This course explains changes in functionality to Windows Server 2008 and how these changes affect architecture and planning issues. Topics include: * Terminal Services * Internet Information Services * Windows Media Services * Virtualization Module 1: Designing IIS Web Farms Students will learn the process of designing IIS Web Farms with Windows 2008 and IIS 7. They will learn how to select the appropriate hardware and software platforms. You will learn techniques to leverage Web Farm Availability and Scalability. They will also learn how to select the proper storage. * Overview of Hardware and Platform Options * Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability * Design Content Storage Module 2: Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability The students will learn about Optimizing IIS Performance and Stability. * Designing Application Pools * Designing Script Mapping * Designing Bandwidth Allocation * Design Website Logging Module 3: Designing IIS Security In this module students will learn to establish and maintain very tight security using Microsoft IIS 7.0. * Design and Verify Transport Security * Design Authentication and Authorization * Design Delegation Administration Module 4: Design IIS Maintenance and UDDI The students will learn how to plan for an IIS installation, taking into account these new features. They will also learn how to deploy UDDI services. * Designing Internet Information Services Backup and Recovery * Specify Monitoring Requirements * Deploying UDDI Services * Tuning and Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 Module 5: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure The Students will learn how to design a terminal services infrastructure including how to design a terminal services licensing strategy and how to design for remote access with TS Gateways, TS Session Broker, RemoteApp programs, and TS Web Access. * Design Terminal Services Licensing * Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties * Design Device Redirection * Design Terminal Services Gateways * Design Terminal Services Broker * Design RemoteApp Programs * Design Web Access Module 6: Designing a Terminal Services Maintenance Strategy The students will be introduced to design and implementation planning using WSRM policies for application resource and reporting. We will also discuss group policy settings for terminal servers and how to design high availability for terminal services. Finally, we will specify monitoring, maintenance, and recovery requirements and procedures for terminal services. * Design Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Policies for Application Resource and Reporting * Specify Group Policy Settings for Terminal Servers * Design High Availability * Specify Monitoring Requirements * Specify Maintenance and Recovery Module 7: Design Windows Media Services Infrastructure Administration The students will learn about designing Windows Media Services in Windows Server 2008. They will become familiarized with live and on-demand content delivery. * Design Windows Media for Live Streaming * Windows Media Services for On-Demand Content * Improving Performance for On-Demand Content * Monitoring Windows Media Services Module 8: Design Virtualization Infrastructure The students will implement virtualization to consolidate servers, deploy branch office infrastructure servers, support legacy applications, and create a test environment. * Virtualization of a Test Server Environment * Virtualization and Migration of Legacy Applications * Design and Test a Virtualized Development Environment Module 9: Designing Virtualization Provisioning The students will learn how to determine virtualization appropriateness and virtual server provisioning. Students will also learn the importance of customizing virtual servers to standard configurations and also learn about virtual server deployment. * Design Virtual Server Provisioning Workflow Model * Evaluate Appropriateness for Virtualization * Evalu