IT Networking Training Catalog – 70-247 – Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 R2 (MCSE) Series!

Overview: This series describes how to configure and deploy a private cloud with System Center 2012 R2. Students will learn about understanding and working with the cloud, the cloud components, including infrastructure and service catalog, and virtual applications. Students will also learn about server management, automation and security for the cloud.

Certification Details

With Windows Server and System Center, you will build your Microsoft private cloud solution to optimize IT service delivery and gain the automation and flexibility you need for your IT infrastructure, now and in the future.

Certification Exam Details:
Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012– Exam 70-247: Learn More about this certification exam.

Available CEUs for Course Series Completion: 13
Students can earn up to 13 CEUs for fully completing this course series. This information will be displayed on the certificate of completion. Learn More

Series Taught By: Ken Mayer

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Course Modules

(Duration: 1h 15m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: Understanding the Private Cloud
  3. Cloud Comparisons
  4. Comparing the Private and Public Clouds
  5. Benefits of the Private Cloud with Microsoft
  6. Using System Center 2012
  7. Lesson 2: Preparing to Deploy the Cloud
  8. Major Business Needs
  9. Service Identification
  10. Management Process Automation
  11. Lesson 3: Components of the Private Cloud
  12. Looking at the Data Center Environment
  13. High Availability
  14. Scalability
  15. BCP
  16. DRP
  17. Lesson 4: System Center 2012 Components
  18. What is VMM?
  19. Orchestrator
  20. Service Manager
  21. Operations Manager
  22. DPM
  23. Lesson 5: Using Hyper-V with VMM
  24. Cluster Requirements
  25. Hyper-V Cluster Creation
  26. Using VMM for Clusters
  27. Did it Deploy?
  28. Demo – Preparing the Private Cloud Infrastructure
  29. Demo – Creating a Host Group
  30. Demo – Creating a RunAs Account
  31. Demo – Creating a User Role
  32. Module 01 Review
  33. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 1h 22m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: VMM Architecture
  3. VMM Architecture
  4. Private Cloud Infrastructure
  5. VMs and the Services Tab
  6. VMM Jobs
  7. VMM Libraries
  8. VMM Manager Settings
  9. Deploying VMs in VMM
  10. Lesson 2: Install and/or Upgrade VMM
  11. Minimum Requirements for Installing VMM
  12. What to Plan For
  13. Upgrading Earlier Versions of VMM
  14. Making the VMM Highly Available
  15. Lesson 3: Host Groups
  16. Understanding Host Groups
  17. Placement Rules
  18. Power Optimization
  19. Dynamic Optimization
  20. Host Reservations
  21. Storage
  22. Networks
  23. Lesson 4: Understanding Security
  24. Service Accounts
  25. Run As Account
  26. User Roles in VMM
  27. Lesson 5: What’s New with VMM R2
  28. VMM R2 Networking
  29. VMs and the Cloud
  30. Demo
  31. – Reviewing the Hosts
  32. Demo
  33. – Library Shares
  34. Demo
  35. – Preparing the Cloud Infrastructure
  36. Demo
  37. – Veryfying Roles
  38. Demo
  39. – Deploying a New Virtual Machine
  40. Module 02 Review
  41. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 59m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: PXE and Update Servers
  3. PXE Server Architecture
  4. Update Management in the VMM
  5. Lesson 2: Bare Metal Hyper
  6. -V Host Servers
  7. Installing the PXE Server for Integration
  8. Bare Metal Deployment
  9. The Host Profile
  10. Adding the PXE Server Role
  11. Adding Resource Wizard
  12. Lesson 3: Configuring the Update Server Role
  13. Server Updates
  14. Using WSUS
  15. Adding and Managing the Update Server to VMM
  16. Lesson 4: The Update Baseline
  17. Preparing for the Update Baseline
  18. Check for Compliance
  19. Choosing Remediation for Non
  20. -Compliance
  21. Demo
  22. – Configuring a PXE Server
  23. Demo
  24. – Creating a Host Profile
  25. Demo
  26. – Creating an Update Server
  27. Demo
  28. – Update Baseline
  29. Module 03 Review
  30. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 55m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: Dynamic Application Deployment Describing Dynamic Application Deployment
  3. Using the Web Deployment Tool
  4. What is Server Application Virtualization?
  5. Lesson 2: Server Application Virtualization Overview
  6. Server App
  7. -V Basics
  8. Scenarios for Server App
  9. V
  10. Definitions
  11. What is Sequencing?
  12. The Server App
  13. -V Package
  14. What’s Different Between Server App
  15. -V and App
  16. -V?
  17. Lesson 3: Web Deployment Packages
  18. The Web Deployment Process
  19. Creating Web Deployment Packages
  20. Lesson 4: Configuring Server App
  21. -V Components
  22. Requirements
  23. Cmdlets
  24. Best Practices
  25. Lesson 5: Sequencing and Deploying Virtual Apps
  26. Creating a Server App
  27. -V Package
  28. Sequencer Cmdlets and the Server App
  29. -V Agent
  30. Testing the Package
  31. Protecting the Server App
  32. -V Package
  33. Demo
  34. – Configuring Virtual Application Delivery
  35. Module 04 Review
  36. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 1h 11m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: SQL Server Profiles
  3. Using VMM for SQL Installation
  4. Preparing and Deploying the Image
  5. SQL Server Profile
  6. Service Templates to Complete Deployment
  7. Lesson 2: OS Profiles
  8. Guest OS Profiles
  9. General Settings for Guest OS Profiles
  10. Roles and Features
  11. Network Settings
  12. Scripting Guest OS Profiles
  13. Lesson 3: Application Profiles
  14. Overview of Application Profiles
  15. Making a Profile
  16. Deploying the Profile
  17. Lesson 4: Hardware Profiles
  18. Hardware Profile Overview
  19. Compatibility and General Settings
  20. Network Adapter Settings
  21. Bus Configuration
  22. Advanced Settings
  23. Lesson 5: VM Templates
  24. Overview of VM Templates
  25. How to Create a VM Template
  26. Configuration
  27. Lesson 6: Self
  28. -Service User Role
  29. User Roles
  30. Considerations for Self
  31. -Service User Roles
  32. Quotas
  33. Creating a Self
  34. -Service User Role
  35. Demo
  36. – Installing SQL Server
  37. Demo
  38. – Creating Private Cloud Building Blocks
  39. Module 05 Review
  40. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 33m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: What is Private Cloud Computing
  3. The Business Unit Cloud
  4. Resources
  5. Capacity
  6. Capabilities
  7. Lesson 2: Installing and Configuring App Controller
  8. App Controller Overview
  9. Installing the App Controller
  10. Connecting VMM to the App Controller
  11. Lesson 3: Creating and Managing Services and Service Templates
  12. Describing a Service
  13. Service Templates
  14. Working with Service Templates
  15. Deployment Configurations
  16. Service Template Settings
  17. Lesson 4: Changes with App Controller 2012 R2
  18. Changes with App Controller 2012 R2
  19. Demo
  20. – Deploying and Accessing the Private Cloud
  21. Module 06 Review
  22. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 1h 33m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: Operations Manager Components
  3. Architecture
  4. Minimum Requirements
  5. Monitoring Cloud Components
  6. The Agent
  7. Security for the Agent
  8. Securing User Access
  9. Lesson 2: Upgrading
  10. Types of Server Upgrades
  11. Upgrading a Distributed Topology
  12. Side
  13. -by
  14. -Side Upgrade
  15. Lesson 3: Notifications
  16. Channels
  17. Subscribers
  18. Subscriptions
  19. Lesson 4: Management Packs
  20. Management Packs
  21. Downloading and Installing Management Packs
  22. Tuning
  23. Making Your Own Management Pack
  24. Lesson 5: Putting It All Together
  25. Putting It All Together
  26. Lesson 6: What’s New Operations Manager 2012 R2
  27. Fabric Monitoring
  28. Microsoft Monitoring Agent
  29. Integrating OM with Development Processes (DevOps)
  30. Support for IPv6
  31. System Center Advisor
  32. Demo
  33. – Deploying Agents
  34. Demo
  35. – Installing Management Packs
  36. Demo
  37. – Installing Operations Manager
  38. Module 07 Review
  39. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 48m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: Using SharePoint
  3. Using Dashboard in SharePoint
  4. Installing and Configuring the SC OM Web Part
  5. Lesson 2: Templates for Monitoring
  6. Installing and Configuring the SC OM Web Part
  7. Monitoring Database Performance
  8. Port Availability
  9. Processes
  10. Windows Services
  11. Web Applications
  12. .NET Applications
  13. Lesson 3: Watching a Distributed App
  14. Distributed Applications
  15. Creating a Distributed Application
  16. Templates
  17. Demo
  18. – Creating Custom Monitoring
  19. Module 08 Review
  20. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 57m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: What is Service Manager
  3. Service Manager Components
  4. Prerequisites
  5. Deployment Options
  6. Security
  7. Lesson 2: Understanding Work Items
  8. Change Management
  9. Release Management
  10. Incident Management
  11. Problem Management
  12. Service Requests
  13. Knowledge Management
  14. Lesson 3: Connectors
  15. AD Connectors
  16. SC CM Connectors
  17. SC OM Connectors
  18. Orchestrator Connector
  19. VMM Connector
  20. Lesson 4: Notifications
  21. Channels
  22. Subscriptions
  23. Templates
  24. Demo
  25. – Configuring Service Manager Basic Settings
  26. Module 09 Review
  27. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 14m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: Private Cloud Service Catalog
  3. Service Catalog
  4. Creating Request Offerings
  5. Process Pack
  6. Cloud Services Process Pack
  7. Cloud Services Process Pack Reporting
  8. Lesson 2: Service Level Management
  9. Service Level Management
  10. Calendar Items
  11. Demo
  12. – Configuring the Storage Pool
  13. Module 10 Review
  14. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 1h 2m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: Planning DPM Deployment
  3. Considerations for DPM Deployment
  4. Selecting a Backup Method
  5. Storage Requirements Security Requirements
  6. Software Requirements
  7. Hardware, Network, and Scaling Requirements
  8. Lesson 2: DPM Technologies
  9. Components
  10. Protection Process
  11. Files and Applications
  12. Lesson 3: Upgrading DPM
  13. Upgrading to DPM 2012
  14. In
  15. -Place Upgrade
  16. Side-by-Side Upgrade
  17. Lesson 4: Configuring DPM for the Private Cloud
  18. Storage
  19. Agents for Trusted Domains
  20. Agents for Untrusted Domains
  21. Deploying Agents on the Untrusted Domains
  22. Using DPM Protection Agents with Certificate Authentication
  23. Deploying DPM Protection Agents using Certificate Authentication
  24. Lesson 5: Configuring Application Protection for the Private Cloud
  25. Protection Groups
  26. SQL Protection
  27. Protecting the Private Cloud
  28. Item-Level Recovery
  29. Cluster Shared Volume Protection
  30. Self-Service Recovery
  31. Lesson 6: Restoring Applications to the Private Cloud
  32. Recovering SQL Data
  33. Self-Service SQL Server Data Recovery
  34. VM Recovery
  35. Item-Level Recovery on Hyper-V
  36. Lesson 7: What’s New with DPM 2012 R2
  37. Windows Azure Backup
  38. Linux Virtual Machine Backup
  39. Demo – Automating the Private Cloud
  40. Module 11 Review Lesson 1: Planning DPM Deployment
  41. Considerations for DPM Deployment
  42. Selecting a Backup Method
  43. Storage Requirements Security Requirements
  44. Software Requirements
  45. Hardware, Network, and Scaling Requirements
  46. Lesson 2: DPM Technologies
  47. Components
  48. Protection Process
  49. Files and Applications
  50. Lesson 3: Upgrading DPM
  51. Upgrading to DPM 2012
  52. In
  53. -Place Upgrade
  54. Side-by-Side Upgrade
  55. Lesson 4: Configuring DPM for the Private Cloud
  56. Storage
  57. Agents for Trusted Domains
  58. Agents for Untrusted Domains
  59. Deploying Agents on the Untrusted Domains
  60. Using DPM Protection Agents with Certificate Authentication
  61. Deploying DPM Protection Agents using Certificate Authentication
  62. Lesson 5: Configuring Application Protection for the Private Cloud
  63. Protection Groups
  64. SQL Protection
  65. Protecting the Private Cloud
  66. Item-Level Recovery
  67. Cluster Shared Volume Protection
  68. Self-Service Recovery
  69. Lesson 6: Restoring Applications to the Private Cloud
  70. Recovering SQL Data
  71. Self-Service SQL Server Data Recovery
  72. VM Recovery
  73. Item-Level Recovery on Hyper-V
  74. Lesson 7: What’s New with DPM 2012 R2
  75. Windows Azure Backup
  76. Linux Virtual Machine Backup
  77. Demo – Automating the Private Cloud
  78. Module 11 Review
  79. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)

(Duration: 40m)

  1. Workbook (Pdf)
  2. Lesson 1: Orchestrator Architecture
  3. Orchestrator Overview
  4. Architecture
  5. Integration Packs for Automation
  6. Orchestrator Requirements
  7. Lesson 2: Deployment and Configuration of Orchestrator
  8. Orchestrator Deployment Tasks
  9. Deploying Integration Packs
  10. Configuring Orchestrator Security
  11. The Console and Runbook Designer
  12. Lesson 3: Using Runbooks
  13. Working with Runbooks
  14. Standard Activities
  15. Workflow
  16. Parameters, Computer Groups, Global Settings
  17. Designing Runbooks
  18. Lesson 4: Using Integration Packs
  19. Integration with SC 2012
  20. Demo – Installing the Cloud Service Process Pack
  21. Module 12 Review
  22. Course Closure
  23. Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
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