NR Computer Learning Center (NRCLC) offers hands-on training to help students understand Server Installation, Server Roles, Active Directory, Storage, Server Performance Management, and Server Maintenance. This course will help students prepare for MTA 98-365.
Technology
Windows Server 2008
Topic
- Understand server installation
- Understand device drivers & troubleshootin
- Understand Plug & Play, IRQ, interrupts, driver signing
- Understand what services are
- Understand different statuses of a service
- Understand recovery options
- Delayed startup,run As settings for a service
- Stopping or pausing a service; service accounts
- Understand server installation options
- Choosing correct OS version & partitioning
- Using F8 options, server core vs. full
- Understand various installation
- interactive, unattended, automated using WDS installation
- upgrade vs. clean install
- firmware updates including BIOS
- Installing devices and their drivers
- Server Core installation option getting started guide
- Installing Windows Server 2008 R2, Understanding server roles
- Identify application servers, Mail servers,
- Identify database servers, collaboration servers,
- Identify monitoring servers, threat management,
- Understanding Web services, IIS, WWW, and FTP
- Separate worker processes
- Adding components, sites, ports, SSL, certificates
- Understand remote access, Remote assistance
- remote administration tools, Remote Desktop Services
- Understanding licensing, RD Gateway
- VPN, application virtualization, multiple ports
- Understanding Local printers, network printers
- printer pools, web printing, web management
- Understanding driver deployment, file, folder
- share permissions vs. rights, auditing, print job management
- Understanding server virtualization, Virtualization mode
- , VHDs, virtual memory,
- Understanding virtual networks
- snapshots and saved states,
- physical to virtual, virtual to physical
- Preparation resources
- Understanding Active Directory
- Understand accounts and groups
- Domain accounts; local accounts
- user profiles; group types
- group scopes; group nesting
- AGDLP
- Understanding organizational units and containers
- Understanding purpose of organizational units
- purpose of containers, delegation
- Understanding Active Directory infrastructure
- Domain controllers, forests
- Understanding operation masters roles
- domain vs. workgroup, child domains, trusts
- Understanding functional levels
- namespace, site, replication
- Understanding group policy
- Group policy processing
- Group Policy Management Console
- Understanding computer policies
- user policies; local policies
- Preparation resource
- Active Directory Services
- Designing OU structures that work
- Understanding storage
- Identify storage technologies
- Advantages and disadvantages of different storage types
- local (SATA, SCSI, IDE); NAS
- SAN; fibre channel; iSCSI; NFS
- FC HBA and FC switches
- iSCSI hardware
- Understand RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and combinations
- hardware and software RAID
- Understand disk types, ATA
- basic disk vs dynamic disk
- mount points
- file systems
- mounting a virtual hard disk
- distributed file systems
- optical disks
- Preparation resources
- Planning for disks and storage
- Windows Server 2008—file and storage solutions
- Overview of disk management
- Understanding server performance management
- Identify major server hardware components
- Understanding Memory; disk; processor
- network; 32 / 64 bits
- removable drives
- graphic cards
- Understanding cooling; power usage, ports
- Understand performance monitoring Methodology
- Understanding procedures
- effect of network
- CPU, memory and disk
- creating a baseline
- Understanding perfmon; resmon;
- Task Manager; performance counters
- Preparation resources
- Performance monitoring getting started guide
- Identify steps in the startup process
- BIOS; bootsector; bootloader; MBR; boot.ini
- Using bcdedit; POST; Safe Mode, Backup and restore
- disaster recovery; clustering
- Understanding AD restore folder redirection
- data redundancy
- uniterruptible power supply (UPS)
- Understanding updates
- Understanding Driver; operating systems; applications
- Windows Update; Windows Server Update Service (WSUS)
- Troubleshooting methodology, Processes
- procedures
- best practices; systematic vs. specific approach
- Understanding perfmon
- Event Viewer
- Resource Monitor
- Understanding Information Technology Infrastructure Library
- central logging; event filtering;
- Understanding default logs
Target Audience
- Students who are interested understanding Windows Server
- Students who are interested in developing career as a System Administrator
- Student preparing for MTA Exam
The Training Includes
- Classroom instruction
- Hands-on workshops
- Training Material
- Quick Reference Guide
For more information
call 714-505-3475