50240: Set up, Manage, and Maintain a Virtual Environment using Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
Two days—Instructor-led

About this Course

This course is a two-day “deep-dive” that complements the one-day overview course. It dives deeper into the virtualization technologies and the ways organizations can leverage them, including provisioning virtual machines with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM), clustering, and protecting the virtual environment. Combined with the one-day course it is a good preparation for Microsoft certification exams 70-652 and 70-403.



Audience Profile

This course is intended for:

IT professionals and consultants
Designers
System administrators
Technical sales professionals


At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be prepared to take the 70-652 and 70-403 exams.


Prerequisites

Experience with the Windows 2003/2008 operating system.
Completion of 5449 Technical Overview: Server Virtualization using Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008.

Course Outline


Module 1: Introduction to Virtualization


Module 2: Intermediate SCVMM 2008

Lab : Installing System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Lab : Creating and Managing Virtual Parents with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008


Module 3: Planning and Sizing a Dynamic Data Center

Lab : Storing and Deploying VMs with System Center Virtual Machine Manager Libraries


Module 4: Clustering and High Availability with Hyper-V



Module 5: Storage Solutions for VHDs and Quick Migration



Module 6: Resource and Workload Optimization in a Virtual Dynamic Data Center

Lab : Planning Datacenter Virtualization Using Microsoft Assessment Toolkit