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Installing and Configuring Win Server 2012 R2 (70-410)

(70-410-complete) / ISBN : 978-1-61691-593-3
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Microsoft's MCSA and MCSE certification is proof of a person's competence across a spectrum of skills including installing and configuring servers, configuring server roles and features, deploying and configuring core network services, configuring Hyper-V, creating and managing Group Policy, etc. Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 is part of Microsoft's MCSE and MCSA certification. This MCSA certification is targeted at network or computer systems administrators or computer support specialists.
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1

Install Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Features and Advantages of Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2
  • Planning the Windows Server 2012 R2 Installation
  • Understanding Features On Demand
  • Storage in Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
2

Configure Network Services

  • Introducing DNS
  • Introducing DNS Database Zones
  • Advantages of DNS in Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Introducing DNS Record Types
  • Configuring DNS
  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting DNS
  • Overview of DHCP
  • Installing and Authorizing DHCP
  • Creating and Managing DHCP Scopes
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
3

Plan and Install Active Directory

  • Verifying the File system
  • Verifying Network Connectivity
  • Understanding Domain and Forest Functionality
  • Planning the Domain Structure
  • Installing Active Directory
  • Verifying Active Directory Installation
  • Creating and Configuring Application Data Partitions
  • Configuring DNS Integration with Active Directory
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
4

Configure Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Understanding File Servers
  • Configuring File Servers
  • Configuring Disk Quotas
  • Configuring Print Services
  • Configuring Remote Management
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
5

Administer Active Directory

  • An Overview of OUs
  • Planning the OU Structure
  • Creating OUs
  • Managing OUs
  • Troubleshooting OUs
  • Creating and Managing Active Directory Objects
  • Publishing Active Directory Objects
  • Using the Command Prompt for Active Directory Configuration
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
6

Manage GPOs

  • Introducing Group Policy
  • Planning a Group Policy Strategy
  • Implementing Group Policy
  • Managing Group Policy
  • Deploying Software Through a GPO
  • Implementing Software Deployment
  • Configuring Software Deployment Settings
  • Troubleshooting Group Policies
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
7

Manage Security

  • Managing Security
  • Implementing an Audit Policy
  • Configuring Windows Firewall Options
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
8

Configure TCP/IP

  • Understanding TCP/IP
  • Understanding IP Addressing
  • Subnetting a Network
  • Understanding IPv6
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
9

Use Virtualization in Windows Server 2012

  • Hyper-V Overview
  • Hyper-V Installation and Configuration
  • Configuring Virtual Machines
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
A

Appendix A

1

Install Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Installing Windows Server 2012
  • Installing Windows Server Migration Tools
  • Converting the GUI interface to the Server Core interface
  • Installing the FTP server under the Web Server role
  • Installing the Group Policy Management Tools feature
  • Starting the Windows PowerShell utility
  • Initializing disk drives
  • Converting a basic disk into a dynamic disk
  • Configuring an iSCSI storage connection
  • Configuring the iSNS feature
2

Configure Network Services

  • Installing a DNS server
  • Setting dynamic updates
  • Creating DNS resource records
  • Configuring a zone for dynamic updates
  • Creating DNS domains
  • Performing simple DNS tests
  • Installing DHCP Server
  • Configuring a DHCP Server
  • Unauthorizing a DHCP Server
  • Authorizing a DHCP Server
  • Creating a new user class
  • Configuring user class options
3

Plan and Install Active Directory

  • Viewing disk configuration
  • Installing the Active Directory Domain Services role
  • Installing AD DS on server core
4

Configure Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Monitoring the routing status
  • Configuring a shared network folder for offline access
  • Creating a Share with Server Manager
  • Configuring offline folder options
  • Defining a new quota entry
  • Configuring disk quotas
  • Installation of the Print and Document Services Role
  • Installing a new printer
  • Scheduling Printer Access
  • Deploying printers using Active Directory
  • Adding and removing groups from a printer's properties
  • Installing an Internet Printing client
  • Installing the Windows Migration feature using PowerShell
5

Administer Active Directory

  • Creating an organizational unit using Active Directory Users and Computers
  • Moving an organizational unit
  • Delegating custom tasks
  • Deleting an OU
  • Creating a group using Active Directory Administrative Center
  • Creating and publishing a shared folder
  • Creating computer objects
  • Creating a user template
  • Creating a single user
  • Resetting an existing computer account
  • Resetting a password
  • Managing group properties
  • Creating a global security group
  • Managing object properties
  • Nesting objects
  • Delegating administration
  • Managing printers
  • Creating an organizational unit using Windows PowerShell
6

Manage GPOs

  • Deleting the web browsing history
  • Editing a new GPO
  • Adding a group to the GPO
  • Applying security policies by using Group Policy
  • Creating and linking a new GPO to an OU
  • Applying maximum security log size
  • Applying security policy settings
  • Configuring the Certificate Services Client - Auto Enrollment policy
  • Creating a Starter GPO
  • Creating group policy objects from Starter GPO
  • Creating a GPO and linking it with the existing GPO
  • Removing groups from GPOs
  • Creating automatically generated executable rules
  • Defining software restrictions policies
7

Manage Security

  • Enabling an active desktop
  • Prohibiting user access to Control Panel and PC
  • Viewing auditing data
  • Enabling audit logon events for success and failure
  • Enabling auditing of Active Directory objects
  • Creating an inbound rule
  • Allowing apps through the Windows Firewall Control Panel
8

Configure TCP/IP

  • Creating a DHCPv4 Scope
  • Locating the DHCPv4 Scope
  • Creating a DHCPv6 Scope
  • Creating an IPv4 Superscope
  • Creating a New Multicast Scope
  • Enabling DHCP-DNS Integration
  • Enabling DNS Recursive Name Server IPv6 Address List
  • Installing IPAM Server
9

Use Virtualization in Windows Server 2012

  • Creating a virtual hard disk
  • Installing the Hyper-V role
  • Installing the Web Server IIS server role
  • Editing a virtual hard disk file
  • Creating a virtual switch
  • Installing the Hyper-V Management Tools feature
  • Creating a VM with an existing virtual hard disk
  • Creating a Pass-through disk
  • Creating a snapshot
  • Applying a snapshot
  • Configuring a dynamic memory
  • Creating a virtual network

1

Install Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Configure Local Storage
  • Install and Configure Servers
  • Configure Disk Pools
  • Managing Failover Clustering and Storage Pools
2

Configure Network Services

  • Deploy and Configure DHCP Service
  • Deploy and Configure DNS Service
3

Plan and Install Active Directory

  • Install Domain Controllers
  • Install AD DS on Server Core
4

Configure Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Configure File and Share Access
  • Configure Print and Document Services
  • Configure Windows Firewall
  • Configuring Work Folders
5

Administer Active Directory

  • Create and Manage AD Groups and OUs
  • Create and Manage Active Directory Users and Computers
6

Manage GPOs

  • Configure Application Restriction Policies
  • Create Group Policy Objects
7

Manage Security

  • Configure Security Policies
8

Configure TCP/IP

  • Configure IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing
9

Use Virtualization in Windows Server 2012

  • Create and Configure Virtual Machine Settings
  • Create and Configure Virtual Machine Storage
  • Create and Configure Virtual Networks
  • Configure Network Interface Card Teaming in VMs

Why Do Learners Love This Course?

The course and labs teach you all the basic and advanced technologies and methods related to installing and configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 with the real-world scenarios. The cert guide contains live-labs as an add-on component to enhance your learning experience. Live-Lab is a real computer equipment, networked together and conveniently accessible over the internet using virtualization. A live-lab has types of equipment such as a computer, server, switch or router in it that a user is free to configure. If you are thinking about getting the MCSA certification. Then, I would recommend you to get yourself enrolled in the uCertify 70-410 study guide and start preparing for the MCSA exam.

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