MOC 20416 - Implementing Desktop Application Environments
In this Implementing Desktop Application Environments training class you will learn to design, deploy, and manage a physical and virtual Windows Server 2012 application management infrastructure. You will also learn to design, deploy, and manage Windows 8 Enterprise applications in a physical and virtual environment and in the cloud.
This course is intended for IT Professionals who are interested in specializing in Windows 8 application deployments and managing the application environments for large organizations. People attending this training could be support technicians or currently in deployment roles and are considering taking the next step in their career or enhancing their skills in the areas of planning and deploying Windows 8 desktops.
This course is also appropriate for individuals preparing for exams: 70-415: Implementing an Enterprise Desktop and Device Infrastructure and 70-416: Implementing Desktop Application Environments.
- Learn to design an application distribution strategy that is appropriate for an organizational environment.
- Learn to diagnose and remediate application compatibility problems for desktop and presentation virtualization-based deployments.
- Learn to use Group Policy and Windows Intune to deploy applications to client devices.
- Learn to deploy applications centrally using Configuration Manager.
- Learn to configure self-service application deployment using Configuration Manager, Service Manager, and Windows 8 Application Store.
- Learn to design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support presentation virtualization.
- Learn to prepare, deploy and manage applications for Remote Desktop, RemoteApp, and Remote Desktop Web Access.
- Learn to design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support application virtualization.
- Learn to virtualize and deploy applications by using App-V and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
- Learn to plan and configure the appropriate infrastructure to streamline the deployment of software updates to applications, and plan and configure application security.
- Learn to plan and implement application upgrades, supersedence, and application coexistence.
- Learn to monitor the deployment, performance, and utilization of applications and determine whether current application hosting platforms are meeting business needs.
Webucator is a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS). This class uses official Microsoft courseware and will be delivered by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).
- Designing an Application Distribution Strategy
- Developing an Application Lifecycle Strategy
- Determining Business Requirements for Application Distribution
- Overview of Application Distribution Strategies
- Lab: Designing an Application Distribution Strategy
- Choosing an Appropriate Application Deployment Strategy for the Product Catalog App
- Diagnosing and Remediating Application Compatibility
- Diagnosing Application Compatibility Issues
- Evaluating and Implementing Remediation Solutions
- Resolving Compatibility Issues by Using ACT
- Lab: Diagnosing and Remediating Application Compatibility
- Analyzing Applications for Potential Compatibility Issues
- Mitigating Application Compatibility Issues
- Deploying Software by Using Group Policy and Windows Intune
- Deploying Software by Using Group Policy
- Sideloading Windows Store Apps
- Deploying Software by Using Windows Intune
- Lab: Centralizing Software Deployment by Using Group Policy and Windows Intune
- Deploying Software by Using Group Policy
- Sideloading a Windows Store App
- Performing Windows Intune Simulations
- Deploying Applications by Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Understanding Software Deployment by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Deploying Software by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Lab: Deploying Applications by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Creating Queries by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Creating User and Device Collections
- Deploying Applications to Collections
- Configuring Self-Service Application Deployment
- Understanding Self-Service Application Deployment
- Configuring Self-Service with Windows Intune
- Self-Service Deployment by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Self-Service Deployment with Service Manager and Orchestrator
- Lab: Configuring Self-Service Application Deployment
- Planning Self-Service Application Deployment
- Deploying Self-Service Software by Using the Configuration Manager Application Catalog
- Using the Configuration Manager Application Catalog
- Designing and Implementing Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
- Assessing Presentation Virtualization Requirements
- Planning Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
- Deploying Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
- Extending the Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
- Lab: Deploying and Implementing Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
- Assessing Capacity Requirements for Presentation Virtualization
- Configuring Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
- Configuring High Availability for Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
- Configuring Remote Access for Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
- Designing and Deploying an Application Virtualization Environment
- Overview of Application Virtualization Models
- Deploying Application Virtualization Infrastructure Components
- Configuring Application Virtualization Client Support
- Lab: Planning and Deploying Application Virtualization Infrastructure
- Planning the Deployment of App-V Roles and Features
- Deploying App-V Infrastructure
- Configuring App-V Client Settings
- Preparing, Sequencing, and Deploying Virtual Applications
- Sequencing Applications with App-V
- Deploying App-V Applications
- Lab: Preparing, Sequencing, and Deploying Virtual Applications
- Installing and Configuring the App-V Sequencer
- Sequencing Applications
- Preparing App-V Applications by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Deploying Sequenced Applications
- Planning and Implementing Application Updates and Security
- Planning Application Updates
- Deploying Updates by Using WSUS
- Deploying Application Updates by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Implementing Application Security
- Lab: Preparing and Deploying Application Updates
- Preparing a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Site to Support Software Updates
- Updating Deployed Applications by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
- Resequencing an App-V Application
- Deploying AppLocker Policy
- Planning and Implementing Application Upgrades
- Overview of Application Upgrades
- Overview of Application Concurrency
- Lab: Upgrading Applications
- Planning an Application Upgrade Strategy
- Deploying an Application
- Replacing a Deployed Application
- Configuring Application Version Coexistence
- Monitoring Application Deployment, Use, and Performance
- Planning Application Monitoring
- Planning Software Inventory and Metering
- Monitoring Application Resource Utilization
- Lab: Monitoring Application Deployment, Utilization, and Performance
- Configuring Asset Intelligence
- Configuring System Center 2012 Operations Manager SP1 for Monitoring a Server
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Experience in the following is required for this Windows Server class:
- Have solid understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.
- Have a solid understanding of Windows and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), for example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership.
- Understand how to use scripts and batch files.
- Have solid understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization.
- Be able to perform a clean installation of Windows 8, upgrade to Windows 8, and migrate user-related data and settings from Windows XP.
- Be able to configure disks, partitions, volumes, and device drivers to enable Windows 8 to function as desired.
- Be able to configure and troubleshoot permissions and other settings to allow access to resources and applications on Windows 8 Systems.
- Be able to configure settings to enable network connectivity.
- Be able to configure and troubleshoot a wireless network connection.
- Be able to configure and troubleshoot Windows 8 security.
- Be able to configure mobile computers and devices.
- Understand the client administration capabilities of Windows Server and be familiar with management tools such as the Microsoft System Center suite of products.
- Understand the concepts of deployment, packaging, and imaging.
- Have a familiarity with SQL Server concepts.