50242 System Center Operations Manager 2007 Certification Prep Course
Three days—Instructor-led

About this Course

This three day prep course helps students prepare for the exam:
70-400 Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring



Audience Profile

This course is intended for Microsoft partners and other experienced professionals who are preparing for the Microsoft official exam 70-400.


At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:
 
After completing this course, students will be prepared to take the 70-400 exam.


Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have: • 6 months experience with System Center Operations Manager 2007 including configuring distributed applications, using PowerShell, and configuring and deploying Management Packs. • 1 year of experience with Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. • 1 year of experience with Active Directory and the Windows server system. The equivalent knowledge may be gained by completing one or more of the following: • 50028 Managing System Center Operations Manager 2007


Course Outline

Module 1: Configuring System Center Operations Manager 2007

Objectives:

• Configure notification.
• Manage roles.
• Configure System Center Operations Manager options.
• Discover and deploy agents within a trusted Active Directory forest.
• Discover and deploy agents to systems not using Active Directory.

Lab : Use the Computer and Device Management Wizard
Lab : Implement Profiles and User Roles for Exchange Server
Lab : Configure Objects for Maintenance Mode

Module 2: Deploying and Configuring Management Packs

Objectives:

• Import a Management Pack.
• Configure overrides.
• Create a self-tuning threshold.
• Migrate a Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Management Pack to System Center Operations Manager 2007.
• Configure diagnostics and recoveries for a rule or a monitor.

Lab : Verify Conversion of MOM 2005 Management Packs to SCOM 2007
Lab : Create and Modify a Self-tuning Threshold Monitor

Module 3: Building and Deploying Custom Management Packs

Objectives:

• Configure security options.
• Configure discovery for Management Packs.
• Create monitors and rules.
• Create a distributed application.
• Create a synthetic transaction.

Lab : Create Rules with Overrides for Specific Server Roles
Lab : Customize Management Packs by Creating Monitors and Related Tasks
Lab : Create Synthetic Transaction Monitors to Check Application Performance and Connectivity
Lab : Create a Relationship to Show a Dependency Between Applications

Module 4: Maintaining System Center Operations Manager

Objectives:

• Maintain a System Center Operations Manager infrastructure.
• Create views.
• Create tasks.
• Fail over from Root Management Server (RMS).
• Backup and restore System Center Operations Manager.
• Manage and maintain reports.

Lab : Create a Dashboard View and a State View
Lab : Create a Scheduled Task Using PowerShell
Lab : Create a Console Task and Diagnostic Task
Lab : Configure Data Retention Settings

Module 5: Configuring Client Monitoring

• Objectives:

• Configure Audit Collection Service (ACS).
• Configure Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM).
• Configure Collective Client Monitoring (CCM).
• Configure Business Critical Client Monitoring (BCCM).

Lab : Agentless Exception Monitoring-Create and Configure Filters
Lab : Configure Client Monitoring Wizard
Lab : Create BCCM Monitors for Windows Clients
Lab : Use ACS to Monitor Domain Controllers