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!

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

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!

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!

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!