Implementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008

Exercise 1: Install and Configure the Business and Technology Assessment Toolkit (BTAT)

Exercise 2: Review a Technology Assessment Template and Create a Custom Technology Template

Exercise 3: Create a Three-year Technology Plan

Exercise 4: Discuss Your Findings and Recommendations as a Group

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand where Windows Small Business Server 2008 fits into the small- and medium-business channels from a business perspective.

Understand how essential it is for the IT provider to understand the business goals in order to implement the right IT solution.

Understand how the Business and Technical Assessment assists the IP provider in attaining valuable business information required to implement the right IT infrastructure.

This module describes the Windows Small Business Server 2008 operating system installation process.

Lesson 1: Networking Basics

Lesson 2: Preparing the Hardware for Installation

Lesson 3: Pre-installation Tasks

Lesson 4: Installing Windows Small Business Server

Lesson 5: Completing the Installation

Exercise 1: Completing the Installation Worksheet

Exercise 2: Perform the Installation Using the Answer File

Exercise 3: Completing the Windows Small Business Server Setup

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Install Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008, establish network connectivity, and complete initial configuration tasks.

This module explains how to manage user accounts using the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Console.

Lesson 1: Managing Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 Console

Lesson 2: User Account Management

Lesson 3: Modifying User Account Properties in the Windows SBS Console

Lesson 4: Managing Groups in the Windows SBS Console

Lesson 5: Managing User Roles in the Windows SBS Console

Exercise 1: Adding New User Accounts

Exercise 2: Creating User Groups

Exercise 3: Creating User Roles

Exercise 4: Modifying User Account Properties

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Manage user accounts using the Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) 2008 Console.

Add, edit, disable, and remove user accounts.

Manage groups using the Windows SBS 2008 Console.

Manage user roles using the Windows SBS 2008 Console.

This module discusses deploying and managing client computers, shared printers, and fax devices on the Windows Small Business Server 2008 network.

Lesson 1: Deploying Client Computers

Lesson 2: Managing Client Computers

Lesson 3: Adding and Managing Shared Printers

Lesson 4: Adding and Managing a Fax Device

Exercise 1: Adding a Client Computer to the Windows SBS Network

Exercise 2: Configure the Fax Service

Exercise 3: Configure the Office Outlook 2007 Client

Exercise 4: Manage the Client Computer from the Windows SBS Console

Exercise 5: Configure Folder Redirection

Exercise 6: Adding a Shared Printer to the Network

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Manage the most common tasks required to connect client computers.

Configure access to printers and faxes.

Troubleshoot device connectivity issues.

This module discusses managing Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 sites using the Windows Small Business Server Console and Central Administrator, and deploying a preconfigured template to match business scenarios.

Lesson 1: Managing the Internal Web Site

Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring a New Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) Site

Lesson 3: Configuring a Windows SharePoint Site

Lesson 4: Windows SharePoint Customization

Exercise 1: Manage SharePoint Access through the Windows SBS Console

Exercise 2: Create and Configure a New SharePoint site

Exercise 3: Install Preconfigured Application Templates

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Manage WSS 3.0 sites using the Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) Console.

Create, configure, and manage WSS 3.0 sites using Central Administrator.

Deploy a preconfigured template to match business scenarios.

This module discusses tools for troubleshooting mail flow and optimizing the e-mail experience for users.

Lesson 1: Configuring Internet Mail Using the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Console

Lesson 2: Configuring E-mail Protection

Lesson 3: Configuring Connectors and Clients

Lesson 4: Monitoring Messaging

Lesson 5: Managing Outlook Web Access (OWA) Using the Windows SBS Console

Exercise 1: Configuring the POP3 Connector

Exercise 2: Configure Exchange Server Anti-spam Filters

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure Internet mail using the Windows SBS 2008 Console.

Configure email protection.

Configure connectors and clients.

Monitor messaging.

Manage Outlook Web Access using the Windows SBS 2008 Console.

This module describes certificate and remote access features included with Windows Small Business Server 2008.

Lesson 1: Managing Certificates

Lesson 2: Managing a Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Lesson 3: Managing the Server Firewall

Lesson 4: Managing Remote Web Workplace

Exercise 1: Manage and Install the Self-issued Certificate

Exercise 2: Configure a Virtual Private Network

Exercise 3: Administer the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

Exercise 4: Customize Remote Web Workplace

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe how certificates work.

Describe installing a self-signed certificate on the Windows Small Business Server 2008 server and client computer.

Configure a virtual private network for users to access network resources from a remote computer.

Administer the Windows Server Firewall.

Configure ports for services and applications.

This module discusses security components that are installed by default in Windows Small Business Server 2008, as well as Windows Server 2008 security features available for download from TechNet, which will allow the implementation of important security elements into the IT infrastructure.

Lesson 1: Best Practices for Securing Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) 2008

Lesson 2: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

Lesson 3: Windows Small Business Server Best Practice Analyzer 2008

Lesson 4: Creating and managing Shared Folders on the Network

Lesson 5: Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

Exercise 1: Configure Distribution of Updates and Hotfixes Using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

Exercise 2: Create a Shared Folder

Exercise 3: Examine Windows SBS 2008 using the Windows Small Business Server Best Practices Analyzer (Windows SBS 2008 BPA)

Exercise 4: Create a Domain Isolation Policy

Exercise 5: Configure Windows Firewall Settings

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan in-depth security for the Windows Small Business Server 2008 network.

Configure distribution of updates and hotfixes for servers and computers on the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network.

Use group policies to define user and computer configurations for groups of users and computers and enforce these settings on and off the network.

Access and know how to use these features to manage specific aspects of the overall security design.

Manage the protection of the server using a host firewall and Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) combined.

This module discusses moving application data (Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 data, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, users shared folders, users redirected documents, Windows Server Update Services repository data, and the client backup data) to a separate drive or partition on the Windows Small Business Server.

Lesson 1: Moving Data Storage Locations on Windows Small Business Server 2008

Lesson 2: Disaster Recovery Planning

Lesson 3: Managing Server Backups

Lesson 4: Managing Server Recovery

Exercise 1: Configure Backup Media and Schedule

Exercise 2: Design a Disaster Recovery Plan

Exercise 3: Perform a Block Level Restore

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Manage server storage by moving databases and data folders.

Manage server storage using administrative tasks in the Windows Small Business Server 2008 console.

Plan and prepare for disasters and data recovery.

Configure and administer data backups and recoveries.

This module dives deeper into monitoring and analyzing system health, stability, and performance of the CPU, memory, hard disks, and network connectivity using the Reliability and Performance Monitor.

Lesson 1: Managing Reports

Lesson 2: Using Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor

Lesson 3: Disk Management

Lesson 4: Shadow Copies of Shared Folders

Exercise 1: Configure Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) Reporting

Exercise 2: Monitor System Performance in Real Time

Exercise 3: Create a Data Collector Set

Exercise 4: Create a Mirrored Volume Using Disk Management

Exercise 5: Extend a Disk Using Disk Management

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Administer monitoring and reporting in Windows SBS 2008.

Describe the ability of Microsoft Windows Reliability and Performance monitor to examine how programs affect your computer’s performance.

Monitor system performance in real time and collect log data for later analysis.

Configure hard disks, volumes and partitions in Windows SBS 2008 using the disk management utility.

Create and manage point-in-time copies of files that are located in shared resources.

Describe how to recover previous versions of files.

This module discusses installing Windows Small Business Server 2008 in migration mode as well as undertaking a migration from a Windows Small Business Server 2003 network.

Lesson 1: Preparing the Network for Migration

Lesson 2: Automating the Windows SBS 2008 Installation

Lesson 3: Performing the Migration

Exercise 1: Prepare the Source Server for Migration

Exercise 2: Install Windows Small Business Server 2008 in Migration Mode

Exercise 3: Configure the Network

Exercise 4: Migrate Data and Settings

Exercise 5: Demote and Remove the Source Server from the Network

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Prepare the network for migration of a Windows SBS 2003 server.

Automate the Windows SBS 2008 installation.

Perform the migration of a Windows SBS 2003 server.

This module discusses installing Windows Server 2008, selecting and configuring the appropriate roles, and joining the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network.

Lesson 1: Installing Windows Server 2008

Lesson 2: Configuring Server Roles

Lesson 3: Installing SQL Server 2008

Lesson 4: Backup and Restore SQL Server 2008

Lesson 5: Administering Terminal Services

Lesson 6: Windows Server Virtualization

Exercise 1: Join an Additional Server to the Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) Network and Configure the Terminal Services (TS) Server Role to Share Applications

Exercise 2: Configure Client Access to Shared Applications

Exercise 3: Promote a Second Server to a Domain Controller

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Select and configure the appropriate server roles.

Join additional servers to the Windows SBS 2008 network.

Install and backup Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Configure Terminal Services and make a TS Web application available through Remote Web Workplace.

Create a virtualized server computing environment for testing and other purposes.

This module discusses the Windows Small Business Server 2008 console (advanced mode), repairing Windows Small Business Server 2008 console components and server applications, and new native Windows tools and utilities found in Windows Server 2008.

Lesson 1: Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) 2008 Management Console (Advanced Mode)

Lesson 2: Managing Windows Small Business Server Applications

Lesson 3: Introduction to Windows PowerShell

Lesson 4: Administering Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0

Lesson 5: Troubleshooting DNS in Windows Server 2008

Lesson 6: Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services (TS)

Exercise 1: Diagnosing the Network Using Command Line Tools

Exercise 2: Managing with the Windows Small Business Server (SBS) Console (Advanced Mode)

Exercise 3: Managing Server Applications

Exercise 4: Perform System Administration Tasks Using Windows PowerShell

Exercise 5: Back Up and Restore IIS 7.0

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the key differences in the Advanced Mode Windows Small Business Server 2008 console.

Administer Windows Small Business Server 2008 using the Advance Mode SBS console.

Administer the Windows SBS 2008 Server Applications.

Administer the Windows SBS 2008 network using Windows PowerShell commands.

Perform common administrative tasks for administering IIS 7.0.

Troubleshoot DNS and Terminal Services in Windows SBS 2008.

This module explains Group Policy and defines features and functions that can be used to manage user and computer configurations for groups of users and computers and to enforce these settings on and off the network.

Lesson 1: Administering the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Network Using Group Policy

Lesson 2: Managing Group Policies in the GPMC

Lesson 3: Auditing Security Events

Lesson 4: Deploying Software Using Group Policy Management

Lesson 5: Troubleshooting Group Policy in Windows Server 2008

Exercise 1: Creating and Managing GPOs

Exercise 2: Tracking Security Events

Exercise 3: Modify Account Policies

Exercise 4: Deploy Software Using Group Policy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Administer Group Policies in a Windows Small Business Server 2008 environment.

Configure Group Policies using the Group Policy Management Console.

Configure object auditing using Group Policy.

Configure software applications for deployment using Group Policy.

Troubleshoot Group Policy in Windows SBS 2008.