Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 - Advanced Infrastructure: Business Continuity


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level



Overview/Description
Failover clustering and Network Load Balancing (NLB) are features of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 that provide different levels of fault tolerance, high availability, and scalability to the workloads in a data center, all of which contribute to business continuity. Failover clustering provides high availability for services and applications. NLB provides availability and scalability for servers running TCP/IP services. This course covers the planning and implementation of each technology as well as identifying their key features, differences, usage scenarios, deployment, and configurations. This course is part of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for exam 70-414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure. This exam is required for the MCSE Server Infrastructure certification.

Target Audience
IT Professionals working in datacenter environments based on Microsoft server technologies and seeking advanced knowledge of Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2. This course can be taken in preparation for exam 70-414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure, which is part of the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert, or MCSE credential.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 - Advanced Infrastructure: Business Continuity

  • define elements of a service-level agreement
  • associate Windows Server 2012 roles with their recovery requirements
  • identify the types of media that are supported in Storage Spaces
  • identify the limitations of Clustered Storage Spaces
  • describe how to perform maintenance on a server hosting a target folder
  • distinguish between DHCP failover modes
  • identify the workloads suitable for high availability technologies
  • identify the properties of Scale-Out File Servers
  • identify the steps to configure System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager
  • describe how to plan for business continuity with Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Course Number:
    ws_adin_b06_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Expert