Course Outline
Module 1.1 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 1.2: 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 defence-in-depth model.
Module 2.1: Designing IP Addressing, Routing and Switching
This module describes how to design a plan for allocating IP addresses to workstations and servers and how to design a network topology.
Lessons:
- Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme
- Designing an IPv6 Addressing Scheme
- Designing DHCP Implementation
- Designing DHCP Configuration Options
- Preparing for Designing a Network Routing Topology
- Selecting Network Devices
- Designing Internet Connectivity and Perimeter Networks
- Designing Routing Communications
- Evaluating Network Performance
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
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:
- 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
- Prepare for designing a network routing topology
- Design the placement of routers
- Design a perimeter network
- Design routing communications
- Evaluate network performance
Module 2.2: 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 2.2: Designing Name Resolution & Advanced Name Resolution
This module explains how to design an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates DNS and also explains an appropriate name resolution system that incorporates DNS and WINS.
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
- 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: 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
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:
- 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.
- Optimize DNS resolution.
- Design DNS for high availability.
- Design a WINS Name resolution strategy.
Module 3.1: 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 3.2: 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 4.2: 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 5.1: Designing File Services, DFS and Print Services 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
- Overview of a Print Services Design
- Designing Print Services
Lab: Designing File Services and DFS in Windows Server 2008
- Exercise 1: Designing and Implementing DFS
- Exercise 2: Designing and Implementing FSRM
Lab: Designing Shared Resources in Windows Server 2007
- 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 design of file services
- Describe the design of Distributed File System (DFS)
- Describe the design of File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
- Describe the print services design
- Design print services.
Module 5.2: 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.
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