MCSA: Windows Server 2008 Solutions Associate
Validate your skills and differentiate yourself as better able to work with Windows Server 2008 in a real-world business context. (New to IT? Learn about MTA certification for new entrants.)
Required Exams
(6425C) Exam: 70-640, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
Course Content
Module 1: Introducing Active Directory Domain Services
Overview of Active Directory, Identity, and Access
Active Directory Components and Concepts
Install Active Directory Domain Services
Module 2: Administering Active Directory Securely and Efficiently
Work with Active Directory Administration Tools
Custom Consoles and Least Privilege
Find Objects in Active Directory
Use Windows PowerShell to Administer Active Directory
Module 3: Managing Users and Service Accounts
Create and Administer User Accounts
Configure User Object Attributes
Automate User Account Creation
Create and Configure Managed Service Accounts
Module 4: Managing Groups
Overview of Groups
Administer Groups
Best Practices for Group Management
Module 5: Managing Computer Accounts
Create Computers and Join the Domain
Administer Computer Objects and Accounts
Perform an Offline Domain Join
Module 6: Implementing a Group Policy Infrastructure
Understand Group Policy
Implement GPOs
Manage Group Policy Scope
Group Policy Processing
Troubleshoot Policy Application
Module 7: Managing User Desktop with Group Policy
Implement Administrative Templates
Configure Group Policy Preferences
Manage Software with GPSI
Module 8: Managing Enterprise Security and Configuration with Group Policy Settings
Manage Group Membership by Using Group Policy Settings
Manage Security Settings
Auditing
Software Restriction Policy and Applocker
Module 9: Securing Administration
Delegate Administrative Permissions
Audit Active Directory Administration
Module 10: Improving the Security of Authentication in an AD DS Domain
Configure Password and Lockout Policies
Audit Authentication
Configure Read-Only Domain Controllers
Module 11: Configuring Domain Name System
Install and Configure DNS in an AD DS Domain
Integration of AD DS, DNS, and Windows
Advanced DNS Configuration and Administration
Module 12: Administering AD DS Domain Controllers
Domain Controller Installation Options
Install a Server Core Domain Controller
Manage Operations Masters
Configure Global Catalog
Configure DFS-R Replication of SYSVOL
Module 13: Managing Sites and Active Directory Replication
Configure Sites and Subnets
Configure Replication
Module 14: Directory Service Continuity
Monitor Active Directory
Manage the Active Directory Database
Active Directory Recycle Bin
Back Up and Restore AD DS and Domain Controllers
Module 15: Managing Multiple Domains and Forests
Configure Domain and Forest Functional Levels
Manage Multiple Domains and Trust Relationships
Move Objects between Domains and Forests
(6421B) Exam: 70-642, Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
Module 1: Planning and Configuring IPv4
Implementing an IPv4 Network Infrastructure
Overview of Name Resolution Services in an IPv4 Network Infrastructure
Configuring and Troubleshooting IPv4
Module 2: Configuring and Troubleshooting DHCP
Overview of the DHCP Server Role
Configuring DHCP Scopes
Configuring DHCP Options
Managing a DHCP Database
Monitoring and Troubleshooting DHCP
Configuring DHCP Security
Module 3: Configuring and Troubleshooting DNS
Installing the DNS Server Role
Configuring the DNS Server Role
Configuring DNS Zones
Configuring DNS Zone Transfers
Managing and Troubleshooting DNS
Module 4: Configuring and Troubleshooting IPv6 TCP/IP
Overview of IPv6
IPv6 Addressing
Coexistence with IPv6
IPv6 Transition Technologies
Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6
Module 5: Configuring and Troubleshooting Routing and Remote Access
Configuring Network Access
Configuring VPN Access
Overview of Network Policies
Overview of the Connection Manager Administration Kit
Troubleshooting Routing and Remote Access
Configuring DirectAccess
Module 6: Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting the Network Policy Server Role Service
Installing and Configuring a Network Policy Server
Configuring RADIUS Clients and Servers
NPS Authentication Methods
Monitoring and Troubleshooting a Network Policy Server
Module 7: Implementing Network Access Protection
Overview of Network Access Protection
How NAP Works
Configuring NAP
Monitoring and Troubleshooting NAP
Module 8: Increasing Security for Windows Servers
Windows Security Overview
Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Deploying Updates with Windows Server Update Services
Module 9: Increasing Security for Network Communication
Overview of IPsec
Configuring Connection Security Rules
Configuring NAP with IPsec Enforcement
Monitoring and Troubleshooting IPsec
Module 10: Configuring and Troubleshooting Network File and Print Services
Configuring and Troubleshooting File Shares
Encrypting Network Files with EFS
Encrypting Partitions with BitLocker
Configuring and Troubleshooting Network Printing
Module 11: Optimizing Data Access for Branch Offices
Branch Office Data Access
DFS Overview
Overview of DFS Namespaces
Configuring DFS Replication
Configuring BranchCache
Module 12: Controlling and Monitoring Network Storage
Monitoring Network Storage
Controlling Network Storage Utilization
Managing File Types on Network Storage
Module 13: Recovering Network Data and Servers
Recovering Network Data with Volume Shadow Copies
Recovering Network Data and Servers with Windows Server Backu
Module 14: Monitoring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Servers
Monitoring Tools
Using Performance Monitor
Monitoring Event Logs
(6433A) Exam: 70-646, Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
Module 1: Planning Server Deployment and Upgrade
Developing a Deployment Strategy
Virtualization Considerations
Selecting an Automation Strategy
Implementing an Automation Strategy
Module 2: Planning Server Management and Delegated Administration
Remote Server Management Tools
Decentralizing Systems Administration
Module 3: Planning Network Addressing and Name Resolution
Provisioning IPv4 Addresses on Enterprise Networks
Provisioning IPv6 Addresses on Enterprise Networks
Transitioning to IPv6
Provisioning DNS Services on Enterprise Networks
Module 4: Planning and Provisioning Active Directory Domain Services
Deploying Domain Controllers in Multi-Site Organizations
Planning Administrative and Management Structures for AD DS
Planning a Maintenance Strategy for AD DS
Planning a Backup and Restore Strategy for AD DS
Module 5: Planning Group Policy Strategy
Planning Group Policy Settings
Planning the Assignment of Group Policies
Planning the Management of Group Policy Objects
Module 6: Planning Active Directory Certificate Services
Enterprise PKI Deployment and Administration
Managing Certificate Templates
Planning Certificate Enrollment and Revocation
Module 7: Planning and Provisioning Application Servers
Planning and Provisioning Web Services
Planning and Provisioning Presentation Virtualization
Planning and Provisioning Application Virtualization
Module 8: Planning File and Print Services
Provisioning File Services
Provisioning and Managing Storage
Provisioning and Managing Network Print Services
Migrating File and Print Services
Module 9: Planning Network Access
Planning Network Security
Planning Virtual Private Networks
Planning Network Access Protection
Planning DirectAccess
Module 10: Provisioning Data and Storage
Planning and Implementing Distributed File System
Planning and Implementing BranchCache
Provisioning Storage
Module 11: Planning Update Deployment
WSUS Topologies
Update Management
Module 12: Planning High Availability
Planning Network Load Balancing
Planning Failover Clustering
Planning for Service Availabilit
Module 13: Planning Performance and Event Monitoring
Monitoring and Analyzing Server Performance
Managing Events
Module 14: Enterprise Backup and Recovery
Disaster Recovery Concepts
Planning Windows Server Backup
Planning Recovery of Data and servers