Windows Server 2012 Active Directory: Network Services

Learn how to install, configure, and troubleshoot Windows network services.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Providing Dynamic IP Addressing through the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

• DHCP overview and installation
• DHCP: Configuring scopes
• Managing the DHCP database
• Managing the DHCP server
• Providing DHCP IP addresses in a routed environment

2. Working with the Domain Name System (DNS) and Domain Controllers in Windows Server 2012

• Creating DNS zones
• Maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting DNS

3. Providing Name Resolution Using DNS

• Name resolution
• DNS overview and installation
• Overview of DNS zones

4. Advanced DHCP Concepts

• DHCP failover
• Name protection
• DNS integration

5. Advanced Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Concepts

• Creating AD sites and site links

6. Advanced DNS Concepts

• DNS socket pools
• Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
• GlobalNames
• Cache locking

7. Network Policy Server (NPS)

• Overview and installation
• Network access service policy

8. Windows Server 2012 Network Access Services (NAS)

• Configuring a VPN solution

9. Network Access Protection (NAP)

• NAP troubleshooting
• Overview
• Installation and configuration

10. DirectAccess

• Exploring DirectAccess

11. Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

• Overview
• Installation
• Adding boot and install images

12. Distributed File System (DFS)

• Configuration
• Overview and installation
• Load balancing and fault tolerance
• Troubleshooting
• Summary

13. Advanced Networking Concepts

• Overview of the Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster

14. Advanced File Services

• BranchCache

15. Managing Windows Updates

• Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) PowerShell cmdlets
• WSUS overview
• WSUS installation and configuration

16. Server Virtualization

• Virtualization concepts and terminology in Windows Server 2012
• Implementing Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012