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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 70-417 with R2 Updates

December 2014 with James Conrad

The exam associated with this skill has been retired. However, this skill still retains value as a training resource. This Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 video training course with James Conrad covers new features of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 to prepare existing MCSA Server 2008 R2 candidates for the 70-417 R2 exam.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 is one of Microsoft's most popular products, and this course shows the exciting features and improvements that existing MCSA 2008 holders will appreciate.

Learn how to install and configure servers, configure server roles and features, configure Hyper-V, install and administer Active Directory, deploy, manage, and maintain servers, configure network services and access, configure a network policy server infrastructure, configure and manage Active Directory, configure and manage group policy, configure and manage high availability, configure file and storage solutions, implement business continuity and disaster recovery, configure network services, and configure access information protection solutions.

Microsoft Windows Server admins will love learning about the features of Server 2012, including the tools that will help make Windows Server installations more compact, efficient, and secure. New or future admins will get to know the essentials to keep systems running and feature-rich, including the tips that are usually known by only experienced admins!

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Videos in this skill

1. 70-417 R2 Course Introduction (6:49)
2. Planning for a Server Installation (18:31)
3. Server Installation Levels (10:06)
4. Windows Migration Tools Overview and Tools Demo (12:21)
5. Windows Migration Tools: Migrating a Role (7:38)
6. Install Windows Server Full and Core (7:12)
7. Features on Demand (18:15)
8. Switching Between Full and Core Installations (9:16)
9. Add and Remove Features in Offline Images (7:58)
10. Configuring Server Core Intro and Remote Desktop (6:54)
11. Configuring Server Core with Commands and Sconfig (11:54)
12. Configure Services (12:37)
13. NIC Teaming (9:10)
14. Desired State Configuration Overview (10:46)
15. Desired State Configuration Demo (19:53)
16. Remote Management Methods (12:34)
17. Remote Management Methods: Server Core (9:25)
18. Remote Management Methods: Manage Non-Domain Joined Servers (9:35)
19. Remote Management Methods: DCOM and WinRM, Down-level Server Management (12:37)
20. Configure Local Storage: Basic and Dynamic Disk Overview (12:34)
21. Configure Local Storage: Storage Spaces and Demos (21:35)
22. Create and Mount Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs) (11:36)
23. Hyper-V Configuring Virtual Machines: Memory (15:59)
24. Configure Hyper-V Resource Metering and Guest Integration Services (9:06)
25. Configure Generation 1 and Generation 2 Virtual Machines (5:04)
26. Hyper-V: Configuring Differencing Drives (10:10)
27. Hyper-V: Storage Management (13:18)
28. Hyper-V Networking (16:40)
29. Install Domain Controllers: Add, Remove, Upgrade (16:34)
30. Install Domain Controllers: Install From Media (12:55)
31. Install Domain Controllers: Configure a Global Catalog Server (8:28)
32. Install Domain Controllers: Resolve DNS SRV Record Registration Issues (9:08)
33. Deploying Active Directory Infrastructure as a Service in Microsoft Azure (14:39)
34. Monitor VMs (5:22)
35. Monitor Real-Time Performance: Task Manager (12:59)
36. Monitor Real-Time Performance: Resource Monitor (10:10)
37. Monitor Servers: Performance Monitor Overview (13:35)
38. Event Viewer (11:36)
39. Configure Event Subscriptions (9:10)
40. Configure Network Monitoring (11:55)
41. Direct Access Overview (7:47)
42. Direct Access Demo (17:18)
43. Direct Access: Certificate and DNS Requirements (8:55)
44. Network Access Protection Overview (13:52)
45. Network Access Protection Enforcement Types and DHCP Demo (23:05)
46. Network Access Protection: VPN (20:10)
47. Configure Domain Controller Cloning: Overview (7:20)
48. Configure Domain Controller Cloning: Demo (11:22)
49. Operations Master Overview (16:29)
50. Operations Master Demo (7:34)
51. Read-Only Domain Controllers: Overview (14:06)
52. Read-Only Domain Controllers: Demo (15:11)
53. Directory Services Repair Mode Authoritative Restore Overview (7:16)
54. Directory Services Repair Mode Authoritative Restore Demo (11:27)
55. Clean Up Metadata and Optimize an Active Directory Database (11:38)
56. Configure Active Directory Snapshots (7:52)
57. Active Directory Recycle Bin (6:45)
58. Group Policy Objects: Client Side Extensions, Updates, and Caching (14:05)
59. Group Policy: Slow Link Processing and Scope of Management (21:30)
60. Group Policy: Processing Adjustments (12:47)
61. Group Policy: Adjustments with WMI and Loopback (11:10)
62. Configure Cluster Storage and Networking (23:22)
63. Configuring a Cluster (36:00)
64. Advanced Clustering (38:24)
65. Virtual Machine Movement: Clusterless (25:47)
66. Virtual Machine Movement: Clustered (32:11)
67. Dynamic Access Control (36:41)
68. File Classification Infrastructure (23:51)
69. Configure Site-Level Fault Tolerance: Replicas (28:49)
70. Configuring Site-Level Fault Tolerance: Clusters (21:01)
71. Configure and Manage Backups: Windows Backup (29:12)
72. Configure and Manage Backups: Azure and VSS (24:41)
73. IPAM Overview and Server Configuration (30:24)
74. IPAM Functional Use (17:44)
75. Active Directory Federation Services Overview (10:43)
76. Active Directory Federation Services Demo and Workplace Join (36:57)

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