IT Networking Training Catalog – 70-410 – Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 (MCSA/MCSE) Series!
Overview: This series describes how to install and configure Windows Server 2012 R2. Students will learn the basics of the server, server 2012 management, working with server core, configuring local storage and file and print access. Students will also learn about remote management, virtualization, the TCP/IP Protocol Suite, DHCP, DNS, Active Directory domain services and Windows security.
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Career Path: Earning an MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification qualifies you for a position as a network or computer systems administrator or as a computer network specialist, and it is the first step on your path to becoming a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE).
Certification Details
Prove your mastery of the primary set of Windows Server 2012 skills required to reduce IT costs and deliver more business value. This certification confirms that a candidate has the skills and knowledge necessary for implementing, managing, maintaining, and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment.
Certification Exam Details:
Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 – Exam 70-410: Learn More about this certification exam.
Series Taught By: Sandra Batakis
Available CEUs for Course Series Completion: 17
Students can earn up to 17 CEUs for fully completing this course series. This information will be displayed on the certificate of completion. Learn More
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Course Modules
(Duration: 1h 10m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Server 2012 Overview
- On Premise vs. Cloud
- Common Cloud Computing
- Cloud Computing
- Local Resources Provided to Clients
- Windows Server 2012 Editions
- Server 2012 Server Roles
- Features with Windows Server 2012
- Server Core
- Installation Options
- Install Options Integrated
- Media Formats
- Windows DS
- Other Install Options
- Demo – Installing Windows 2012 Enterprise
- Windows Server Installation
- Server Upgrades
- Server Migration
- Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Installation Steps
- Post Server Installation Tasks – Round One
- Demo – Introduction to Server Manager
- Windows Activation
- Offline Domain Join
- Post Server Installation Tasks – Round Two
- Using PowerShell to Manage Servers
- Resources Utilization by Using Features on Demand
- Features on Demand – Order of Search
- How to Override Features on Demand (Default Behavior)
- Removing Feature Files
- Migrate Roles from Previous Versions of Windows Server
- Supported Operation Systems (Source)
- Module 01 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 6m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Windows Server 2012 Management
- Server Manager
- Demo – Add Roles Server Manager
- Demo – Event Viewer
- Demo – Best Practice Analyzer
- Administrative Tools Available
- Demo – Administrative Tools Available
- Enabling Remote Management
- Delegate Administration
- Delegation Planning
- Demo – Delegation of Domain Administration
- Advanced Services
- Configuring NIC Teaming
- Switch Dependent Teaming Modes
- 802.11ac Support
- NetSh Commands with Windows Server 2012 R2
- Wired and Wireless Ethernet Access Passwords
- Module 02 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 19m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Working with Server Core
- Demo – Installing Server Core
- Introduction to PowerShell
- Demo – PowerShell
- Adding GUI to Server Core
- Removing GUI to Server Core
- To Install a Removed Role or Feature Using WIM Image
- Server Core Tools
- Demo – Recover from Closing Command Prompt
- Roles Available to Server Core
- Listing Roles on Server Core
- Enabling Remote Management
- Demo – Netsh -Firewall
- Server Configuration – Core
- Demo – Sconfig on Server Core
- Features Not Supported by Server Core
- Installing Domain Controllers on Server Core – Options
- PowerShell Examples for User Management
- PowerShell Examples for Group Management
- PowerShell Examples for Computer Management
- PowerShell Examples for OU’s
- Module 03 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 40m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Configuring Local Storage
- Key Features of Storage
- Disk Types and Performance
- Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE)
- Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)
- Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
- Solid State Drives
- Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
- Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- Storage Area Network (SAN)
- Common RAID Levels
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Features
- Storage Spaces
- Demo – Configuring Storage Spaces
- Work Folders
- Work Folder Limitations
- Work Folder Components
- Certificate Notes
- Work Folder Server Components
- Work Folder Server Configuration
- Work Folder Server Configuration PowerShell Commands
- Work Folders Client Configuration
- Demo – Configuring Work Folders
- Offload Data Transfers (ODX)
- SMB 3.0 Support
- File System Enhancements
- Storage Management
- Resilient File System (ReFS)
- Storage PowerShell Cmdlets
- Configure Basic Disks
- Configure Dynamic Disks
- Common Operations – Basic and Dynamic Disks
- Demo – Creating Volume Mount Points
- Configuring MBR Disks
- Configuring GPT Disks
- Installing And Configuring A New Disk
- eNotes: Types of Volumes / Pools
- Demo – Create VHDs
- Extending and Shrinking Volumes
- Utilities for Volume
- BranchCache
- BranchCache Requirements
- BranchCache Server Settings
- BranchCache Client Settings
- Enabling Distributed Cache Mode or Hosted Cache Mode
- Module 04 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 17m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- File Shares and Permissions
- Create and Configure Shares
- File Sharing Profiles
- Demo – Configure File Shares
- Configure Offline Files
- Offline Files Settings
- Configure NTFS Permissions
- NTFS Permissions
- eNotes: NTFS Permission Examples
- Access Based Enumeration (ABE)
- Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
- Demo – Shadow Copies
- Configure Print and Document Services
- Demo – Install Print and Document Services Role
- Easy Print – Print Driver
- Network Printing Security Options
- Demo – Create a Shared Printer
- Printer Pooling
- Demo – Creating a Printer Pool
- Branch Office Direct Printing
- Options to Deploy Printers
- Printer Migration for Web Services for Devices (WSD Print Devices)
- Server 2012 R2 New and Updated
- Module 05 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 56m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Remote Management
- Demo – Enable Remote Management
- Remote Management- MISC
- Remote Desktop
- Remote Desktop Services Role Services
- Server 2012 R2 Improvements and Additions
- Demo – Remote Desktop
- Multi -Server Management
- Demo – Server Groups
- Virtualization
- Presentation Virtualization
- Remote Desktop Gateway
- Virtualization
- Hyper – V
- Application Virtualization (App -V)
- Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED -V)
- Simulated Hardware for VM’s
- Demo – Create a VM
- Demo – Hyper -V Settings
- Dynamic Memory
- Integration Services
- Start and Stop Actions
- Resource Metering
- Virtual Hard Disk
- Virtual Disk Types
- Shrinking Fixed Virtual Hard Disks
- VHD’s vs. VHDX
- Demo – Managing VHD’s
- Differencing Disks
- Virtual Hard Disk Operations/Maintenance Operations
- Methods of Creating Virtual Hard Disk
- VHD’s and File Shares
- Differencing Disks
- Virtual Networks
- Virtual Network Extensions
- Demo – Hyper -V Network Settings
- Virtual Adapters
- Legacy Network Adapters
- Demo – Creating Network Adapters
- Considerations for VM Network Configuration
- Important Note – External Virtual Networks
- Virtual Machine MAC Address
- Using Snapshots
- Module 06 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 2h 1m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- TCP/IP Protocol Suite
- Components of Network Infrastructure
- TCP/IP Protocol
- Architecture
- TCP/IP Applications
- Sockets
- Ports
- IPv4 Addressing
- IP Configuration
- Public vs. Private IPv4 Addresses
- Relating to Binary
- IP Address Classes
- CIDR Notations / VLSM
- eNotes: CIDR
- Configuring IP Addresses Using Server Manager
- Configuring IP Address Using a Command Line
- Configure IP Address Using PowerShell
- Demo – Configure IP Address Using PowerShell
- TCP/IP Troubleshooting with PowerShell
- TCP/IP Diagnostics
- Network Card Teaming
- Supernetting
- Supernetting Examples
- Overview Of IPv6
- IPv4 vs IPv6
- Comparing IPv4 and IPv6
- IPv6 Benefits
- Equivalents
- IPv6 Addressing
- Link Local Unicast Addresses
- Host Private Address
- Zone ID’s
- Hexadecimal Numbering System
- Converting Binary to Hex
- Binary To Hex Examples
- Things to Know About TCP/IPv6
- Global Unicast Addresses
- Global Unicast Addresses Structure
- Unique Local Unicast Address
- Zone ID
- Format Prefixes
- IPv6 Address Structure
- Demo – Configuring IPv6 Client
- Autoconfiguration IPv6 Addresses
- Autoconfiguration Address States
- Autoconfiguration Process
- IPv6 Over IPv4 Tunneling
- Defining Capabilities: Node Types
- Configure ISATAP
- Host Configuration
- 6to4
- Teredo
- PortProxy
- Transition Process
- Module 07 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 27m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- DNS
- DNS for Name Resolution
- eNotes: How Names are Resolved – Iterative Queries
- Link -Local Multicast Name Resolution
- WINS
- Single Label Names – WINS
- Tools and Commands
- Demo – Tools and Commands
- DNS Terms to Know
- DNS Zones
- DNS Registration Enhancements Windows Server 2012 R2
- Demo – Installing the DNS Server Role
- Enhanced Zone Level Statistics Windows Server 2012 R2
- Enhanced PowerShell Support Server 2012 R2
- Dynamic Updates
- DNS Server Cache and Forwarding
- DNS Cache
- DNS Records Required for IPv6 Coexistence
- Troubleshooting Name Resolution
- eNotes: Troubleshooting Name Resolution
- DHCP
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Service
- Lease Generation
- DHCP Relay Agent
- DHCP on Server Core
- DHCP Installation
- Demo – Install DHCP
- Create and Configure Scopes IPv4
- Create and Configure Scopes IPv6
- DHCP Reservation
- Common DHCP Options
- Order Options are Assigned
- Managing DHCP Database
- Move DHCP Database
- Securing DHCP and Unauthorized Computers
- Improved PowerShell Commands for DHCP in Server 2012 R2
- New PowerShell Commands for DHCP
- Configure Client and Server for PXE Boot
- DHCP Audit Logging
- Common Event Codes
- DHCP Issues – Discussion
- Module 08 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 3h 31m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Overview of Active Directory Domain Services
- Physical Components of Active Directory
- Logical Components of Active Directory
- Domain Structures – Domain and Forest
- Domain Structure – Forest
- Domain Structure – Schema
- Domain Structures – Logical
- Default Containers and OU’s
- Domain Structures – Sites (Physical)
- Components of Site Structure
- Domain – Wide Scope
- Overview of Domain Controllers
- What Domain Controllers Do
- Depreciated Features Server 2012 Related to AD DS
- Server 2012 R2 Enhancements
- AD and Workplace Join
- Global Catalog
- Demo – Global Catalog
- Operations Master Roles
- Best Practices – FSMO and GC
- Forest and Domain Functional Levels
- Guidelines for Raising Domain and Forest Functional Levels
- Functional Level Options
- Functional Levels and Recycle Bin
- Demo – Functional Levels and FSMO
- Forest Functional Levels
- ADPrep Commands
- RODC
- How DC’s are Found and Used
- Demo – SRV Records DNS
- The AD DS Logon Process
- Install Domain Controllers
- DC Install Questions and Required Information
- Required Information to Collect Pre -Install
- Demo – Install Domain Controllers
- Upgrading Domain Controllers
- Clean Installation of Windows Server 2012 Domain Controllers
- Install Domain Controller Using IFM
- Demo – Remove A Domain Controller From A Domain
- Active Directory Management Tools
- User Accounts
- Uniqueness of Accounts
- Attributes of Users
- Creating Account Templates
- Locking vs. Disabled
- Directory Service Command Line Tools
- Groups
- Group Scopes
- Helpful Acronyms E-Notes
- Default Groups
- Protected Users Security Group
- Protected Users Security Group User Limitations
- Special Identities
- Computer Accounts
- Troubleshooting Computer Accounts
- Troubleshooting Steps
- Listing Group Membership
- Delegate Management of Active Directory Objects
- CSVDE for Exporting
- CSVDE for Importing
- Ldifde
- Ldifde – Export
- Ldifde – Import
- Managing AD DS with PowerShell
- Module 09 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 28m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Windows Security
- Windows Security – Defense in Depth
- Security Templates
- Methods to Distribute Security Templates
- User Rights
- Demo – Local Security Policy
- Auditing
- Restricted Groups
- Account Policies
- Security Compliance Manager (SCM)
- Group Policy
- GPO Locations – Content
- Components of Group Policy
- Group Policy Structure
- Administrative Templates
- ADM Files
- Group Policy Central Store
- Multiple Local Group Policies
- Notes: Local Group Policies
- Group Policy Preferences
- Common Preferences
- Starter GPO
- GPO Permissions
- Group Policy Processing
- Inheritance
- Default GPO’s
- Demo – Create a GPO
- Authentication Policies – Server 2012 R2
- Software Restriction Policies
- Basics: Software Restriction Policies
- AppLocker
- AppLocker Rules
- Windows Firewall
- Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
- Enhancements Over Standard Windows Firewall
- Firewall Profiles
- Connection Security Rules
- Deploy Firewall Rules
- Configure Authenticated Firewall Exceptions
- Module 10 Review
- Course Closure
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
- about 17.1 hours on-demand video
- 10 downloadable Pdf Workbooks
- Unlimited time access (During Membership)
- Access on mobile and Desktop
- Certificate of Completion
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Students are provided access to professional development activity files which allow for an individual to test out course theories and apply the knowledge they earned from the course.Review Quizzes
Once a course is completed, test your knowledge by taking our course review quiz! Students have the ability to retake any review quizzes as many times as they wish to ensure they understand the material or to improve upon their scores.Mobile Access
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