Description: An in-depth look at configuring Windows 8, focusing on the topics covered by the Microsoft 70-687 certification exam. Students will learn how to install Windows 8, connect to any type of network, share and secure resources, and keep PCs running quickly and reliably. Whenever possible, the instructor teaches using real-world scenarios that simulate the tasks administrators must perform while on the job. Students only need a basic understanding of how to use Windows.

Prepare for Exam 70-687—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Windows 8 setup and support. Designed for experienced IT Professionals ready to advance their status—Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.

This course covers everything for the 70-412 exam on Configuring Advanced Services in Windows Server 2012. Topics covered throughout the course are Active Directory, Manage and improve DNS and DHCP, Claims Based Authentication, Dynamic Access Control, and much more. We'll also take a deep dive into Network Load Balancing and Failover Clusters. It is recommended that students have a good understanding of network administration as well as Windows servers.

CBT Nuggets – Configuring And Deploying A Private Cloud with System Center 2012 70-247
In a world of confusion on cloud computing’s technologies, techniques, and reason for being, it takes a lot of guts for Microsoft to include a button marked “Create Cloud” in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. With so many people still trying to figure out what cloud means, the clever developers at Microsoft can now simply say, “Hey, we’ve got a button for that!”
That button might be a bold move for Microsoft, but clicking it isn’t something to be taken lightly. Before you ever consider that click, you’ve got to build Hyper-V hosts. You’ll need a storage and network fabric among those hosts. You might even need shared storage if clustering, automatic failover, and load balancing are your requirements. Indeed, that button might seem simple, but there’re a lot of configurations that require attention first.

This course will show you how to manage all of your virtual resources in one spot, with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). After viewing this course you'll know how to create, edit, start and stop VMs, view and control each VM's console, and see performance and utilization statistics for each VM.You can also view all running VMs and hosts and their live performance and resource utilization statistics as well as use KVM, Xen or QEMU virtual machines, running either locally or remotely, all with VMM. To get the most out of this course, you should have some experience managing Windows desktops and servers, and familiarity with the fundamentals of virtualization.

This course centers on the installation and configuration of Windows Server 2012. There are upgraded features from older releases, like PowerShell which is quickly becoming a favorite over the command line tool. This is a course for those who have prior networking experience as well as those looking to take a step up from Server 2003, and 2008.

EXAM PREP GUIDE Fully updated for Windows Server 2008 R2! Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-640—and on the job—with this official Microsoft study guide. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises.

In a world of confusion on cloud computing’s technologies, techniques, and reason for being, it takes a lot of guts for Microsoft to include a button marked “Create Cloud” in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. With so many people still trying to figure out what cloud means, the clever developers at Microsoft can now simply say, “Hey, we’ve got a button for that!”

That button might be a bold move for Microsoft, but clicking it isn’t something to be taken lightly. Before you ever consider that click, you’ve got to build Hyper-V hosts. You’ll need a storage and network fabric among those hosts. You might even need shared storage if clustering, automatic failover, and load balancing are your requirements. Indeed, that button might seem simple, but there’re a lot of configurations that require attention first.

In a world of confusion on cloud computing’s technologies, techniques, and reason for being, it takes a lot of guts for Microsoft to include a button marked “Create Cloud” in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. With so many people still trying to figure out what cloud means, the clever developers at Microsoft can now simply say, “Hey, we’ve got a button for that!”
That button might be a bold move for Microsoft, but clicking it isn’t something to be taken lightly. Before you ever consider that click, you’ve got to build Hyper-V hosts. You’ll need a storage and network fabric among those hosts. You might even need shared storage if clustering, automatic failover, and load balancing are your requirements. Indeed, that button might seem simple, but there’re a lot of configurations that require attention first.