 24. High Availability - Cluster Aware Updating and Hyper-V Failover
- 25. Backups and Recovery - Business Continuity
- 26. Backing up your Virtual Environment
- 27. Active Directory Rights Management - Overview
- 28. Planning for AD RMS
- 29. Designing Certificate Services
- 30. Certificate Distribution and Revocation
- 31. AD FS Overview
- 32. Workplace Join & Work Folders
