Windows 2008 System Administration

Length: 5 Days Price: Contact NETS for pricing.

This course provides hands on experience installing and configuring Windows Server 2008. Students will perform full and core CD-based standard installation, deploy an image, configure and tune the server and assign roles and services. Attendees will practice local and remote administration of security, network, data and hardware in hands on labs. After installing an Active Directory domain controller, students will create and assign users, groups, permissions, rights, policies and profiles.

Attendees will configure and troubleshoot the TCP/IP network, create custom consoles and Powershell scripts, and implement a backup strategy. Also covered are many aspects of local security, such as group policy objects (GPO), Encrypting File System (EFS), rights and permissions, Firewall, and Network Level Authentication. Students will learn to use enterprise tools such as Distributed File System (DFS) and File System Resource Manager (FSRM) to facilitate clustering and virtualization. Comprehensive labs and exercises give the students real experience deploying, managing and troubleshooting the Windows 2008 infrastructure.

Prerequisites: Understanding of Windows Vista or Windows 7, Aero interface and control panel applets.