Get hands-on instruction and practice implementing Microsoft Server Virtualization with Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager in this 5-day Microsoft Official Course. This course provides the hands-on training that can help you prepare for the Microsoft Specialist exam 74-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center. You will learn the skills you need to deploy and manage a Microsoft Server Virtualization infrastructure in an enterprise environment. You will learn how to configure, manage, and maintain Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager including networking and storage services. You will learn how to configure key Microsoft Server Virtualization features such as Generation 2 Virtual Machines, Replication Extension, Online Export, Cross-Version Live Migration, Online VHDX Resizing, Live Migration Performance tuning as well as Dynamic Virtual Switch Load Balancing and virtual Receive Side Scaling (vRSS). As part of the learning experience, you will perform hands-on exercises in a virtual lab environment. NOTE: This course is based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview and System Center 2012 R2 Preview. This course is designed for experienced IT professionals who support medium to large enterprises and have experience administering Windows Server 2012.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining a virtualization infrastructure or are interested in learning about current Microsoft Virtualization technologies. The secondary audience for this course includes IT decision makers who will determine which virtualization product to implement in their data centers.
Before attending this course, students must have:
This module provides an overview of Microsoft virtualization technologies and the various components of System Center 2012 R2. The module also explains how to evaluate the current environment for virtualization and extend virtualization to the cloud.
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Lab : Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module describes how to install and manage the Hyper-V server role. The module also explains how to configure Hyper-V settings, storage, and networking.
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Lab : Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module explains how to create and configure virtual hard disks and virtual machines. The module then describes how to install, import, monitor, and manage virtual machines.
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Lab : Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module explains how to create and use Hyper-V virtual switches and Hyper-V networking features. The module also describes how to configure and implement Hyper-V network virtualization.
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Lab : Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Networks
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module describes how to provide high availability and redundancy for virtualization. The module also explains how to implement virtual machine movement and Hyper-V Replica.
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Lab : Virtual Machine Movement and Hyper-V Replica
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module provides an overview of failover clustering. The module also describes how configure shared storage, and how to implement failover clustering with Hyper-V.
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Lab : Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module describes how to integrate System Center and server virtualization. The module also describes how to install System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager, add hosts, and manage host groups.
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Lab : Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module describes how to manage networking infrastructure, storage infrastructure, and infrastructure updates.
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Lab : Managing the Networking and Storage Infrastructure in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module explains how to create, clone, and convert virtual machines. The module also provides an overview of virtual machine updating.
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Lab : Creating and Managing Virtual Machines by Using System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module provides an overview of the Virtual Machine Library. The module also describes how to work with profiles and templates.
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Lab : Configuring and Managing the System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager SP1 Library and Library Objects
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module provides an introduction to clouds and describes how to create and manage a cloud. The module also describes how to work with user roles in VMM.
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Lab : Working With User Roles in Virtual Machine Manager
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module provides an overview of services in System Center 2012 R2 VMM. The module also describes how to create and manage services in VMM and how to use System Center 2012 R2 App Controller.
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Lab : Managing Services in System Center 2012 R2 VMM and App Controller
After completing this module, students will be able to:
This module provides an overview of backup and restore options for virtual machines. The module describes how to use DPM and System Center Operations Manager for protection, monitoring, and reporting.
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Lab : Monitoring and Reporting Virtualization Infrastructure
After completing this module, students will be able to: