70-642 - Configuring Windows Server 2008

The course provides all the necessary information that a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration should know.

In the 70-642 – Configuring Windows Server 2008 R2 Network Infrastructure course, you will learn how to work with IP addressing and services, names resolution, file and print services, network access and remote access, and monitoring network services.

The course teaches you about the proper ways of configuring addresses and services through a detailed analysis of configuring IPv4 and IPv6, the ways of configuring dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), configuring routing, creating DHCP Servers for your network, creating Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, and deploying DNS server. The course will also teach you the process of connecting Windows with LAN, managing files and printers, and the ways of securing Windows through updates

Course Curriculum

Understanding and Configuring IP

• Introducing the OSI Model
• How IPv4 Works
• Subnets and Supernets
• What’s New with IPv6
• Configuring Windows with an IPv4 Address

Configuring IP Based Solutions

• Why Use a DHCP Server
• Creating DHCP Servers for Your Network
• How Windows Performs Name to IP Resolution
• Configuring Windows to Use DNS
• How Does DNS Really Work
• Deploying DNS Servers
• DNS Configurable Options
• Managing Different Types of DNS Zones
• Configuring Zone Replication and Transfers
• Understanding IP Routing
• Routing Explained
• Router Communication Protocols

Connecting Windows to the LAN

• NAT Explained
• Making NAT Work
• Remote Access to Other Networks
• WiFi Basics

Securing the Client, Network, and Communications

• Communication Security: IPSec
• Enforcing IPSec with Policies
• Network Security with NAP
• Client Security with Windows Firewall
• Other Security Solutions

Managing Files

• Working with File Security
• Server Role – File Services
• Using DFS
• Using EFS
• Performing a Backup and Restore

Monitoring Systems

• How to Install and Use Network Monitor and SNMP
• Windows Performance and Reliability Monitoring
• Looking at Event Logs
• Configuring Event Forwarding

Managing Printers

• Server Role – Print Services
• How to Share Printers

Securing Windows Through Updates

• What is Windows Server Update Services?
• Planning & Deploying the WSUS Installation
• Using Windows Server Update Services
• Using WSUS

Eligibility / Requirements

Our 70-642 – Configuring Windows Server 2008 R2 Network Infrastructure is fully compatible with any kind of device. Whether you are using Windows computer, Mac, smartphones or tablets, you will get the same experience while learning. Besides that, you will be able to access the course with any kind of internet connection from anywhere at any time without any kind of limitation.