About the MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp

About the MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp

The Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Windows Server 2012 certification shows that you have the primary set of Windows Server skills that are relevant across multiple solution areas in a business environment. The MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification is a prerequisite for earning the MCSE: Server Infrastructure certification or the MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure certification.

This package is comprised of a series of three courses that prepares students towards achieving their MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification.

MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Exams:

• MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Exam 1: 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
• MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Exam 2: 70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012
• MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Exam 3: 70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services.

This training combines and covers materials from the following courses:

20410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp (3 days)   

Course Objectives

• Install and configure Windows Server 2012
• Describe Active Directory Domain Services and install a domain controller
• Create and configure user, group, and computer objects
• Use Windows PowerShell and other command-line tools to create and configure AD DS objects
• Configure IPv4 for simple scenarios
• Install and configure a DHCP server
• Install and configure DNS service
• Configure IPv6 for simple scenarios
• Configure local storage on a server
• Create and secure files shares and shared printers
• Create and manage Group Policy objects
• Secure Windows Servers by Using Group Policy Objects
• Implement Server Virtualization with Hyper-V

Course Outline

• Module 1: Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012
  1. Windows Server 2012 Overview
  2. Overview of Windows Server 2012 Management
  3. Installing Windows Server 2012
  4. Post-Installation Configuration of Windows Server 2012
  5. Introduction to Windows PowerShell
• Module 2: Introduction to Active Directory Domain Services
  1. Overview of Active Directory Domain Services
  2. Overview of Domain Controllers
  3. Installing a Domain Controller
• Module 3: Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects
  1. Managing User Accounts
  2. Managing Groups Accounts
  3. Managing Computer Accounts
  4. Delegating Administration
• Module 4: Automating Active Directory Domain Services Administration
  1. Using Command-line Tools for Administration
  2. Using Windows PowerShell for Administration
  3. Performing Bulk Operations with Windows PowerShell
• Module 5: Implementing IPv4
  1. Overview of TCP/IP
  2. Understanding IPv4 Addressing
  3. Subnetting and Supernetting
  4. Configuring and Troubleshooting IPv4
• Module 6: Implementing DHCP
  1. Installing a DHCP Server Role
  2. Configuring DHCP Scopes
  3. Managing a DHCP Database
  4. Securing and Monitoring DHCP
• Module 7: Implementing DNS
  1. Name Resolution for Windows Client and Servers
  2. Installing and Managing a DNS Server
  3. Managing DNS Zones
• Module 8: Implementing IPv6
  1. Overview of IPv6
  2. IPv6 Addressing
  3. Coexistence with IPv4
  4. IPv6 Transition Technologies
• Module 9: Implementing Local Storage
  1. Overview of Storage
  2. Managing Disks and Volumes
  3. Implementing Storage Spaces
• Module 10: Implementing File and Print Services
  1. Securing Files and Folders
  2. Protecting File Shares with Shadow Copies
  3. Configuring Network Printing
• Module 11: Implementing a Group Policy Infrastructure
  1. Overview of Group Policy
  2. Group Policy Processing
  3. Implementing a Central Store for Administrative Templates
• Module 12: Securing Windows Servers by Using Group Policy Objects
  1. Windows Security Overview
  2. Configuring Security Settings
  3. Restricting Software
  4. Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
• Module 13: Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V
  1. Overview of Virtualization Technologies
  2. Implementing Hyper-V
  3. Managing Virtual Machine Storage
  4. Managing Virtual Networks

20411: Administering Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp (3 days)   

Course Objectives

• Implement a Group Policy infrastructure.
• Manage user desktops with Group Policy.
• Manage user and service accounts.
• Maintain Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
• Configure and troubleshoot Domain Name System (DNS).
• Configure and troubleshoot Remote Access.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot the Network Policy Server (NPS) role.
• Implement Network Access Protection (NAP).
• Optimize file services.
• Configure encryption and advanced auditing.
• Deploy and maintain server images.
• Implement Update Management.
• Monitor Windows Server 2012.

Course Outline

• Module 1: Implementing a Group Policy Infrastructure
  1. Understanding Group Policy
  2. Implementing GPOs
  3. Managing Group Policy Scope
  4. Group Policy Processing
  5. Troubleshooting Policy Application
• Module 2: Managing User Desktops with Group Policy
  1. Implementing Administrative Templates
  2. Configuring Group Policy Preferences
  3. Managing Software with GPSI
• Module 3: Managing User and Service Accounts
  1. Creating and Administering User Accounts
  2. Configuring User Object Attributes
  3. Automating User Account Creation
  4. Configuring Managed Service Accounts
• Module 4: Maintaining Active Directory Domain Services
  1. Implementing Virtualized Domain Controllers
  2. Implementing Read Only Domain Controllers
  3. Administering AD DS
  4. Managing the AD DS Database
• Module 5: Configuring and Troubleshooting DNS
  1. Installing the DNS Server Role
  2. Configuring the DNS Server Role
  3. Configuring DNS Zones
  4. Configuring DNS Zone Transfers
  5. Managing and Troubleshooting DNS
• Module 6: Configuring and Troubleshooting Remote Access
  1. Configuring Network Access
  2. Configuring VPN Access
  3. Overview of Network Policies
  4. Troubleshooting Routing and Remote Access
  5. Configuring DirectAccess
• Module 7: Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting the Network Policy Server Role
  1. Installing and Configuring a Network Policy Server
  2. Configuring RADIUS Clients and Servers
  3. NPS Authentication Methods
  4. Monitoring and Troubleshooting a Network Policy Server
• Module 8: Implementing Network Access Protection
  1. Overview of Network Access Protection
  2. How NAP Works
  3. Configuring NAP
  4. Monitoring and Troubleshooting NAP
• Module 9: Optimizing File Services
  1. Overview of FSRM
  2. Using FSRM to Manage Quotas, File Screens, and Storage Reports
  3. Implementing Classification Management and File Management Tasks
  4. DFS Overview
  5. Configuring DFS Namespaces
  6. Configuring and Troubleshooting DFS Replication
• Module 10: Configuring Encryption and Advanced Auditing
  1. Encrypting Network Files with EFS
  2. Configuring Advanced Auditing
• Module 11: Deploying and Maintaining Server Images
  1. Overview of WDS
  2. Implementing Deployment with WDS
  3. Administering WDS
• Module 12: Implementing Update Management
  1. Overview of WSUS
  2. Deploying Updates with WSUS
• Module 13: Monitoring Windows Server 2012
  1. Monitoring Tools
  2. Using Performance Monitor
  3. Monitoring Event Logs

20412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services Boot Camp (3 days)   

Course Objectives

• Implementing Advanced Network Services
• Implementing Advanced File Services
• Implementing Dynamic Access Control
• Implementing Network Load Balancing
• Implementing Failover Clustering
• Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
• Implementing Disaster Recovery
• Implementing Distributed AD DS Deployments
• Implementing AD DS Sites and Replication
• Implementing AD CS
• Implementing AD RMS
• Implementing AD FS

Course Outline

• Module 1: Implementing Advanced Network Services
  1. Configuring Advanced DHCP Features
  2. Configuring Advanced DNS Settings
  3. Implementing IP Address Management
• Module 2: Implementing Advanced File Services
  1. Configuring iSCSI Storage
  2. Configuring Branch Cache
  3. Optimizing Storage Usage
• Module 3: Implementing Dynamic Access Control
  1. Overview of Dynamic Access Control
  2. Planning for a Dynamic Access Control Implementation
  3. Configuring Dynamic Access Control
• Module 4: Implementing Network Load Balancing
  1. Network Load Balancing Overview
  2. Configuring a Network Load Balancing Cluster
  3. Planning a Network Load Balancing Implementation
• Module 5: Implementing Failover Clustering
  1. Overview of Failover Clustering
  2. Implementing a Failover Cluster
  3. Configuring Highly-Available Applications and Services on a Failover Cluster
  4. Maintaining a Failover Cluster
  5. Implementing a Multi-Site Failover Cluster
• Module 6: Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
  1. Overview of the Integration of Hyper-V with Failover Clustering
  2. Implementing Hyper-V Virtual Machines on Failover Clusters
  3. Implementing Hyper-V Virtual Machine Movement
  4. Managing Hyper-V Virtual Environments by Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Module 7: Implementing Disaster Recovery
  1. Disaster Recovery Overview
  2. Implementing Windows Server Backup
  3. Implementing Server and Data Recovery
• Module 8: Implementing Distributed AD DS Deployments
  1. Overview of Distributed AD DS Deployments
  2. Implementing a Distributed AD DS Deployment
  3. Configuring AD DS Trusts
• Module 9: Implementing AD DS Sites and Replication
  1. Overview of AD DS Replication
  2. Configuring AD DS Sites
  3. Configuring and Monitoring AD DS Replication
• Module 10: Implementing AD CS
  1. Public Key Infrastructure Overview
  2. Deploying Certification Authorities
  3. Deploying and Managing Certificate Templates
  4. Implementing Certificate Distribution and Revocation
  5. Managing Certificate Recovery
• Module 11: Implementing AD RMS
  1. Active Directory Rights Management Overview
  2. Deploying and Managing an AD RMS Infrastructure
  3. Configuring AD RMS Content Protection
  4. Configuring External Access to AD RMS
• Module 12: Implementing AD FS
  1. Overview of Active Directory Federation Services
  2. Deploying Active Directory Federation Services
  3. Implementing AD FS for a Single Organization
  4. Deploying AD FS in a Business to Business Federation Scenario

Why should you take the MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp

Benefits of Certification

For IT professionals, certification is a third party validation of your skills, that helps distinguish you from your peers. Beyond demonstrating a level of competency and proficiency, certification proves that you are committed to your cause and that you've invested the time and money to prove it. Holding a certification also makes you a more valuable employee, and often results in raises, promotions, and a better career. For organizations, certifications identify the credentials that can be used to hire the right employee. Having certified employees also increases sales for the organization by proving to prospective clients that the organization has the skills to support its claims.

What's Included

• Instructor-led Training -- Learn from an expert Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Our expert instructors are themselves certified in the technologies they teach and have years of experience in the real world as well as in teaching. A large majority of our instructors are part-time consultants and provide solutions to a wide variety of companies.
• High Quality Courseware -- Learn using the best courseware -- directly from Microsoft. We use Official Microsoft curriculum for our training to meet the objectives of this boot camp style course.
• Test Vouchers -- The Boot Camp includes up to three test vouchers (70-410, 70-411, 70-412), at no additional cost.
• Certification Attainment Policy (CAP) -- We are confident of the quality of our Boot Camp. Please see our CAP section below for details.
• Refreshments -- Snacks, freshly-brewed coffee, tea and water are available throughout the day at the training site. Our training facilities are located within walking distance of several eateries and restaurants, offering students the opportunity to satisfy their own tastes and dietary requirements. Click here for all of our Las Vegas amenities.
• Skills Assessment -- The only Boot Camp that makes sure all the students have the correct prerequisites.
• 9 days of complete-immersion and distraction-free training -- Includes 90 hours of lectures, hands on labs, topic reviews, test preparation and testing.
• Testing at Training Site -- Convenience is the key. You don't have to find and schedule your test with an authorized testing center. NetCom Learning is an authorized testing center and you can take the test as soon as you are ready. This feature may not be available at all locations. Please confirm with us if the location you selected has testing available.
• Travel Package Assistance (Hotel and/or Air) -- NetCom offers a travel package featuring round trip airfare to Las Vegas and hotel assistance.

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Skills Assessment

We ensure your success by asking all students to take a FREE Skill Assessment test. These short, instructor-written tests are an objective measure of your current skills that help us determine whether or not you will be able to meet your goals by attending this course at your current skill level. If we determine that you need additional preparation or training in order to gain the most value from this course, we will tell you so right away. We will also recommend cost-effective solutions that you can use to get ready for the course. Our required skill-assessments ensure that:

1. All students in the class are at a comparable skill level, so the class can run smoothly without beginners slowing down the class for everyone else.
2. NetCom students enjoy one of the industry's highest success rates, and pass rates when a certification exam is involved.
3. We stay committed to providing you real value. Again, your success is paramount; we will register you only if you have the skills to succeed.

This assessment is for your benefit and best taken without any preparation or reference materials, so your skills can be objectively measured. Take your FREE Skill Assessment test now.

Pre-requisites

Required Prerequisites for this Training Package:

• 6292: Installing and Configuring Windows 7 Client Accelerated
• 6293: Troubleshooting and Supporting Windows 7 in the Enterprise Accelerated
• 6293: Troubleshooting and Supporting Windows 7 in the Enterprise Boot Camp
• Network+ Certification

Target Audience

This course is intended for IT Professionals who are experienced implementing, managing and maintaining a Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 infrastructure in an existing Enterprise environment, and wish to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to carry out advanced management and provisioning of services within that Windows Server 2012 environment. Students would typically be very experienced System Administrators and should have hands on experience working in a Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 environment.

Benefit of taking MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp at NetCom

• Why choose Microsoft - Technical Training at NetCom Learning?
• NetCom provides Authorized Training
• Award winning, world-class Instructors
• Actual Client Testimonials
• Real world Client Case Studies
• Awards won by NetCom
• Specialized Bootcamp Training
• Certification Attainment Policy (CAP)

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