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6435A: Designing a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

Course Length: 5 Days

Overview:
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.

Prerequisites:
Active Directory Technology Specialist level knowledge and concepts
Network Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience
Applications Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience
Windows Vista TS or D
Experience with Windows operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista
Intermediate understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, name resolution, and connection methods
Intermediate understanding of security best practices for authentication and file permissions
Intermediate understanding of server and network hardware

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe key components of network infrastructure design
• Describe how to design a secure network
• Design a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers
• Design a network topology
• Describe the internal considerations for network security and how they can be addressed
• Design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates Domain Name System (DNS)
• Optimize a name resolution system that incorporates DNS and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
• Design a solution for network access
• Design a Network Access Protection (NAP) solution
• Design a solution for operating system deployment and maintenance
• Design the deployment of file services
• Design print services in Windows Server 2008
• Design high availability for applications and services

Course Content

Lesson 1: Overview of Network Infrastructure Design

• Preparing for Network Infrastructure Design
• Designing the Network Topology
• Designing Network Infrastructure for Virtualization
• Designing a Change Management Structure for a Network
• Lab: Designing Network Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008

Lesson 2: Designing Network Security

• Overview of Network Security Design
• Creating a Security Plan
• Identifying Threats to Network Security
• Analyzing Security Risks
• The Defense-in-Depth Model
• Lab: Designing a Network Security Plan

Lesson 3: Designing IP Addressing

• Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
• Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme
• Designing DHCP Implementation
• Designing DHCP Configuration Options
• Lab: Designing IP Addressing in Windows Server 2008

Lesson 4: Designing Routing and Switching

• Preparing for Designing a Network Routing Topology
• Selecting Network Devices
• Designing Internet Connectivity and Perimeter Networks
• Designing Routing Communications
• Evaluating Network Performance
• Lab: Designing a Network Routing Topology

Lesson 5: Designing Security for Internal Networks

• Designing Windows Firewall Implementation
• Overview of IPSec
• Designing IPSec Implementation
• Lab: Designing a Secure Internal Network

Lesson 6: Designing Name Resolution

• Collecting Information for a Name Resolution Design
• Designing a DNS Server Strategy
• Designing a DNS Namespace
• Designing DNS Zone Implementation
• Designing Zone Replication and Delegation
• Lab: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy in Windows Server 2008

Lesson 7: Designing Advanced Name Resolution

• Optimizing DNS Queries
• Designing DNS for High Availability
• Designing a WINS Name Resolution Strategy
• Lab: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy in Windows Server 2008

Lesson 8: Planning and Deploying the Application Virtualization Management System

• Gathering Data for Designing Network Access Solutions
• Securing and Controlling Network Access
• Designing Remote Access Services
• 'Designing RADIUS Authentication with Network Policy Services'
• Designing Wireless Access
• Lab: Designing Network Access Solutions

Lesson 9: Designing Network Access Protection

• Designing the NAP Platform Architecture
• Network Policy Server Component Design
• Designing NAP Enforcement Point and Client Component Requirements
• IPSec Enforcement for NAP
• Lab: Designing Network Access Protection

Lesson 10: Designing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance

• Determining Operating System Deployment Requirements
• Deploying an Operating System by Using WDS
• Planning for the Creation and Modification of Images
• Designing Multicast Transmission of Images
• Lab: Designing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance

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

• Designing File Services
• Designing DFS
• Designing the FSRM Configuration
• Lab: Designing File Services and DFS in Windows Server 2008

Lesson 12: Designing Print Services in Windows Server 2008

• Overview of a Print Services Design
• Designing Print Services
• Lab: Designing Shared Resources in Windows Server 2008

Lesson 13: Designing High Availability in Windows Server 2008

• Overview of High Availability
• Designing Network Load Balancing for High Availability
• Designing Failover Clustering for High Availability
• Designing Geographically Dispersed Failover Clusters
• Lab: Designing High Availability in Windows Server 2008

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