First Look: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Hands-On Lab for IT Professionals

4361: First Look: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Hands-On Lab for IT Professionals (1 day)

About This Hands-On Lab

At the end of this one-day hands-on lab, the students will have a high-level understanding of the feature areas and technologies new to Windows Server 2003 R2. High-level demos will provide practical insight on common scenarios.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for experienced systems administrators and engineers (at a 200-300 skill level) who have experience in deploying, administering, and supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system-based servers and networks.The primary audience for this clinic is enterprise-level IT Professionals and a secondary audience of mid-market-level IT Professionals with the following experience.Product or technology experience includes 1-2 years of experience using Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2 SP1; for example, a familiarity with installing, deploying, configuring, managing, and supporting Windows Server 2003 for a group or division with 50 people or fewer in an organization of more than 1000 people.

At Hands-On Lab Completion

After completing this hands-on lab, students will be able to:

• Describe what features are new to Windows Server 2003 in the R2 release.
• Describe the fundamental components that comprise Branch Office Management.
• Describe the fundamental components that comprise Storage Management.
• Describe the fundamental components that comprise Active Directory Federated Services.

Hands-On Lab Outline

Exercise 1: Integrating Branch Offices by Using Windows Server 2003 R2

In this lab, students will integrate branch offices.

Lab : Exercises

• Configuring a Small Publication
• Configuring a Large Publication
• Collecting Data

Exercise 2: Configuring Federated Identity Management

In this lab, students will configure Federated Identity Management.

Lab : Exercises

• Configuring the Resource Partner Organization
• Configuring the Account environment Organization
• Managing claim changes

Exercise 3: Managing Storage

In this session, students will install storage management components.

Lab : Exercises

• Installing Storage Management for Storage Area Networks and Creating a Logical Unit
• Installing File Server Resource Manager and managing servers with it