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Ascom "Microsoft Server 2012 R2 & Webserver"

One-week course

Agenda

Day	Content
Monday 29. February	Welcome - an introduction to the course! Theme: Server2012 Installation & Virtualization - Create a TestLab! Lessons PreTest to determine students starting point and how to combine student groups - login here! Repetition of TCP/IP networking with clients, servers, services and ressources - click here! Introduction to Microsoft Server 2012 R2, the editions and what's new! One of the books for the course reading Introduction to VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.0 - ESXi (For virtualization in workshop) Introduction to Server 2012 R2 installation and basic configurations (Official PowerPoint) Case tasks in workshop Build your own Server2012 R2 TestLab environment - click here for diagram! Clients, servers and network infrastructure!
Tuesday 1. March	Theme: Server2012 R2 roles and features - Build a 'company'! Lessons Introduction to DNS and NetBIOS in an Active Directory Environment Introduction to Microsoft's Active Directory - Directory Services Best practices for structuring Organizational Units Introduction to Active Directory user –and computer accounts NTFS/Share walkthrough and demonstration - check this example network! Active Directory Groups and Access Management best practices Case tasks in workshop Installing and configuring AD DS and DNS services - download a tasks list here! Configuring 'company' OU structure, users and computers Configuring security groups and assigning user rights Create 'company' file shares and configure share and NTFS permissions
Wednesday 2. March	Theme: Internet Information Services, IIS 8.5 - Create a web-hosting center! Lessons Basic introduction to Internet Information Services 8.5 - check the chosen book for IIS here! Introduction to terms like API, .NET, Services, logging, bindings ... How to manage websites How to manage application pools Troubleshooting tips: How to start, stop and restart web services etc. How to configure web server network adapters & bindings Best practices Case tasks and workshop Install IIS 8.5 and configure several websites Configure DNS records for your new sites Configure bindings for your sites Configure integrated authentication Configure host header redirction Add an extra network adapter - and make it work!
Thursday 3. March	Theme: Services, certificates and Ascom Ward application install! Lessons Introduction to Windows Services Functionality of services regarding web servers & applications API running as a service? Services and Ascom Applications - best practice? Introduction to Microsoft Certificate Services What's a certificate, and what's the idea? Different types of certificates and their function Introduction to certificates mmc.exe, handeling and best practice Introduction to certificates role on IIS 8.5 Afternoon: Morten Riis from Ascom Denmark will join us today Introduction to the installation procedure of Ascom Ward application Case tasks and workshop Aquire certificates for your sites and install them Work with certificates through mmc.exe Plan your 'company's way to handle certificates after best practice Installation of Ascom Ward application on group servers!
Friday 4. March	Theme: Ascom Applications workshop day! Lessons Morten Riis will join us again today Introduction to Ascom Ward Agent application Introduction to Ascom hardware to implement in TestLab Introduction to Ascom Application implementation in your TestLab! Case tasks and workshop Continue the installation of the Ascom Ward Agent in your TestLab Troubleshoot generic TCP/IP and Ascom Ward Agent scenarios Completion of course Lunch at 11.45 (canteen closes at 12.30 this friday] PreTest at 12.30 to evaluate effect of the course - login here! Course feedback after test At 13.30 hours - officially goodbye, and thanks for joining us!

Links

Microsoft Server2012 R2 links:

VMware virtualization software links:

Web related links:

Books

Book index'es for reference reading during course

Index of MCSA 70-410 Cert Guide - Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2:

Index of Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches:

Tasks

Main course tasks list

Document with main course tasks list here!

Exercise with Cisco Packet Tracer

Cisco Packet Tracer - download the network virtualization tool here!

Create the following network in packet tracer:

Router: 1841
Swithc: 2960

PT Assignment

All the end devices should be able to ping each other.

Troubleshooting

Introduction to TCP/IP, network and server troubleshooting

Troubleshooting - PowerPoint slide download

Packet Tracer troubleshooting exercises

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 ***Introduction to Ascom Application implementation in your TestLab!
 *'''Case tasks and workshop'''
-**Install Ascom Ward Agent in your TestLab
+**Continue the installation of the Ascom Ward Agent in your TestLab
-**Troubleshoot Ascom Ward Agent scenarios
+**Troubleshoot generic TCP/IP and Ascom Ward Agent scenarios
 *'''Completion of course'''
-**PreTest to evaluate effect of the course
+**Lunch at 11.45 (canteen closes at 12.30 this friday]
-**Course feedback
+**PreTest at 12.30 to evaluate effect of the course [https://b.socrative.com/login/student/ - login here!]
-**At 13.30 hours - goodbye, and thanks for joining us!
+**Course feedback after test
+**At 13.30 hours - officially goodbye, and thanks for joining us!
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 [[VMware virtualization software links:]]
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware WiKi on VMware company]
+*[http://www.vmware.com/uk/ Official VMware site (UK)]
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 [[Web related links:]]

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