MOC 6214 - Effective Team Development using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008

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• Live eLearning (3 days): $1,875.00

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Class Description

Class Overview

Class Goals

• Learn to identify the components of Visual Studio Team System architecture and how these are used to improve collaboration and increase the overall efficiency of the team development process.
• Learn to describe project management tools available in Visual Studio Team System.
• Learn to describe the Developer and Architect tasks in Visual Studio Team System 2008.
• Learn to describe MSBuild architecture and customize Team Build.
• Learn to access Version control and use branching and merging effectively.
• Learn to describe tools used for performance and code analysis.

Class Outline

1. Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2008
   1. Server Manager Roles
   2. Windows Server 2008 Features
   3. Active Directory Improvements
   4. Lab: Configuring Windows Server 2008
2. Windows Deployment Services
   1. Introducing Windows Deployment Services
   2. WDS Components
   3. Lab: Working With Windows Deployment Services
3. Windows Server 2008 Server Core
   1. Server Core Introduction
   2. Configuring and Managing Server Core
   3. Lab: Server Core
4. Windows Backup
   1. Backup Infrastructure
   2. Optical Media
   3. Restore Utilities
   4. Lab: Backup and Restore System Data
5. Windows Server 2008 Updates to Networking
   1. Networking with Windows Server 2008
   2. New Networking Features
   3. DNS with Windows Server 2008
   4. Configuring Routing
   5. Configuring Wireless Settings in Server 2008
   6. Lab: Reviewing Networking Defaults and Settings
   7. Lab: DNS Management Settings
   8. Creating Zones in Windows Server 2008
   9. Create Resource Records
   10. Configure Zone Transfers
6. Network Policies and Access Protection
   1. Network Policies Access Protection
   2. Enforcement Options
   3. Network Access Protection Scenarios
   4. Routing and Remote Access
   5. Lab: Using Network Access Protection
7. Hyper-V
   1. Introducing Hyper-V
   2. Configuring Hyper-V
   3. Lab: Configuring Hyper-V
8. Planning for Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Services
   1. Planning for AD DS Deployment
   2. Upgrade Considerations
   3. Lab: Installing a Windows Server 2008 Forest
   4. Lab: Installing Windows Server 2008 in an Existing Forest
   5. Install a Windows Server 2008 DC in an Existing Forest
   6. Verify Active Directory Installation
9. Active Directory Domain Services
   1. What's New in AD DS
   2. Manageability and Reliability
   3. Lab: Exploring Active Directory Domain Services
10. Identity and Access Services in Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
    1. Active Directory Federation Services for identity access solution.
    2. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (replaces Active Directory Account Management with Windows Server 2003), providing directory services for applications.
    3. Active Directory Right Management Services, enabling the creation of information-protection solutions.
    4. Active Directory Federation Services
    5. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
    6. Active Directory Rights Management Services
    7. Lab: Active Directory Federation Services
11. Read-Only Domain Controllers
    1. Read-Only Domain Controllers
    2. Read-Only Domain Controller Operation
    3. Lab: Read-Only Domain Controllers
12. Auditing Active Directory Domain Services Changes
    1. What's New in AD DS Auditing
    2. Implementing AD DS Change Auditing
    3. Lab: Using AD DS Auditing
13. Enterprise PKI Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
    1. Certificate Authority
    2. Lab: PKI Enhancements in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
14. High Availability Features
    1. Failover Clustering
    2. Network Load Balancing
    3. Lab: High Availability Features
15. Performance Monitoring and Optimization
    1. Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor
    2. Microsoft Windows System Resource Manager
    3. Monitoring Events
    4. Lab: Performance Monitoring and Optimization
16. Software Maintenance Using Windows Server Update Services
    1. Introduction to Windows Server Update Services
    2. Installing and Configuring Windows Server Update Services
    3. Managing Windows Server Update Services
    4. Lab: Installing and Configuring Windows Server Update Services
    5. Install Prerequisites
    6. Install WSUS
    7. Restore a WSUS Installation
    8. Create a Computer Group and Manage Updates

Class Materials

All students receive a course manual or book and all the class examples.

Students in private onsite classes will also receive:

• Technical Reference Library

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Experience and familiarity with process methodologies such as Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF).
• Familiarity with diagramming implementations, High-level database design, Distributed systems design, Business requirements analysis.
• Experience in using source code versioning control tools, bug reporting, tracking, analysis tools, and possibly a unit testing suite.
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
• Experience in using source code versioning control tools, bug reporting, tracking, analysis tools, and possibly a unit testing suite. They should have experience with Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005 and some knowledge of Visual Basic .NET or Visual C# code.

Technical Requirements

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• Course technical requirements and setup instructions.