6435 - Designing a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

This five-day course will provide students with an understanding of how to design a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure that meets business and technical requirements for network services.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe key components of network infrastructure design
• Describe how to design a secure network
• Design a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers
• Design a network topology
• Describe the internal considerations for network security and how they can be addressed
• Design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates Domain Name System (DNS)
• Optimize a name resolution system that incorporates DNS and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
• Design a solution for network access
• Design a Network Access Protection (NAP) solution
• Design a solution for operating system deployment and maintenance
• Design the deployment of file services
• Design print services in Windows Server 2008
• Design high availability for applications and services

Module 1 Overview of Network Infrastructure Design
This module describes the key components of network infrastructure design.

Lessons 
• Preparing for Network Infrastructure Design
• Designing the Network Topology
• Designing Network Infrastructure for Virtualization
• Designing a Change Management Structure for a Network

Lab: Designing Network Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008
• Exercise 1: Preparing for the Network Infrastructure Design
• Exercise 2: Designing the Network Topology
• Exercise 3: Designing Network Infrastructure for Virtualization
• Exercise 4: Designing a Change Management plan
• Exercise 5: Lab Discussion

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the network infrastructure design.
• Design the network topology.
• Design network infrastructure for virtualization.
• Design a change management structure for a network.

Module 2: Designing Network Security
This module explains how design a secure network.

Lessons
• Overview of Network Security Design
• Creating a Security Plan
• Identifying Threats to Network Security
• Analyzing Security Risks
• The Defense-in-Depth Model

Lab: Designing a Network Security Plan
• Exercise 1: Designing a Team for the Security Plan
• Exercise 2: Identifying Threats
• Exercise 3: Analyzing Risk
• Exercise 4: Discussion of Designing a Network Security Plan

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the security design process.
• Describe the components of a security plan.
• Describe how to identify threats.
• Describe how to assess risk.
• Describe the defense-in-depth model.

Module 3: Designing IP Addressing
This module describes how to design a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers.

Lessons
• Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
• Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme
• Designing DHCP Implementation
• Designing DHCP Configuration Options

Lab: Designing IP Addressing in Windows Server 2008
• Exercise 1: Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
• Exercise 2: Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme
• Exercise 3: Designing a DHCP Implementation
• Exercise 4: Discussion of IP Address Allocation

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe how to integrate IPv4 and IPv6.
• Describe how to allocate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
• Describe how to implement DHCP placement.
• Describe how to determine DHCP options

Module 4: Designing Routing and Switching
This module explains how to design a network topology.

Lessons
• Preparing for Designing a Network Routing Topology
• Selecting Network Devices
• Designing Internet Connectivity and Perimeter Networks
• Designing Routing Communications
• Evaluating Network Performance

Lab: Designing a Network Routing Topology
• Exercise 1: Designing the Placement of Routers
• Exercise 2: Designing a Perimeter Network
• Exercise 3: Evaluating Network Performance
• Exercise 4: Discussion of Designing a Network Routing Topology

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Prepare for designing a network routing topology.
• Design the placement of routers.
• Design a perimeter network.
• Design routing communications.
• Evaluate network performance.

Module 5: Designing Security for Internal Networks
This module explains the internal considerations for network security and how they can be addressed.

Lessons
• Designing Windows Firewall Implementation
• Overview of IPSec
• Designing IPSec Implementation

Lab: Designing a Secure Internal Network
• Exercise 1: Designing a Windows Firewall Implementation
• Exercise 2: Designing an IPSec Implementation

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe how Windows Firewall can be used to secure networks
• Describe how IPSec can be used to secure networks

Module 6: Designing Name Resolution
This module explains how to design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates DNS.

Lessons
• Collecting Information for a Name Resolution Design
• Designing a DNS Server Strategy
• Designing a DNS Namespace
• Designing DNS Zone Implementation
• Designing Zone Replication and Delegation

Lab: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy in Windows Server 2008
• Exercise 1: Designing a DNS server strategy
• Exercise 2: Designing a DNS namespace
• Exercise 3: Designing a DNS zone and replication strategy
• Exercise 4: Discuss the design of name resolution
• Exercise 5: Implement a DNS zone and replication strategy

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Determine the information required to plan name resolution.
• Describe how to design a DNS server strategy.
• Describe how to design a DNS namespace
• Describe how to design a DNS zone strategy.
• Describe how to design a DNS zone replication strategy.

Module 7: Designing Advanced Name Resolution
This module explains an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates DNS and WINS.

Lessons
• Optimizing DNS Queries
• Designing DNS for High Availability
• Designing a WINS Name Resolution Strategy

Lab: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy in Windows Server 2008
• Exercise 1: Optimize DNS resolution
• Exercise 2: Designing and Configuring WINS Name Resolution
• Exercise 3: Integrating DNS and WINS Name Resolution

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Optimize DNS resolution.
• Design DNS for high availability.
• Design a WINS Name resolution strategy.

Module 8: Planning and Deploying the Application Virtualization Management System
This module explains how to design a solution for network access.

Lessons
• Gathering Data for Designing Network Access Solutions
• Securing and Controlling Network Access
• Designing Remote Access Services
• ‘Designing RADIUS Authentication with Network Policy Services’
• Designing Wireless Access

Lab: Designing Network Access Solutions
• Exercise 1: Determining Network Access Requirements
• Exercise 2: Designing a Remote Access Solution
• Exercise 3: Designing Network Policy Services
• Exercise 4: Discuss the Design of Network Access
• Exercise 5: Designing a Wireless Connection Solution

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe how to gather data for designing network access solutions.
• Describe how to secure and control network access.
• Describe how to design remote access services.
• Describe how to design a RADIUS solution.
• Describe how to design wireless access.

Module 9: Designing Network Access Protection
This module explains how to design a NAP solution.

Lessons
• Designing the NAP Platform Architecture
• Network Policy Server Component Design
• Designing NAP Enforcement Point and Client Component Requirements
• IPSec Enforcement for NAP

Lab: Designing Network Access Protection
• Exercise 1: Designing the NAP Platform Architecture
• Exercise 2: Designing and Implementing the Network Policy Server Components
• Exercise 3: Designing and Implementing the NAP Enforcement and Client Components

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe how to design the NAP platform architecture.
• Describe NPS design for NAP.
• Describe how to design NAP enforcement point and client component requirements.
• Describe IPSec based NAP.

Module 10: Designing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance
This module explains how to design a solution for operating system deployment and maintenance.

Lessons
• Determining Operating System Deployment Requirements
• Deploying an Operating System by Using WDS
• Planning for the Creation and Modification of Images
• Designing Multicast Transmission of Images

Lab: Designing Operating System Deployment and Maintenance
• Exercise 1: Designing an Operating System Deployment Solution
• Exercise 2: Designing WDS Deployment
• Exercise 3: Designing WDS Images
• Exercise 4: Discussing WDS Deployment and Images Design
• Exercise 5: Implementing Multicast Transmissions for Images

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Determine operating system deployment requirements
• Describe operating system deployment using Windows Deployment Services.
• Plan the creation and modification of images.
• Design multicast transmission of images.

Module 11: Designing File Services and DFS in Windows Server 2008
This module explains how to design the deployment of file services.

Lessons
• Designing File Services
• Designing DFS
• Designing the FSRM Configuration

Lab: Designing File Services and DFS in Windows Server 2008
• Exercise 1: Designing and Implementing DFS
• Exercise 2: Designing and Implementing FSRM

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the design of file services.
• Describe the design of Distributed File System (DFS).
• Describe the design of File Server Resource Manager (FSRM).

Module 12: Designing Print Services in Windows Server 2008
This module explains how to design print services in Windows Server 2008.

Lessons
• Overview of a Print Services Design
• Designing Print Services

Lab: Designing Shared Resources in Windows Server 2008
• Exercise 1: Analyzing the Components of a Print Services Design
• Exercise 2: Designing a Shared Printer Deployment

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the print services design.
• Design print services.

Module 13: Designing High Availability in Windows Server 2008
This module explains how to design high availability for applications and services.

Lessons
• Overview of High Availability
• Designing Network Load Balancing for High Availability
• Designing Failover Clustering for High Availability
• Designing Geographically Dispersed Failover Clusters

Lab: Designing High Availability in Windows Server 2008
• Exercise 1: Designing High Availability
• Exercise 2: Implementing an NLB Design
• Exercise 3: Implementing a Failover Cluster Design

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the need for high availability
• Describe how to design Network Load Balancing for high availability
• Describe how to design Failover Clustering for high availability
• Describe how to design geographically dispersed failover clustering

The primary audience for this course is IT professionals, including Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 enterprise administrators interested in becoming a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator who focuses on network solutions.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Active Directory Technology Specialist level knowledge and concepts.
• Network Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience.
• Applications Infrastructure Technology Specialist level knowledge and experience.
• Windows Vista TS or D
• Experience with Windows operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista
• Intermediate understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, name resolution, and connection methods.
• Intermediate understanding of security best practices for authentication and file permissions.
• Intermediate understanding of server and network hardware.