Book description
Designed to help enterprise administrators develop real-world, job-role-specific skills—this Training Guide focuses on deploying and managing core infrastructure services in Windows Server 2012. Build hands-on expertise through a series of lessons, exercises, and suggested practices—and help maximize your performance on the job.
This Microsoft Training Guide:
Provides in-depth, hands-on training you take at your own pace
Focuses on job-role-specific expertise for deploying and managing Windows Server 2012 core services
Creates a foundation of skills which, along with on-the-job experience, can be measured by Microsoft Certification exams such as 70-410
Coverage includes:
Deploying Servers and Domain Controllers
Remote Management
Administering Active Directory
Network Administration
Using Group Policy
Provisioning and Managing Storage
Deploying Hyper-V Hosts
Deploying and Managing Virtualized Workloads
Deploying File Servers
Managing Print Services
Table of contents
- 1. Preparing for Windows Server 2012
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2. Deploying Servers
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Installation options
- Lesson 2: Preparing the build lab
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Lesson 3: Building images
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Building reference images using MDT 2012 Update 1
- Step 1. Installing the ADK
- Step 2. Installing MDT
- Step 3. Creating a deployment share
- Step 4. Importing operating-system source files
- Step 5. Importing out-of-box drivers
- Step 6. Importing applications
- Step 7. Importing packages
- Step 8. Creating a task sequence
- Step 9. Automating the deployment process
- Step 10. Updating the deployment share
- Step 11. Deploying and capturing the reference image
- Testing reference images
- Lesson summary
- Lesson review
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Building reference images using MDT 2012 Update 1
- Lesson 4: Deploying images
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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3. Server Remote Management
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Server Manager
- Lesson 2: Server management tasks
- Lesson 3: Installing roles and features
- Lesson 4: Windows PowerShell automation
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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4. Deploying Domain Controllers
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Preparing for deploying domain controllers
- Lesson 2: Deploying domain controllers using Server Manager
- Lesson 3: Deploying domain controllers using Windows PowerShell
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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5. Active Directory Administration
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Administering Active Directory objects using ADAC
- Lesson 2: Enabling advanced features using ADAC
- Lesson 3: Administering Active Directory using Windows PowerShell
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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6. Network Administration
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Ensuring DHCP availability
- Lesson 2: Implementing DNSSEC
- Lesson 3: Managing networking using Windows PowerShell
- Lesson 4: Configuring IPv6/IPv4 interoperability
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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7. Hyper-V Virtualization
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Deploying and configuring Hyper-V hosts
- Lesson 2: Deploying and configuring virtual machines
- Lesson 3: Managing virtual machines
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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8. File Services and Storage
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Deploying Storage Spaces
- Lesson 2: Provisioning and managing shared storage
- Lesson 3: Configuring iSCSI storage
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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9. Print and Document Services
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Deploying and managing print servers
- Lesson 2: Managing print servers using Windows PowerShell
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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10. Implementing Group Policy
- Before you begin
- Lesson 1: Planning, implementing, and managing Group Policy
- Lesson 2: Managing Group Policy using Windows PowerShell
- Lesson 3: Implementing Group Policy preferences
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
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11. Configuring Windows Firewall and IPsec
- Before you begin
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Lesson 1: Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced
Security
- Understanding Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
- Managing firewall profiles
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Configuring firewall rules
- Types of firewall rules
- Rules processing
- Rule groups
- Creating firewall rules
- Creating a program rule
- Creating a port rule
- Creating a predefined rule
- Creating a custom rule
- Creating firewall rules using Windows PowerShell
- Creating rules for refreshing Group Policy
- Viewing and managing rules
- Configuring rules using Group Policy
- Lesson summary
- Lesson review
- Lesson 2: Configuring IPsec
- Practice exercises
- Suggested practice exercises
- Answers
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server® 2012
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735673090
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