You Will Learn How To
- Administer, secure and troubleshoot Windows Server 2012
- Implement local and remote administration for your server environment
- Secure servers using the Windows Firewall, Group Policy and Dynamic Access Control
- Baseline and tune systems through the Resource and Performance Monitors
- Diagnose and repair system failures using Windows recovery environments
- Build a high availability environment with Windows technologies, including clustering and Hyper-V
Course Benefits
The introduction of cloud computing and similar technologies changes the enterprise computing landscape and poses new challenges in server administration. Windows Server 2012 provides a strong foundation for addressing existing and new administrative challenges. In this course, you gain the practical hands-on experience to administer, secure and troubleshoot the Windows Server 2012 operating system in an enterprise environment.
Who Should Attend
IT administrators, security specialists and anyone responsible for administering Windows Server 2012. Experience with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012 is assumed.
Hands-On Training
Practical exercises provide experience administering Windows Server 2012.Exercises include:
- Creating performance baselines with Performance Monitor
- Configuring Server Manager groups
- Implementing Dynamic Access Control
- Managing the Windows boot process
- Troubleshooting registry and service issues
- Leveraging the Cloud with Hyper-V
- Administering servers with PowerShell 3
- Securing servers using the Windows Firewall and security policies
Course Content
Employing Administration Tools
Managing the server
- Evaluating server roles and features
- Installing roles with Server Manager
- Configuring functionality with PowerShell
Enabling remote administration
- Identifying barriers to remote management
- Employing Group Policies to overcome administration issues
- Implementing Windows Remote Management
- Tuning the Windows Firewall
- Making use of Server Manager groups
Exploring System Center applications
- Configuration Manager
- Operations Manager
- Data Protection Manager
- Virtual Machine Manager
Deploying Server Core
- Reviewing the features and benefits of Server Core
- Preparing for a production environment
- Administering the core remotely
- Determining the most effective scenario for deployment
Securing Windows Server 2012
Defining security components
- Analysing role-based security
- Testing Dynamic Access Control
- Safeguarding the server with the Windows Firewall
- Updating the server
Building security policies
- Documenting server security
- Composing optimal Group Policies
- Invoking local security policies
- Adhering to best practise
Auditing the server
- Diagnosing security issues
- Creating an audit trail
- Filtering the security log
Optimising Server Performance
Assessing workloads
- Balancing applications and server roles
- Evaluating hardware and software components
- Reconfiguring the operating system
- Determining hardware solutions
Monitoring server performance
- Analysing system behavior with Resource Monitor
- Establishing baselines with Performance Monitor
- Designing Data Collector Sets
Detecting and resolving performance concerns
- Identifying the appropriate Performance Monitor counters
- Solving the challenge of memory leaks
- Overcoming storage shortages
Troubleshooting Windows Server 2012
Recovering from boot process failures
- Breaking down the pre-Windows boot process
- Appraising the Windows load sequence
Selecting the appropriate Windowsrecovery environments
- Booting to the recovery console
- Leveraging WinRE to correct the problem
- Examining advanced boot options
Repairing key Windows components
- Maintaining a stable registry
- Fine-tuning Windows services
- Managing service accounts and privileges
- Identifying faulty drivers
- Solving network issues
Extracting information from the Event Viewer
- Collecting events from remote servers
- Attaching subscriptions to selected events
- Generating scheduled tasks with events
Implementing a HighAvailability Environment
Windows in the Cloud
- Preparing Windows features for the Cloud
- Producing a disaster recovery plan
- Scheduling Windows backups
Clustering Windows servers
- Meeting failover clustering requirements
- Recognising the role of Quorums
- Experimenting with failover
Virtualising servers
- Increasing scalability potential with Hyper-V
- Speeding up recovery with replicas
- Maintaining high availability with live migration
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