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Welcome to Train SignalTrain Signal, Inc.

Coach Culbertson

Welcome toWindows Server 2008

Application Infrastructure

Your Host:

Coach Culbertson

MCT, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MCDBA, and severalother random IT certifications

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Welcome to Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

About Your Instructor and Train

Signal

Overall Scope of the Course

Whats Covered in this Course

The Globomantics Scenario

What Well Build in this Course

In this video:

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About Your Instructor and Train Signal

MCITP: Server Administrator, MCTS: SharePoint Server

2007, MCSA, MCDBA, MCT, A+, Net+, CIW, and a few

others

2 Year Tour of Duty as an Inner City High School Teacher in

Chicago

Launched a couple hundred careers

About Train Signal

Casual Training Method that teaches real skills first

Scenario-Based Training to answer the question "Why does

this change my life?"

About Benjamin Coach Culbertson

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2. How to Make Believe You Have More Servers

Than You Really Do

3. Look Mom, No Hands!

4. Build Your Own Web-Server-O-Fun!

5. Setting Up Who Gets To Do What With A Web

Site

6. How To Keep Your Stuff Safe From The Bad Guys

7. What is Terminal Services?

8. Running Office from Another Machine

Whats on the hit parade for this one, Coach? Can we dance to it?

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9. Give Your People What They Want

Service!

10.How to Build Your Own Little TV Station

11.Certification: Its Really Not That Scary

12.Exam PrepAutomated Activation

13.Exam PrepStorage

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The Globomantics Scenario

You are the newly hired Systems Administrator for a new startup

company called Globomantics, a stock brokerage. Hank Richards, our

Founder and CEO, is a rough and tumble Texan who isnt the most tech

savvy individual, but knows the value of having good people who know

the ropes when it comes to computers.

Youll be adding Application Services to the network, including:

A Hyper V Server for most of the new services

A Windows Deployment Server to easily install the servers

An Applications Server (think Web Server on steroids) that will host

SharePoint Services

A Terminal Services Server Farm to host Microsoft Office

A Windows Media Server to stream video

Heres the story about a man named Hank

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So Heres What Were Building

Heres What Were BuildingNY-DC1-2K8

AD DS

DNS

Domain: Globomantics.com

Functional Level: Server 2008

In this series, were going to add: HYPERV

DEPLOY1

MEDIA1

WEB1

TS1TS2

MEDIA2

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So How About It?

Are You Ready?

Cmon, Lets Go!


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How to Make Believe You

Have More Servers Than YouReally Do

Setting Up Hyper-V in Server 2008 for Fun and

Profit

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How to Make Believe You Have More Servers Than You Really Do

What? You mean I dont need morehardware?

What You Need to Set Up A Hyper-V

Server of Your Very Own

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How to Make Believe You Have More Servers Than You Really Do

Heres what were starting out with:

NY-DC1-2K8

AD DS

DNS



In this video, were going to add:

HYPERV

Domain: Globomantics.com1 Server 2K8

Virtual Machine

w/Extensions

--Future Deployment Machine

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What? You mean I dont need more hardware?

One physical box, many software servers

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What? You mean I dont need more hardware?

Microsofts Virtualization Whizbang

Ease of administration

Hardware costs aresignificantly reduced becausemultiple virtual machines canrun on a single physicalmachine.

Hyper-V licensing costs areincluded with the license costof Windows Server 2008.

Fault tolerance supportthrough Hyper-V clustering

Both 32-bit and 64-bit guestoperating system support Windows, Linux, and others.

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What You Need to Set Up A Hyper-V Server of Your Very Own

Server 2008 64-bit Enterprise or Datacenter Edition

RAMIt Depends.

Processor64-bit --Must Support Virtualization!

HDDVaries by situation.

Network cardAt least 2, one for your virtual machines to share, 1 for

the physical machine to use.

Coachs Suggestion for Hyper-V:

RAMAt least 4GB

Processor2 GHz with Virtualization Support

HDD- At least two Hard Drives 250 GB each.

1 for the Server OS 1 for the Virtual Machine VHD files

Heres the Hardware Requirements to run Hyper-V:

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You have to get ready to implement a SharePoint Server for

collaboration, a Terminal Services Server for using

networked applications, and a Media Server for streaming

video training and messages. As the head geek atGlobomantics, you know the budget for hardware is low, but

you have plenty of licenses of Server 2008 just lying around.

Fortunately, you also have a pretty decent server-class box

with 4 GB of RAM with a Quad-Core processor and about a

terabyte of disk space just hanging out taking up space. You

decide the best way to use what you have is to provide

services through using Virtual Machines rather than try to

beg for more hardware.

So now, whats our plan?

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You need to get Hyper-V installed in a

Server 2008 box. Hyper-V actuallyshows up as a Role in Server Manager.Youll start by checking the Serverrequirements, setting up the harddrives, and then install the Hyper-VRole.

Then, well set up our first Hyper-VMachine to prepare for our nextproject, a Windows DeploymentServer.

So weve got at least that

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Hyper-V Addition

So heres what weve built:

HYPERV


NY-DC1-2K8

AD DS

DNS



1 Server 2K8

Virtual Machine

w/Extensions

--Future Deployment Machine

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Critical Vocabulary

Hyper-V A Server Role in Server 2008 that allows

you to run multiple operating systems in virtual

machines on a single physical machine.

Virtual MachineA software-based instance of an

operating system that uses shared physical

hardware.

VHDVirtual Hard DiskA file that lives on a

physical HDD that acts like a physical HDD on a

virtual machine.

Volume A fixed amount of space on a disk. A

single disk can hold multiple volumes.

And now, some words from our sponsor

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What We Covered

Inspect hardware to determine whetheror not it will be sufficient for Hyper-V

Configure Simple Volumes in the Storage

Section of Server Manager in Server 2008

Install the Hyper-V Role in Server 2008

Create a Virtual Network in Hyper-V

After viewing this video, you should be able to:

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What We Covered

Create a Virtual Machine and Install an

OS in the VM.

Install Extensions in your VM for ease

of use.



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Look Mom, No Hands!

How to Set Up Windows Deployment Services So

You Can Install Operating Systems While Playing

World of Warcraft

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Look Mom, No Hands!

Windows Deployment ServicesWill Make You A Happy Camper

Setting Up WDS In Like 3 Easy

Steps

Lets Build Some Servers, Baby!

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Before we begin

Heres What Were BuildingNY-DC1-2K8

AD DS

DNS



In this video, were going to add: HYPERV

DEPLOY1

MEDIA1

WEB1

TS1

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Windows Deployment Servic es Will Make You A Happy Camper

Windows Server 2008 and Vista are both image-based installations

Easy installation for not only Server 2008, but also Vista!

An image can taken of a hard drive, stored on a server, and then deployed via

broadcast to several machines all at once.

DEPLOY1

MEDIA1

WEB1

TS1

CL1-VISTA

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Setting Up WDS In Like 3 Easy Steps

1. Join the machine to the Domain

2. Install the WDS Role

3. Add Images from the Windows 2008 Install Disk (and

Vista, if youre deploying clients)

Youll need to add these two images from the

sources folder:

The boot.wim

The install.wim

Also, if youre planning on deploying both 32-bit and

64-bit editions, youll need to grab the WIM files

from both the 32-bit and 64-bit disks.

Dude, this is, like, so easy.

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Our End Result

Heres What Weve BuiltNY-DC1-2K8

AD DS

DNS



HYPERV

DEPLOY1

WDS ServerMEDIA1

WEB1

TS1

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Critical Vocabulary

Windows Deployment ServicesA Server Role that allows easy

installation of Server and Client Operating Systems, using image-based

installations.

WIM- Windows Imaging FormatThe File Type used to create and

deploy Windows OS

PXE--Preboot eXecutionEnvironment (pronounced 'pixie') is an

environment to boot computers using a network interface

independently of available data storage devices (like hard disks) or

installed operating systems.

Boot ImageAn image pulled from the Server 2008 installation disk

that allows a machine to boot into Deployment Services installation

mode.

Install ImageAn image file that contains the actual OS you want to

install

Big Words To Help You Sound Smarter At Cocktail Parties

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What We Covered

Install the WDS Server Role

Add Boot and Installation images to the

WDS Server from the Server 2008

installation disk

Describe why you should only pull the

Server 2008 Boot Image rather than the

boot image from the Vista installation disk

Deploy Server 2008 to multiple machines



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Build Your Own

Web-Server-O-Fun!

How to Install Internet Information Services

(IIS) 7.0 in Two Different Flavors

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Build Your Own Web-Server-O-Fun

Application Server or Web Server?

Getting SharePoint Installed

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Were going to focus on building our

Web Server for SharePoint Services

Where are we so far?

Heres What Weve BuiltNY-DC1-2K8

AD DS

DNS



HYPERV

DEPLOY1

WDS ServerMEDIA1

WEB1

TS1

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You need to get a Web Server Set up to prep for your

SharePoint Services. Theres two Web-type Server Roles

Available, Web Server and Application Server. Which one

should you choose?

So which one?

Web Server Application Server

Basic Core Web

Services (IIS 7)

ASP Pages

Basic Core Web

Services (IIS 7)

ASP Pages

.NET Services

COM+ Network AccessAnd more!

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The Application Server Role is required for

SharePoint Services Installation.

The Web Server Role is good if you all have is a

basic web site or maybe an ASP or PHP content

management system that requires a database on

the back end.

Think Application Server more for heavy duty

internal use.

Think Web Server for External Sites

For SharePoint and other high level web apps/distributed apps:

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Getting SharePoint Installed

SharePoint Services is a separate free

download from Microsoft

Installation is quick and easy

Once youve got the SharePoint Services

installed, youll create a new SharePoint Site

for the Globomantics Operations Staff

Now that the App Server is installed.

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Critical Vocabulary

Web ServerA Server Role that installs IIS 7 only. Great for

basic and dynamic web sites both external and internal.

Application ServerA Server Role that installs IIS 7 plus a

lot of heavy duty components that support distributed

applications with greater power.

Application PoolA Set-aside amount of resources

specifically for one particular web application

SharePoint ServicesA free web application available as a

separate download from Microsoft that promotes

collaboration through SharePoint Sites.

Heres some important words to remember:

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What Weve Covered

Install Web Server and Application

Server Roles to your Server 2008

Navigate the IIS 7 Manager

Create a new web site

Create Application Pools

Install SharePoint Services

Create a SharePoint Site


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Setting Up Who Gets To Do

What With A Web Site

Controlling Access to A Web Site with

IIS 7s Manager and FTP Tools

(and well do a little SMTP set-up along the way)

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Setting Up Who Gets To Do What With A Web Site

The Globomantics Custom Web

App

Getting FTP Up and Running

One More Thing: SMTP

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The Globomantics Custom Web App

Hank is ok with having SharePoint, but hes

decided that it doesnt have enough features

that are specific to the business of stocks and

securities. Hes hired a developer that will becustomizing SharePoint for Globomantics.

Of course, supporting this new developer will

be your job.

Youve already created the SharePoint Site,

but now you need to allow management

access to that site to the developer.

So we have SharePoint, but

Han

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The Globomantics Custom Web App

1.Youll enable RemoteManagement in IIS 7 and IIS

Manager Credentials

2.Youll create an IIS ManagerUser account for our developer.

3.Youll then provide specificaccess for the SharePoint Site to

your developers account.

4.Last, well provide FTP accessfor our web developer for easy

access to the file folders for the

site.

So What Do We Need To Do?

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Getting FTP Up and Running

FTP (File Transfer

Protocol) is a super easy

way to get files uploaded

to the server.

Its installed as a Role

Service, an optional part

of IIS

Youll need to enable FTP

for IIS, but then youll

also need to restrict FTP

access only for your webdeveloper as well.

Lets make it just a little easier to get stuff uploaded to the server

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BREAKING NEWS!!!!NEW FTP FOR IIS 7!!

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One More Thing: SMTP

Your Developer requests SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) be installed and

configured on SharePoint on the web server for email alerts delivered to users.

SMTP Server is a F eature that needs to be installed on the Web Server and

then also configured separately on the SharePoint Site.

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you I needed

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Critical Vocabulary

FTPFile Transfer ProtocolEasy way to transfer files up

to a web site.

SMTPSend Mail Transfer ProtocolSimple Email service.

IIS Manager UserA separate user account specifically for

managing IIS from a remote console.

IIS 7.0 Manager Downloadable console for remote

management of IIS 7 from an XP or Vista client (or on a

Server 2K3 machine!)

SharePoint Central AdministrationA separate web

application for high level administration of SharePoint.

Webby Words to Remember

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What We Covered

Enable Remote Management for IIS 7Create IIS Manager Accounts for use with the IIS

Management console

Enable access for an IIS Manager Account on a particularweb site

Download and install the IIS 7 Manager console forremote access

Install and configure FTP on IIS 7Install and Configure SMTP on Server 2008 and in

SharePoint Services

After watching this video, you should be able to:

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How To Keep Your Stuff Safe

From The Bad Guys

Implementing SSL for IIS 7

(and well look at Hyper-V snapshots, too!)

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How To Keep Your Stuff Safe From The B ad Guys

A Quick Intro to SSL

How To Set Up SSL in IIS

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A Quick Intro to SSL

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) allows you to encrypt data sent back and forth from

servers to clients.

SSL uses Port 443 (generally).

Data being sent back and forth between the server and client is encrypted

using Certificates (think secret decoder) .

Got your secret decoder ring?

WEB1

Network/Internet Client

ENCODED ENCODED

Using SSL does require more processing overhead for encryption and

decryption, and may reduce the appearance of speed of the server.

SSL CertificateSSL Certificate

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that sensitive data may be c ompromised via transmission on the S harePoint

site.

Hank is worried

Hank says:

I was watching the news last night, and that one guy was

talking about how a whole mess of data got stolen off of

somebodys intranet site, and now I know weve got one, I

think we better make sure that dont happen.

And of course, you said:

Dont worry, Mr. Richardson, sir, well have

that intranet site secured in no time! Im

watching a video right now about how to do

just that!

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First, we need a SSL Certificate.

You can

Buy one from a Third Party (Verisign, GoDaddy, etc.)

Use a Self-Signed Certificate from the Server.

Use a Certificate generated from a Server 2008/Server 2003

Certificate Authority.

Use the SharePoint certificate that was generated during

SharePoint Configuration.

Then we need to install the certificate (or verify its existence.)

After that, we need to set a Binding for the SharePoint Site so that it can

use HTTPS and port 443.

Then instruct the users to access the SharePoint 80 site using https://

instead of http://

Theres a couple of things we need to do for SSL

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Critical Vocabulary

SSLSecure Socket LayerA protocol used to encrypt data

transmitted over a network to protect sensitive

information.

CertificateA digital file that both identifies a server,

client, or site and provides the key to

encryption/decryption of data

443The well-known port for SSL traffic

BindingAttaching a port to a particular protocol

Even More Webby Words To Help You Sound Like An Expert!

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What We Covered

Install A Self-Signed Certificate in IISUse an existing certificate created bya SharePoint installation

Create Snapshots of a Hyper-VMachine

Edit Bindings to include HTTPS onport 443 for a web site



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What is Terminal Services?

How to run applications by remote control

(more or less)

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What is Terminal Services?

Just what in the sam-hill is

THIS? (Hanks question)

Components of Terminal

Services

Lets get it installed

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Just what in the sam-hill is THIS?

Hank has purchased a report-building software that

is based on Microsoft Office components that will bemade available to traveling sales people. The issue

is that this report building software will be handling

sensitive data on client accounts. Thus, having

traveling sales people have unsecured access is a

really bad idea.

You suggest creating a Terminal Services option to

increase security for the application. Hanks

response:

Just what in the sam-hill is this Terminal Services

thing, any-how!?

So you need to show him.

Hanks Question

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Components of Terminal Services

Terminal Services operates on an older model of having small clients

(terminals) access a server. The server does all the work, the terminal only

provides input and displays output.

Everything old is new again!

TS1

Client

Client

An Application lives here

(i.e. Microsoft Office,

etc.)

but is accessed and

controlled here

and here

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Components of Terminal Services

The Terminal Services Server RoleThe foundation of using TS

TS Remote App A Role Service installed with the Terminal ServicesServer Role, it allows you to make applications available on the serveravailable for use by client machines via a short cut or through TS Web

Access.TS LicensingTS requires more licenses, and the TS licensing Role

Service allow you to more easily manage TS licenses.

TS Session BrokerInstall this Role Services only when you want tohave multiple TS Servers operating in a farm for highly availableapplications. TS Session Broker allows clients to reconnect todisconnected sessions.

TS Web AccessThis Role Service allows users to access TS RemoteApps through a web page.

TS GatewayA Role Service to provide Terminal Services to usersoutside of your network.

What makes up Terminal Services?

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Lets get it installed

Oh gee, another Role Installation

Role Installation is pretty easy,

but there are some optionsalong the way that youll need

to know something about.

Which Role Services will you

need?

Will you use Authentication or

not?

How will TS Licensing be

handled?

Who will need access to the

TS?

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Critical Vocabulary

Terminal Services RoleThe foundational role that allows

users to use applications that live on a TS server.

TS GatewayThe TS Role Service that allows access to a

server application over the Internet without the need for a

VPN (although you can use a VPN still if you want to).

TS Remote AppRole Service that comes along with the TS

Role. Required for pretty much everything else.

TS LicensingRole Service for managing lots of TS licenses.

TS Session BrokerOnly for use with multiple TS servers to

allow reconnects to disconnected sessions.

TS Web AccessAccess TS Remote Apps via a web page

Wannabe an IT Word Wizard? Here ya go!

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What We Covered

Describe the 6 components of Terminal

Services.

Describe the differences between the twotypes of TS licenses.

Install the Terminal Services Server Role.

Select Appropriate Role Services during the

Role Installation Process.

Use the Help links after Role Installation.


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Running Office from Another

Machine

Implementing Remote Apps

(sorry, no snarky title or subtitle)

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Running Office From Another Machine

Installing Office on the TS

Server

Shortcuts vs. TS Web Access

To the Gateway!

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Installing Office on the TS Server

Since Hanks new

software will be

generating reports using

Office, you need to install

Microsoft Office on the

TS server so it can be

accessed remotely by

Hank and other sales

staff.

Once its installed, youll

add Microsoft Word to

the applications available

via TS.

Ok, so youve got TS installednow what?

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To The Gateway

Heres the typical setup if youre going to be providing acc ess to users outside of

your network:

Connect to TS even while youre in a faraway exotic locale!

Domain Controller with

TS Gateway

(Separate Machine)

TS Servers

(Remote App Lives Here)Client Connects over the Internet

Via RDP over SSL

Firewall Firewall

ISA Server can be used in the DMZ if you dont want to put your DC/TS

Gateway there.

Your Remote Desktop Connection shortcuts will need to be configured to

use TS Gateway.

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Critical Vocabulary

RDPRemote Desktop ProtocolA method of

connecting to other computers and having a

Desktop interface. Create an .rdp file for easy

connections.

TS GatewayA Role Service of Terminal Services

that allows access to a Terminal Services Server

without the need for a VPN.

Remote Desktop UsersThe Local Computer

Group that you add Users and Groups to that will

be able to access the Terminal Services Server.

HeeeeeeresVocab!

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What We Covered

Install applications on a TS Server and publish them via RemoteApp.

Use Web Access to utilize applications on the Server via

Remote App.Add additional Users and Groups to the Local Remote Desktop

Users Group of the TS server using the Computer Management

MMC .

Create RDP files and .msi installation packages to distributeshortcuts to users via Group Policy who will be using TS Remote

Apps.

Describe a TS Gateway implementation.Configure a Remote Desktop Connection file to use TS

Gateway.


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Give Your People What They

WantService!

Creating Highly Available Solutions with Network

Load Balancing Plus How To Capture an Image for

Duplicating Machines for NLB or Clustering

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Give Your People What They WantService!

The Big Three

How to Build and Deploy a

Deployment Services Image To Create

Duplicate Machines So You Can Make

the Big Three Work.

Implementing TS Load Balancing.

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The Big Three

Hank is concerned that the Terminal Services machine mig ht fail in the most

critical of times. He is adamant that you do whatever you need to so t hat he and

the other sales staff have access to the Office-based report writing software as

close to 100% of the time. So heres our options:

Network Load Balancing--Distributes work load to different machinesto alleviate stress on the machines and provide high scalability. Bestfor Web-Based stuff.

Failover ClusteringMultiple machines acting like one machine forhigh availability in case one machine fails. Best for Fault Tolerance (incase one machine blows up) and for Database servers.

Terminal Services Load BalancingRequires at least two machineswith TS configuration. Load balancing just redirects TS requests to theserver thats less busy.

Hank learns about Fault Tolerance

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The Big Three

Lets break them down visually

TS Server TS Server

TS Server

Network Load Balancing (TS)

DB Server

DB ServerDB Server

Clustering

All three machines act like one machine.

If one machine goes down, t he others keep

going to provide services.

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How to Build and Deploy a Deployment Services Image To Create Duplicate Machines So

You Can Make the Big Three Work

Since we already have a TS machine built, well use ourDeployment Services machine to capture an image of itand then deploy it on another virtual machine.

1. First, we need to create a Capture Image so we can grabwhats on TS1.

2. Then we need to run a utility called sysprep on TS1 sowe can use the OS and all its fun features weveinstalled as a clean image.

3. Then we capture the image by rebooting the machineand using the Capture image we created to boot upwith.

4. After the capture is complete, we can deploy usingDeployment Services as normal.

Hey, we know something about this already!

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How to Build and Deploy a Deployment Services Image To Create Duplicate Machines So

You Can Make the Big Three Work

Once youve used sysprep on a machine, you

will either have to:

A.Use the new image to redeploy themachine.B.If youre running the machine in Hyper-V,

you can just go back to a snapshot.

( You are making snapshots, right? )

Heres a really important thing to remember

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Critical Vocabulary

Network Load BalancingUsing multiple servers with similar

configuration to share the load by alternating which server handlesrequests.

Failover ClusteringUsing multiple servers with similar configuration

to provide highly available services in case of a machine failure.

TS Load BalancingNetwork Load Balancing with TS Servers using TS

Session Broker.

Capture ImageA separate image file used for capturing an image of a

hard drive.

Reference ComputerA Computer that is set up with all the

configuration, software applications and whiz-bangs needed for

multiple machines, and then is captured via Deployment Services.

TS Session BrokerA Role Service used for TS Load Balancing and for

reconnecting users to disconnected sessions.

I know youve been just waiting anxiously for these, so here ya go!

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What We Covered

Describe the Big Three of Highly Available Services.Run sysprep on Server 2008 before creating a

capture image.

Create a Capture Image of a Reference Computer.Use Deployment Services to install a captured

image.

Install TS Session Broker.Configure Load Balancing for TS.



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How To Build Your Own Little

TV Station

How to set up Windows Media Server for easy

Broadcasting Over Your Network, Plus a Primer on

Clustering!

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How To Build Your Own Little TV Station

Hanks New IdeaGloboTV

Get Media Server Installed

How to Get Your Stuff

Streaming

Cluster What?

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Hanks New IdeaGloboTV

Hank recently took a trip to visit a buddys company, and while hewas there he witnessed employees viewing training and videoupdates from the CEO while sitting their desks. He asked his buddyhow that worked, and he said that his IT guys used Server 2008 tocreate it, but he didnt know how. All he did was talk in front of acamera.

So of course, Hank wants you to create GloboTV, whereemployees can also be able to get updates and training.

After asking Hanks secretary to stop putting visits to othercompanies on his schedule, you look up Windows Media Server.

Yes, it can be done.

This is what happens when Hank visits other companies

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Get Media Server Installed

Windows Media Services

is actually a downloadable

role from Microsoft.

Theres three downloads

that youll need to grab

and install.

After youve installed the

three updates, you can

then install the Role using

Server Manager.

IIS will also be installed.

Not your typical Role Install

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How To Get Your Stuff Streaming

Once Streaming Media Services is installed, you can

create Publishing Points which can hold: Single Files

Playlists

Web Pages

Live Broadcasts

Everything is wizardized, so you wont need a whole

lot of special knowledge. All youll really need is a

media file in WMV format (or a live broadcast).

Publishing Points can be accessed via Internet

Explorer, but instead of using http://, you can use

mms:// as the protocol.

Media is automatically opened up into Media

Player, and is not actually saved to the hard drive.

Creation of Publishing Points

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Cluster What?

Failover Clustering is a Feature that allows multiple servers to do the same j ob.

If one server dies, the other server(s) in the cluster will take over the tasks.

Failover Clustering uses a Quorum disk (AKA witness disk) which holds

replicated files and other info that determines how many failures can occur

before the cluster goes boom.

While designed primarily for Storage Area Networks, you can use c lustering for

other services (with caution).

Clustering does have very specific hardware requirements, i.e. SCSI, iSCSI, Fiber

Channel for use. Be careful when selecting hardware for clusters.

Microsoft has actually opened up a new section specifically for devel opment of

hardware that plays nice in the Failover Clustering sandbox.

Clustering: A Weird Word For Fault Tolerance

Clustering is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Its great for use with Exchange,

SQL Server, and File Servers. Other services may or m ay not play wel l with

clustering. If you find yourself frustrated by trying to cluster a particular Role

or Service, you might find that Network Load Balancing is a better choice.

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Cluster What?

In the interest of science, youll be doing a little experiment to see if you cluster

Windows Media Services. Normally, you would cluster two physical machines

together, or two Hyper-V machines on TWO SEPARATE H yper-V servers. Since

were kind of hardware poor at Globomantics right now, well try i t with 2 Hyper-

V machines.

It might work, or it might blow up in y our face. But why not try it to get famili ar

with the process?

First well grab an image of our Media Services machine and create a duplicate

virtual machine, and then get Failover Clustering installed on both. Then well

attempt to create a cluster.

Will it work? Will it crash and burn? Lets find out!

Our Media Services Clustering Experiment

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Critical Vocabulary

Windows Media ServicesA downloadable Role for Server 2008 that

allows streaming video and audio over a network.Publishing PointA defined location that allows for single files, play

lists of files, web pages, and live broadcasts. (Uses IIS and RTSP, and

can use http).

RTSPReal Time Streaming ProtocolA protocol optimized for

streaming media.

WMVWindows Media VideoA file format that supports streaming

video.

Failover ClusterA Feature that allows for multiple servers to be

clustered together for fault tolerance.

Quorum diskA SCSI hard drive that allows for clustering to occur and

provides storage for replicated files between clustered servers as well

as other info that supports cluster. (Also called a witness disk).

So many big words to remember!

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What We Covered

Download and install Windows Media Services in Server

2008.

Create an on-demand Publishing Point for a single file to be

streamed.

Instruct users to use IE and the mms:// prefix to access

available media.

Install the Failover Clustering feature in Server 2008.

Run the Validate a Cluster Wizard.

Create a Cluster.

Identify scenarios when using the different Quorum disk

configurations.



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Certification: Its Really Not

That Scary

What it is, what to expect, and how to prepare

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Certification: Its Really Not That Scary

The New Generation of Certifications

for Server 2008

The Upgrade Paths for MCSAs/MCSEs

How to Sign Up for a Microsoft Exam

70-643 Exam Prep Tips

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The New Generation of Server 2008 Certifications

The Three New Server

Certification Blocks for

Network Admins

MCTS

MCITP: Server

Administrator

MCITP: Enterprise

Administrator

There is no MCSE 2008

There is no MCSA 2008

New Alphabet Soup for Everyone!

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The New Generation of Server 2008 Certifications

MCTS - Take any one exam from a large selection

MCITP: Server Administrator Exams (From Scratch - Three Exams)

70-640: TS Active Directory

70-642: TS Network I nfrastructure

70-646 Pro: Server Administrator

MCITP: Enterprise Administrator (From Scratch - Five Exams)

70-620: Vista

70-640: TS Active Directory

70-642: TS Network I nfrastructure

70-643: TS Server 2008 Application Infrastructure, Configuring

70-647 Pro: Enterprise Administrator

What you need to take for each Credential

When you get mulitpleTS certs, you can

build a nifty logo using MSs Logo Builder!

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Take Two Exams

70-648: Provides 2 Additional MCTS Certs

70-646: Provides MCITP

For an MCSA 2003 to Move Up To MCITP: Server Administrator

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Take 4 Tests:

70-648: Provides 2 MCTS

70-620 or 70-624: TS: Vista

70-643: TS: Applications Infrastructure

70-647: MCITP: Enterprise

For an MCSA 2003 to Upgrade to MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

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Take Two Tests:


70-646: MCITP: Server Administrator

For an MCSE 2003 to MCTIP: Server Administrator

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Take 3 Exams:


70-620 or 70-624: TS: Vista

70-647: MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

For an MCSE 2003 to MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

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How to Sign Up for a Microsoft Exam

Go to Prometric.com

its easy!

Prometric is the

exclusive provider of

Microsoft exams.

Microsoft periodically

offers free Second

Shots check the

Microsoft site first!

One Web Site To Sign Up For Them All!

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I recommend:

Take the Transcender Practice Exam Several TimesLook up the stuff that you

miss in this Video Course or in the Microsoft Press Book.

Review this course at least twice

Get some Virtual Machines and push buttons!

Prep

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-643): Configuring

Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure from Microsoft

Press

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Do not stay up all night studying get good sleep!

When you go in to the test center, leave your cell phone

and anything else in your car.

Bring in only 2 forms of ID and your car keys. You must

have 2 forms of ID!!!

Before taking the test, stop and breathe. Relax.

During the test, do not forget to breathe.

Mark Questions for Review the first time through if you

have to think too long about any one of them. You can go

back at the end of the test and answer them later.

On the day of the test

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Know the material.

The Biggest Tip I Can Give You--

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What We Covered

Describe the Requirements for MCTS and the MCITP

Tracks

Describe the Upgrade Paths for MCSAs\MCSEs to

MCITP

Sign up for an Exam on the Prometric Web Site


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Exam PrepAutomated

Activation

KMS, MAK, VAMT, and any other acronyms I can fit

in to make a nifty alphabet soup

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Exam PrepAutomated Activation

Look Mom, No Hands! Part Deaux

The Volume Activation

Management Tool (VAMT)

The Key Management Service

(KMS)

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Look Mom, No Hands! Part Deaux

When youre doing mass deployment of servers and

clients, you probably dont want to take the time to go

around to all of the machines and put in the license keys

(unless you get paid by the hour

).Microsoft provides two automated solutions that work

with a license key you buy that allows you to activate

multiple machines.

Of the two tools, the Key Management Service is more

hands-off, while the VAMT is more hands-on and for

smaller deployments.

Lets take a look at each tool in more detail.

Its all about the keys

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The Volume Activation Management Tool

The VAMT is a downloadable tool that allows for activation only. You still have to

enter the license key manually or via an answer file during deployment. (Hint: For a

large deployment of a lot of machines, go with the answer file opt ion)

You have to buy a MAK (Multiple Activation Key) from Microsoft to use the VAMT.

The VAMT can be installed on a Vista client, Server 2k8, or Server 2k3.

Heres how it works:

The VAMTKind of good

Microsoft Activation

Servers

With a MAK

License Key

Your

VAMTYour

Servers

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The KMS is a command line option that allows L icense Key Distribution and

Activation. More hands-off and better for massive server deployments.

You need to buy a KMS L icense Key from Microsoft that has the appropriate

number of activations for your servers .

You need to have a minimum of 5 Servers for KMS to work. Otherwise, it will

fail.

The KMS Much Better

Microsoft Activation

ServersYour 2008

Servers

Your

KMS Server

With a KMSLicense Key

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From the Command Line:

Slmgr the primary

command Slmgr ipk

Installs your KMS Key

Slmgr ato

Activates your KMS

Server

Some commands that youll need:

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Critical Vocabulary

MAKMultiple Activation KeyA License key that

allows for multiple activations and works with theVAMT.

VAMT Volume Activation Management ToolA clientapplication that allows activation of a MAK onmachines.

KMS Key Management ServicesA Service thatallows for distribution and activation of KMS licensekeys.

SLMGRSoftware Licensing Management Tool Acommand line tool that implements KMS on Server2008.

A Quick Review of Alphabet Soup

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What We Covered

Define what a MAK is.

Define KMS and VAMT.

Describe the differences between KMS

and the VAMT.

Describe how the KMS and VAMT tools

work .



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Exam PrepStorage Review

Umm, yeah, I cant think anything funny for this

one. Its storage. Its really not that funny, but Ill

try to make it as interesting as I can.

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Exam PrepStorage Review

Oh, The Fun, The Excitement OfStorage

RAIDNo, Not The Bug Killer

NAS, SANTwo things with the

same letters but not the same.

SCSIIts Really Not Scuzzy At All

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Oh, The Fun, The Excitement Of Storage

So, this is pretty much a basic review of storage

stuff. If youve done your A+ Certification, you

really should know all this by now. If you havent

done your A+ or maybe Server +, then you should

watch this.

If youve been in the field for a while, you can

probably skip this.

Storage Stuff Yeah, its on the exam.

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Having a Server without RAID is like havingdinner on a piece of notebook paper. Pickyour hardware carefully.

Best and most Prevalent OptionHardware-based RAID 5 array

Needs at least 3 HDDs to work. Protects against the failure of a single

disk. Through the magic of parity.

Uses 20% (or less, depending on howmany disks you have) of each disk forparity.

Can rebuild a failed disk from theinformation on the parity informationon the other disks.

Most hardware-based RAID 5 arraysare hot-swappable.

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

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If you have to go cheap,

you can configure asoftware RAID 5 with IDEor SATA Drives in theStorage MMC of theServer Manager.

If you only have two disksand want fault tolerancefor your Server, you cancreate a Mirrored Disksetup, where you havetwo identical disks.

On the cheap side

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NAS, SANTwo things with the same letters but not the same.

Heres the difference:

A Storage Area Network is a bunch of drives on a separate machine that

look like theyre attached to a machine. Usually a Server or a Server

Farm.

Network Attached Storage is a bunch of drives on a server or an

appliance that are clearly on a separate drive. (Think Shared

Drives/Folders).

Network Attached Storage Vs. Storage Area Network

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SCSIIts Really Not Scuzzy At All

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is a faster (and more

expensive) type of HDD that is the foundation of many RAID hardware

solutions.

Its very popular in SANs and NAS, as it natively supports multiple disks

on the same Bus.

iSCSI is very similar to SCSI , except that it uses TCP/IP as a transport

protocol and doesnt require crazy cabling like Fiber Channel. It can be

used over long distances using existing network structure.

Pop QuizWhat kind of disks do you need for c lustering to play nice?

Yes, thats rightSCSI (and iSCSI).

Sounds funny, but really isnt

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What We Covered

Describe a RAID 5 Array.

Describe the differences between a

SAN and NAS.

Describe SCSI and the differences

between iSCSI.


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