MOC 20415, Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure

This 5 day instructor-led training class is presented by Microsoft training partners to their end customers. Channel Partners nationwide hire proven AMS Subject Matter Expert Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT’s) to teach on-site or on-line classes.

This class provides students 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.

The class is primarily intended for IT Professionals who manage the desktop
environments for organizations, and want to specialize in Windows 8 desktop
deployments. These IT professionals typically work in complex computing
environments of large to enterprise-sized organizations. In addition, the
secondary audience for this course includes IT professionals who want to take
the 70-415: Implementing an Enterprise Desktop and Device Infrastructure exam as
a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure certification.

After completing this class, 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 Outline

• Module 1: Assessing and Determining Desktop
  Deployment Options
  1. Overview of the Enterprise Desktop Life Cycle
  2. Assessing Hardware and Infrastructure Readiness for
     a Desktop Deployment
  3. Overview of Enterprise Desktop Deployment Methods
  4. Volume Activation Technologies for Enterprise
     Desktops
• Module 2: Planning An Image Management Strategy
  1. Overview of Windows Image Formats
  2. Overview of Image Management
• Module 3: Implementing Desktop Security
  1. Implementing a Centralized Desktop Security
     Solution
  2. Planning and Implementing BitLocker
  3. Planning and Implementing Encrypted File
     System
• Module 4: Capturing and Managing a Desktop
  Operating System Image
  1. Overview of Windows ADK
  2. Managing the Windows Preinstallation Environment
  3. Building a Reference Image Using Windows SIM and
     Sysprep
  4. Capturing and Servicing a Reference Image
  5. Configuring and Managing Windows Deployment
     Services
• Module 5: Planning and Implementing User State
  Migration
  1. Overview of User State Migration
  2. Planning User State Migration by Using USMT
  3. Migrating User State by Using USMT
• Module 6: Planning and Deploying Desktops Using
  the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
  1. Planning for the Lite Touch Installation
     Environment
  2. Implementing MDT 2012 for Lite Touch Installation
  3. Integrating Windows Deployment Services with
     MDT
• Module 7: Planning and Deploying Desktops by Using
  System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
  1. Planning the Zero Touch Installation Environment
  2. Preparing the Site for Operating System Deployment
  3. Building a Reference Image Using a Configuration
     Manager Task Sequence
  4. Using MDT Task Sequences to Deploy Client
     Images
• Module 8: Planning and Implementing a Remote
  Desktop Services Infrastructure
  1. Overview of Remote Desktop Services
  2. Planning the Remote Desktop Services Environment
  3. Configuring a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
     Deployment
  4. Configuring a Session-Based Desktop Deployment
  5. Extending the Remote Desktop Services Environment
     to the Internet
• Module 9: Managing User State Virtualization For
  Enterprise Desktops
  1. Overview of User State Virtualization
  2. Planning User State Virtualization
  3. Configuring Roaming Profiles, Folder Redirection,
     and Offline Files
  4. Implementing Microsoft User Experience
     Virtualization
• Module 10: Planning and Implementing an Updates
  Infrastructure to Support Enterprise Desktops
  1. Planning an Updates Infrastructure for the
     Enterprise
  2. Implementing Configuration Manager 2012 to Support
     Software Updates
  3. Managing Updates for Virtual Machines and Images
  4. Using Windows Intune for Managing Software
     Updates
• Module 11: Protecting Enterprise Desktops from
  Malware and Data Loss
  1. Overview of System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
  2. Configuring Endpoint Protection Client Settings
     and Monitoring Status
  3. Using Windows Intune Endpoint Protection
  4. Protecting Desktops by Using System Center 2012
     Data Protection Manager
• Module 12: Monitoring the Performance and Health
  of the Desktop Infrastructure
  1. Performance and Health Monitoring for the Desktop
     Infrastructure
  2. Monitoring the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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