70-680 – Configuring Microsoft Windows 7 Series!
Overview: Candidates for this training series operate in computing environments that use Microsoft Windows 7 as a desktop operating system in an enterprise environment. Candidates should have at least one year of experience in the IT field, as well as experience implementing and administering any Windows client operating system in a networked environment. Candidates should be able to install, deploy, and upgrade to Windows 7, including ensuring hardware and software compatibility. Additionally, candidates should be able to configure pre-installation and post-installation system settings, Windows security features, network connectivity applications included with Windows 7, and mobile computing. Candidates should also be able to maintain systems, including monitoring for and resolving performance and reliability issues. Candidates should have a basic understanding of Windows PowerShell syntax.
Series Taught By: Ken Mayer
Available CEUs for Course Series Completion: 12
Students can earn up to 12 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: 30m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Installation Options
- New Features of Windows 7
- Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Why Use 64-bit Windows 7
- Installation Options
- Windows 7 Offerings
- Lesson: Choosing To Do the Clean Install
- Discussion: Considerations for a Clean Installation
- Discussion: Common Installation Errors
- Ways To Do A Clean Installation
- Demo – Configuring the Computer Name and Domain/Workgroup Settings
- Chapter 01 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 33m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Performing an Image Installation
- What is Windows Imaging File Format?
- Which Tools You Can Use
- The Process for Image-Based Installation
- Using SysPrep
- Capturing and Applying the Installation Image by Using ImageX
- Migrating User Data and Settings by Using USMT 4.0
- Configuring VHDs
- Lesson: Doing an Upgrade or Migration to Windows 7
- How to Choose Migration or Upgrade
- Upgrade Paths
- Determining the Feasibility of an Upgrade Using Windows Upgrade Advisor
- Steps to Upgrade to Windows 7
- Ways to Migrate User Data and Settings
- Steps to Migrate to Windows 7
- Migrating User Settings and Data by Using WET
- Lesson: Planning for Application Compatibility
- Common Compatibility Problems
- Common Mitigation Methods
- Updating Shims
- Chapter 02 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 52m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Windows 7 Disk Types and Formats
- The MBR Disk
- The GPT Disk
- Tools for Disk Management
- Demo – Converting an MBR Partition to a GPT Partition
- Lesson: Managing Hard Drives with Volumes
- A Simple Volume
- Demo – Creating a Simple Volume
- What are Spanned and Striped Volumes?
- Demo – Creating Spanned Volumes
- Demo – Creating Striped Volumes
- Why Would you Resize a Volume?
- Demo – Resizing a Volume
- Lesson: Hard Drive Maintenance
- Disk Fragmentation
- How to Defragment a Disk
- Disk Quotas
- Demo – Configuring Disk Quotas
- Chapter 03 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 36m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: IP Addressing
- Understanding the IPv4 Address
- Understanding the Subnet Mask
- Public and Private Address Space
- Why the Default Gateway
- Demo – Configuring an IPv4 Address
- Types of Computer Names
- Methods for Resolving Computer Names
- Why IPv6
- Windows 7 Support for IPv6
- Understanding the IPv6 Address Space
- Types of IPv6 Address Scopes
- Demo – Configuring an IPv6 Address
- Lesson: Auto IP Configuration
- Auto Configuration of IPv4 Settings
- Auto Configuration of IPv6 Settings
- Demo – Configuring a Computer to Obtain an IPv4 Address Dynamically
- Troubleshooting Client-Side DHCP Issues
- Lesson: Troubleshooting Networking
- Troubleshooting Tools
- Troubleshooting Methodology
- Demo – How to Troubleshoot Network-Related Problems
- Lesson: Introducing Wireless Networks
- Describing a Wireless Network
- Technologies Used in WiFi
- How Do You Secure WiFi?
- Lesson: Connecting Windows 7 to the Wireless Network
- Configuring the Hardware
- Wireless Network Settings
- How to Improve WiFi Signal Strength
- Troubleshooting WiFi Connections
- Chapter 04 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 10m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Planning for Authentication and Authorization
- Understanding Authentication and Authorization
- The Process of Authentication and Authorization
- New Authentication Features
- Lesson: Securing File Access
- NTFS Permission
- Permission Inheritance
- Demo – Configuring NTFS Permissions for Files and Folders
- How Permissions May Change with File Copy or Moving
- What are Effective Permissions?
- Discussion: Determining Effective Permissions
- Lesson: Compressing Files
- What is NTFS File Compression?
- How Compression Settings are Affected with File Move or Copy
- Zipped Folders
- Demo – Compressing Files and Folders
- Lesson: Sharing Folders and Printers
- What are Shared Folders?
- Ways to Share Folders
- Discussion: Combining NTFS and Share Permissions
- Using the Network and Sharing Center
- Managing Printing
- Printing Components in Windows 7
- Demo – Installing and Sharing a Printer
- Location-Aware Printing
- Client-Side Printing
- Chapter 05 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 46m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Installing and Configuring Device Drivers
- Overview of Device Drivers
- How to Install Devices and Drivers
- Tools for Device Driver Management
- Methods for Updating Drivers
- Managing Signed Drivers
- Discussion: Options for Recovering from a Driver Problem
- Demo – Managing Drivers by Using Device Manager
- Lesson: Windows 7 Performance Monitoring Tools
- Discussion: What Are Performance and Reliability Problems?
- Tools to Gather Performance Information
- Monitoring Performance and Using Data Collector Sets
- Demo – Using the Resource Monitor
- Demo – Analyzing System Performance by Using Data Collector Sets and Performance Monitor
- How Performance Monitor Can Help You
- Lesson: Monitoring Reliability of Windows 7
- How WDT Can Help You Solve Problems
- Windows Network Diagnostics Tools
- Windows Startup and Recovery
- Introducing the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool
- Looking at the Reliability Monitor and Problems Reports and Solutions Tool
- Chapter 06 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 14m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Discussion of Security Management in Windows 7
- New Security Features in Windows 7
- Introducing the New Action Center
- Demo – Configuring Action Center Settings
- Lesson: Using Windows Defender
- Watch Out for Malware
- What is Windows Defender?
- How Windows Defender Can Help You
- Demo – Configuring Windows Defender Settings
- Lesson: How does UAC Work?
- Revisiting UAC
- Improvements to How UAC Works
- Demo – Configuring Group Policy
- Getting Your Notifications
- Lesson: Using Windows Firewall
- Discussion: What is a Firewall?
- Basic Firewall Settings
- Advanced Security Options
- Know Your “Well-Known” Ports
- Demo – Configuring Inbound, Outbound, and Connection Security Rules
- Chapter 07 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 1h 10m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Using Local Policies to Secure Windows 7
- Introducing Group Policies
- How GPOs are Applied
- Order of Operations for Multiple Policies
- Demo – Creating Multiple Local Group Policies
- Demo – Configuring Local Security Policy Settings
- Lesson: How EFS and BitLocker Secure Your Data
- EFS
- Demo – Encrypting and Decrypting Files and Folders by Using EFS
- Introducing BitLocker
- BitLocker Requirements
- BitLocker Modes
- Setting BitLocker Options with Group Policies
- Configuring BitLocker
- Configuring BitLocker To Go
- Recovering BitLocker Encrypted Drives
- Lesson: Security With Application Restrictions
- Introducing AppLocker
- AppLocker Rules
- Demo – Configuring AppLocker
- What are Software Restriction Policies?
- Lesson: IE Version 8 Privacy Features
- Discussion: Compatibility Features in Internet Explorer 8
- Internet Explorer 8’s Enhanced Privacy Features
- Using the SmartScreen Feature in Internet Explorer 8
- Other Security Features in Internet Explorer 8
- Demo – Configuring Security in Internet Explorer 8
- Chapter 08 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 27m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Backing Up and Restore Options with Windows 7
- Discussion: Why Do Backups?
- Introducing the Backup and Restore Tool
- Demo – Perform a Backup
- Lesson: How System Restore Works
- Using Previous File Versions
- Configuring System Protection Settings
- Demo – Restore a System
- Lesson: Using the Windows Update
- What is Windows Update?
- Using Windows Update Settings
- Windows Updates with GPOs
- Chapter 09 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 34m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: Configuring Windows 7 for Mobility
- Discussion: What Devices Would be Considered Mobile?
- Settings to Configure on Mobile Computers
- What is a Sync Partnerships?
- Managing Power Options in Windows 7
- Demo – How to Configure a Power Plan
- Lesson: Remote Access Solutions
- Introducing Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance
- Setting Up Remote Desktop
- Understanding VPN Connections
- How to Make a VPN
- What is DirectAccess?
- How DirectAccess Works
- Requirements for Setting Up DirectAccess
- What is BranchCache?
- How BranchCache Works
- Requirements for Setting Up BranchCache
- Demo – Configuring BranchCache on a Windows 7 Client Computer
- Chapter 10 Review
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
(Duration: 20m)
- Workbook (Pdf)
- Lesson: What is Windows PowerShell 2.0?
- Overview of Windows PowerShell
- Improvements in Windows PowerShell 2.0
- Using cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0
- Understanding Windows PowerShell Eventing
- Introducing the Windows PowerShell 2.0 Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
- Operating the Windows PowerShell ISE Editor
- Lesson: Remoting With Windows PowerShell 2.0
- Overview of Windows PowerShell Remoting
- How to Connect to a Remote Computer
- Processing of Remote Commands
- Issuing Remote Commands
- Lesson: Configuring Group Policy with PowerShell 2.0
- PowerShell 2.0 Has New cmdlets for Group Policy Administration
- Requirements for Group Policy
- Chapter 11 Review
- Course Closure
- Review Quiz (Number of attempts allowed: Unlimited)
- about 9.16 hours on-demand video
- 11 downloadable Pdf Workbooks
- Unlimited time access (During Membership)
- Access on mobile and Desktop
- Certificate of Completion
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