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Course Description

This 5-day instructor-led course provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to plan, design, and implement a Windows 8 desktop infrastructure. The course provides guidance on planning and deploying desktops by using several technologies such as User State Migration Tool (USMT), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and more. Additionally, the course describes how to protect desktops and monitor their health and performance.

Learning Objectives

  • Assess and determine desktop deployment options
  • Plan an image management strategy
  • Implement desktop security
  • Capture and manage a desktop operating system image
  • Plan and implement User State Migration
  • Plan and deploy desktops by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
  • Plan and deploying desktops by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
  • Plan and implement a Remote Desktop Services infrastructure
  • Manage user state virtualization for enterprise desktops
  • Plan and implement an updates infrastructure to support enterprise desktops
  • Protect enterprise desktops from malware and data loss
  • Monitoring the performance and health of the desktop infrastructure

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Systems Administration

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

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