NE-20415A Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure

NE-20415A

Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure Summary Duration 5 Days

Vendor Microsoft

Audience IT Professionals

Published 21 December 2012

Level 300

Technology Windows Server 2012

Delivery Method Instructor-led (Classroom)

Software Assurance Training Voucher Yes

Introduction

This 5-day instructor-led course provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to plan, design, and implement a Windows 8 desktop infrastructure. The course provides guidance on planning and deploying desktops by using several technologies such as User State Migration Tool (USMT), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and more. Additionally, the course describes how to protect desktops and monitor their health and performance.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have working knowledge of:  

Solid understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts Solid knowledge of Windows and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)—for example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership  Good understanding of scripts and batch files  Solid understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization  Familiarity with the client administration capabilities of Windows Server  General knowledge of management tools such as System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager.  Familiarity with imaging, packaging, and operating system deployment concepts  Familiarity with certificates and Certification Authority (CA) implementation and configuration Students who attend this training can meet the prerequisites by attending the following courses, or obtaining equivalent knowledge and skills:  MCSA: Windows Server 2012

At Course Completion After completing this course, students will be able to:            

Assess and determine desktop deployment options. Plan an image management strategy. Implement desktop security. Capture and manage a desktop operating system image. Plan and implement User State Migration. Plan and deploy desktops by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. Plan and deploying desktops by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Plan and implement a Remote Desktop Services infrastructure. Manage user state virtualization for enterprise desktops. Plan and implement an updates infrastructure to support enterprise desktops. Protect enterprise desktops from malware and data loss. Monitoring the performance and health of the desktop infrastructure.

Course Content

Module 1: Assessing and Determining Desktop Deployment Options

Lessons 

This module describes the enterprise desktop lifecycle and explains how you

 Overview of the Enterprise

Technologies for Enterprise

Desktop Life Cycle

Desktops

Assessing Hardware and

Lab : Assessing and Determining Desktop

can assess hardware and infrastructure

Infrastructure Readiness for

Deployment Options

readiness. The module then describes how

a Desktop Deployment

to identify and select the most appropriate



Volume Activation





Overview of Enterprise

deployment option based upon

Desktop Deployment

organizational requirements.

Methods

Planning a Desktop Deployment Strategy



Collecting Infrastructure Data



Implementing a Volume



Activation Solution After completing this module, students



will be able to:  

Image

Configuring Drive Encryption

Describe the enterprise

Lab : Configuring File Encryption Using

desktop life cycle.

EFS

Explain how to assess readiness for a desktop



Servicing a Reference

Managed EFS Solution

Deployment Services

Implementing an EFS



Recovery Solution

methods for deploying

will be able to: 

secure desktop solution by

technologies for enterprise

using Group Policy settings. 

encryption by using

Management Strategy

BitLocker.

Installing and Configuring the Windows Deployment Services Server Role



Capturing a Reference Image Using WDS



Deploying an Image Using WDS

Plan and implement a

After completing this module, students

formats and helps you to define an

centrally managed EFS

will be able to:

efficient image management strategy

solution to secure file and

based upon business requirements.

folders on enterprise

features of the Windows

Lessons

desktops.

Assessment and Deployment





Environment 

Plan and implement device

Module 2: Planning An Image

Planning the Windows Deployment Services

Implement a centralized

Describe volume activation

This modules describes Windows image

System Image 

Lab : Configuring and Managing Windows

After completing this module, students

desktops.

Capturing a Reference

Implementing a Centrally

Describe the available enterprise desktops.



System Image 

deployment.



Lab : Capturing and Servicing a Reference

using Group Policy Using BitLocker

hardware and infrastructure



Configuring Desktop Security



Identify the purpose and key

Overview of Windows Image

Module 4: Capturing and Managing a

Formats

Desktop Operating System Image

Overview of Image

This module describes how to use the

Preinstallation (Windows PE)

Management

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit

environment and how it can

Lab : Planning an Image Management

(ADK) and Windows Deployment Services

be customized to address

Strategy

(WDS) to create, capture, and manage a

specific image and





Assessing Business

desktop operating system image.

Requirements to Support an

Lessons

Kit (Windows ADK). 

Describe the Windows

deployment requirements. 

Describe the Windows Setup

Image Management Strategy



Overview of Windows ADK

and preparation process and

After completing this module, students



Managing the Windows

how it can be modified using

Preinstallation Environment

answer files created with

Building a Reference Image

Windows SIM and the

will be able to: 



Describe image formats used



for Windows desktop

Using Windows SIM and

deployments.

Sysprep

Determine the type and



content of images used in an image management



strategy.

Use Deployment Image

Capturing and Servicing a

Servicing and Management

Reference Image

(DISM) to capture and

Configuring and Managing Windows Deployment

Module 3: Implementing Desktop

Sysprep utility. 

service a reference image. 

Services

Configure and manage Windows Deployment

Security

Lab : Preparing the Imaging and

Services (WDS) to help

This module describes how to deploy and

Preinstallation Environment

support an image capture

manage a secure desktop by



Installing Windows ADK

implementing centralized policies,



Configuring a Custom

Module 5: Planning and Implementing

Windows PE Environment

User State Migration

BitLocker settings, and Encrypted File

and deployment solution.

System (EFS) settings.

Lab : Building a Reference Image Using

This modules describes how to use the

Lessons

Windows SIM and Sysprep

User State Migration Tool (USMT) to



Implementing a Centralized



Building a Custom Answer

migrate appropriate user data and

File Using Windows SIM

settings to a new desktop operating

Installing a Reference

system.

BitLocker

Computer Using a Custom

Lessons

Planning and Implementing

Answer File

Desktop Security Solution  

Planning and Implementing

Encrypted File System Lab : Configuring Desktop Security





Generalizing a Reference Computer Using Sysprep



Overview of User State Migration

 

Planning User State



Deploying and Capturing a

Migration by Using USMT

Reference Operating System

Migrating User State by

Image

Using USMT

Installation scenario. 

Describe the preparation

Integrating WDS with MDT

tasks required to support

Lab : Planning and Implementing User

2012 To Provide PXE Boot

operating system

State Migration

Capabilities

deployment using

  



support a Zero Touch

Planning for User State

After completing this module, students

Migration

will be able to:

Creating and Customizing

Manager task sequences are

the USMT XML Files

components needed to plan

used to build a reference

Capturing and Restoring

a Lite Touch Installation

image to be used in a zero

User State by Using USMT

(LTI) environment. 

Link Migration 

Describe how Configuration

Identify the process and

Lab : Migrating User State Using Hard-



Configuration Manager 2012. 

touch installation solution. 

tasks needed to implement

Performing a Hard-Link Migration

Understand the process and

sequence to be used to

MDT 2012 to support LTI.

deploy a client image.

Describe how Windows

Module 8: Planning and Implementing

After completing this module, students

Deployment Services can be

a Remote Desktop Services

will be able to:

configured to integrate with

Infrastructure

MDT 2012.

This module describes how to plan and





Describe the concept of user state migration and identify

Module 7: Planning and Deploying

implement session virtualization

the features available in

Desktops by Using System Center

deployment and a virtual desktop

USMT 5.0 to assist in the

2012 Configuration Manager

infrastructure (VDI) based upon Windows

migration task.

This describes how to use System Center

Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services.

Plan the appropriate

2012 Configuration Manager to implement

Lessons

scenario, data to be

a zero touch installation for deploying

migrated, and storage

enterprise desktops.

location for a user state

Lessons

migration task. 



Configure a MDT task



Migrate user state by using USMT 5.0.

Planning the Zero Touch Preparing the Site for Operating System

Desktops Using the Microsoft

Deployment 

Building a Reference Image

This module describes how to use the

Using a Configuration

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012

Manager Task Sequence

to deploy Windows operating systems in



lite touch installation scenarios. Lessons 

Planning for the Lite Touch Installation Environment

 

Desktop Deployment 

Extending the Remote Desktop Services Environment to the Internet

Operating System Deployment

Remote Desktop Services Infrastructure



Planning the Operating

Lite Touch Installation

Infrastructure 

Preparing the Zero Touch





Environment 

Images

Configuring a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Configuring the Deployment

Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Planning the Remote Desktop Services

Installation Environment Packages and System

Scenario 

Configuring a Session-Based Desktop Scenario

Planning for the MDT Lite

Lab : Using MDT and Configuration

Lab : Extending Internet Access to the

Touch Installation

Manager to Perform a Zero-Touch

RDS Infrastructure

Environment

Installation

Installing MDT 2012 and the



Prerequisite Components 

Configuring a Session-Based

Lab : Planning and Implementing a

Lab : Planning and Deploying Desktops



Deployment 

Lab : Preparing the Environment for

Deployment Services with



Configuring a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

to Deploy Client Images

System Deployment

MDT

Environment 

Using MDT Task Sequences

Implementing MDT 2012 for Integrating Windows

Planning the Remote Desktop Services

Installation Environment 

Overview of Remote Desktop Services



Module 6: Planning and Deploying Deployment Toolkit





Performing a Zero Touch Installation

Planning the RD Gateway Policies



Configuring the RD Gateway

Creating and Configuring the

After completing this module, students

After completing this module, students

MDT 2012 Deployment

will be able to:

will be able to:

Share



Identify the infrastructure and components required to



Describe how Remote Desktop Services supports





VDI and session

Module 10: Planning and

virtualization deployment.

Implementing an Updates

Plan the appropriate

Infrastructure to Support Enterprise

infrastructure and role

Desktops

requirements for a Remote

Students will be able to plan and

Desktop Services

implement an updates infrastructure to

environment.

support both physical and virtual

Describe processes and

enterprise desktops.

tasks needed to configure a

Lessons

VDI deployment scenario. 



Protection Client Settings and Monitoring Status 

Using Windows Intune Endpoint Protection

 Planning an Updates

Protecting Desktops by Using System Center 2012 Data

Lab : Implementing Client Endpoint

Implementing Configuration

Protection



scenario.

Manager 2012 to Support

Describe the components

Software Updates 

Managing Updates for Virtual

Protection Manager





Using Windows Intune for

Lab : Planning and Implementing an

This module describes how to plan and

Updates Infrastructure

configure user state virtualization to



provide a consistent desktop client experience.



Lessons

Protection 



Monitoring Endpoint Protection

Infrastructure

Lab : Configuring Data Protection for

Implementing Software

Client Computer Data 

Manager 2012

Virtualization

Configuring Client Settings to Support Endpoint

Planning an Updates

Updates Using Configuration Overview of User State

Configuring and Deploying Endpoint Protection Polices



Managing Software Updates

Virtualization For Enterprise Desktops

Configuring the Endpoint Protection Point



Machines and Images

Module 9: Managing User State

Configuring and Verifying Client Data Protection

Implementing Software

After completing this module, students

Planning User State

Updates for Virtual Machine

will be able to:

Virtualization

Libraries



Describe how System Center

Configuring Roaming

After completing this module, students

2012 Endpoint Protection is

Profiles, Folder Redirection,

will be able to:

configured to provide

and Offline Files 

Configuring Endpoint

Enterprise

Internet.



2012 Endpoint Protection 

tasks needed to configure a

desktop services to the



Overview of System Center

Infrastructure for the

needed to extend remote





Describe processes and session-based desktop



Lessons



Describe considerations and

Implementing Microsoft User

methods used for

Experience Virtualization

implementing an enterprise-

malware protection for desktops. 

Configure the Endpoint

Lab : Deploying and Managing User State

based updates

Protection client settings and

Virtualization

infrastructure.

monitor Endpoint Protection

 

Planning User State



Configuration Manager 2012

Implementing User State

to deploy and manage

and configure Windows

Virtualization

software updates.

Intune to provide endpoint



will be able to: Describe the components,

virtual machines and

benefits, and technologies

images.









Describe how software updates can be managed for

that makes up USV. 

status.

Virtualization

After completing this module, students 

Describe how to use

Describe how to integrate

protection services. 

Describe how System Center 2012 DPM can be used to protect enterprise desktops.

Describe how Windows

Module 12: Monitoring the

Describe the planning

Intune can be configured to

Performance and Health of the

process used to assess and

deploy and manage software

Desktop Infrastructure

implement User State

updates.

This module describes how to identify and

Virtualization.

Module 11: Protecting Enterprise

monitor relevant services and components

Configure roaming profiles,

Desktops from Malware and Data

to ensure the health and performance of

folder redirection, and

Loss

the enterprise desktop infrastructure.

manage offline file settings.

This module describes how to use System

Lessons

Describe the planning and

Center technologies such as Endpoint

tasks required to implement

protection and Data Protection Manager

Monitoring for the Desktop

Microsoft UE-V.

(DPM) to protect enterprise desktops from

Infrastructure

malware and data loss.



Performance and Health



Monitoring the Virtual



Desktop Infrastructure



Configuring Performance and Reliability Monitoring for Desktops

and health of the physical

Manager for Monitoring

Lab : Monitoring the Performance and Health of the Desktop Infrastructure

Configuring Operations Virtual Environments

desktop infrastructure. 

Describe methods used to

After completing this module, students

monitor the health and

will be able to:

performance of the virtual



Describe methods used to

desktop infrastructure.

monitor the performance

Associated Certifications & Exam This course prepares students to write Exam 70-415: Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure and counts as credit towards the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Desktop Infrastructure. On successful completion of this course students will receive a Torque IT attendance certificate.