• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

The designing and planning of end-user and system supporting file and storage solutions is the first step in provisioning an optimized network service solution a storage solution must be included early in the system design process, as early the hardware appraisal and system specification phase. Although Server 2012 and Active Directory-controlled environment can adequately react and adapt to change, knowing the capabilities of the Server 2012 File and Storage Service server role and the required storage requirements, allows the system designers and network stakeholders to take early and informed decisions regarding hardware and system design, to support the specified storage system capabilities, and to accommodate change and expansion.
This course outlines the design and deployment options, interoperability, security, and management of a name resolution solution within a Server 2012 Active Directory-controlled environment using the Server 2012 DNS service and other name resolution services. The course also covers the design, planning and deployment of a number of key elements of the Server 2012 File and Storage Service server role and related technologies, including iSCSI and iSCSI Storage Area Network support. Server 2012 includes a number of new features that enhance file and storage support, ease implementation and maintenance of storage-related features, and provides lower cost options, the new features include: Storage Spaces and Scale-Out File Servers and will be discussed in finishing up the course.

Learning Objectives

Designing a Name Resolution Solution Strategy

  • describe the core features of DNS service
  • identify DNS design considerations
  • identify scenarios where using a disjoint namespace is supported
  • match Server 2012 features that improve the security of data communication for the DNS service to their correct descriptions
  • match the components that support the deployment of DNSSEC with their correct descriptions
  • describe domain name service management options
  • plan a name resolution strategy design

Plan and Implement File and Storage Services

  • describe how to plan a File and Storage Service role
  • identify the services that Windows Server 2012 SMB version 3.0 supports
  • recognize the benefits of data deduplication implementation
  • identify the features of BranchCache deployment
  • describe the iSCSI Target Server role in Windows Server 2012
  • describe the benefits of using storage pools in Windows Server 2012 R2
  • describe the published benefits associated with the Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server feature
  • match the Scale-Out File Server deployment phases with their correct descriptions
  • describe MPIO and DSMs in Windows Server 2012
  • recognize how to deploy and configure Network File System (NFS)

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) identified within the Specialty Areas listed below. Click to view Specialty Area details within the interactive National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.